Ryan

Ryan

@ryanbate.bsky.social

i write about information design, human factors and how real people interact with the systems that make up our world: nowletsbeclear.substack.com

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i guarantee when this bus shelter is reinstated, the countdown screen will be missing i ought to be warring over it

there are probably people out there that think we should be running buses and black cabs through westfield as well, re oxford street

fascinated by how the coastline around hartlepool has been represented

Mike@mikeyashworth.bsky.social

There is something very graphically 'clean' about the then generic graphic design of the British Rail timetables; Eastern Region & the design is displaying the influence of the 1965 British Rail design manual. @doublearrow64.bsky.social #rail #graphicdesign #transport ↘️ flic.kr/p/2sJfzr9

there’s something about being argued with by a person or entity that refuses to accept the material facts of the matter that puts me to total despair if we’re just making shit up then fine, you do that, because fuck the consequences for other people amirite haven’t it in me to fight anymore

there’s something about standing in the rain with wet feet waiting for a bus that was due 15 mins ago that really makes you question your life choices

genuinely cannot imagine having the nerve to take on a role as "cyber correspondent" for the bbc and *not know what PHP is* but somehow i am not at all surprised

if only i’d had this photo in time for my post yesterday a few weeks ago it had an extra yellow “these routes when on diversion” row at the bottom too

i’m always impressed by how in spite of any mental health circumstances i will almost always come out in fighting mode when i get fucked over

what is this? who’s making it? is that helvetica? is there just some completely separate team pumping this out separately to whoever is making the main GBR stuff? COME ON

very disconcerting to have no anxiety for weeks on end then find yourself having panic symptoms because of something unanticipated

bbc could do themselves a favour and drop the indulgent strictly nonsense i would resent paying for this if i had/needed a tv licence absolute drivel

i went to newcastle for one thing (to take photos of the guy signing on departure boards because i want to revisit it) and followed my curiosity for the rest of the day truly exhausting, can't keep up with it

lots of things i'd like to write about from today (which is why i went where i did), but who knows if my brain will let me do so

> When asked about Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries, Trump said of Zelensky: “All he's doing is making the world oil price higher…” sorrywhatpardon

i genuinely don’t think it’s possible to leave newcastle not having been immensely charmed by it fab city

i’ve been in the north four days and i can just tell a whole rant about nearside crossing lights is incoming ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT DON’T BEEP

i am so grateful that they put the little diagram of the train there the whole time because otherwise i’d have to wait through all of the scrolling destination list to find out how long this train is

every bus in HPL appears to be driving around with an iBus style screen showing only the time and date, which I don’t think is quite what the new passenger information regulations had in mind

every bus in HPL appears to be driving around with an iBus style screen showing only the time and date, which I don’t think is quite what the new passenger information regulations had in mind

i take it back because apparently we haven’t been able to make oil filters that will come off without medieval intervention

Ryan@ryanbate.bsky.social

it can’t just be me that thinks it’s pretty effing incredible that as humans we have perfected the art of making a machine that, subject to shockingly noninvasive maintenance, can run for hundreds of thousands of miles, right? really though?

i take it back because apparently we haven’t been able to make oil fillers that will come off without medieval intervention

Ryan@ryanbate.bsky.social

it can’t just be me that thinks it’s pretty effing incredible that as humans we have perfected the art of making a machine that, subject to shockingly noninvasive maintenance, can run for hundreds of thousands of miles, right? really though?

it can’t just be me that thinks it’s pretty effing incredible that as humans we have perfected the art of making a machine that, subject to shockingly noninvasive maintenance, can run for hundreds of thousands of miles, right? really though?

5 pedestrians, not great, not terrible.

Blackford Safe Routes@blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk

The important paragraph in the article “TfL previously said there were five pedestrian casualties involving cyclists and one with an e-scooter in a three-year period at floating bus stops compared with 11,400 pedestrians injured by motor vehicles.”

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doublearrow.co.uk@doublearrow64.bsky.social

Feels like a backward step from Network Rail Wayfinding 3.0, quite possibly to satisfy the whim of someone at DfT When it comes to brand, everything GBR touches turns to mediocre style over substance

dare I say there’s a notable difference in the reporting of RJ Mitte’s death in the UK vs US and it’s rather curious