"This is not the change people voted for, not the change I joined the #Labour Party for when I was 16, and certainly not the change which people deserve. When workers fight for decent living standards, the Labour council responds by strike-breaking, undermining unions—the very foundations which the party was founded to defend."
#Europa #Großbritannien #Coventry #Tram
#Bahnsystem #Straßenbahn #Probefahrten
Großbritannien -
Coventry testet revolutionäre Leichtbaustadtbahn:
Coventry Very Light Rail trial run was succesful http://dlvr.it/TLpZBq #Coventry #Environment #Network #RailNews
The usual lot are spouting hyperbolic nonsense about the build of #Coventry's #Binley cycleway. "Marooned", really? Complaining about blocking hospital access while saying it happens anyway? Misattributing issues from too many cars to a scheme that can help reduce dependency? That's the real madness.
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/binley-cycleway-scheme-total-madness-32006879
Ex-Schwimmerin Coventry: "Simbabwes Tochter" an der Spitze des IOC
Schwimm-Olympiasiegerin Coventry hat offiziell die Nachfolge von IOC-Präsident Bach angetreten. Sie ist die erste Frau an der Spitze des Verbands - und die erste Person aus Afrika. Ihre Karriere verlief ungewöhnlich. Von Philip Raillon.
#Europa #Großbritannien #Coventry #Tram
#Bahnsystem #Straßenbahn #Probefahrten
Großbritannien -
Probefahrten für das neue Bahnsystem in Coventry beginnen in Kürze:
For those of you who follow transit and rail in Britain, Geoff Marshall has one of my favorite YouTube channels.
In this video, Geoff is reporting on a pilot in the northern English city of Coventry for "Very Light Rail".
Lol. So sehr ich ja schienengebundenen ÖPNV mag, aber... an der Stelle würde ich tatsächlich hinterfragen, warum man nicht einfach einen Bus nimmt und sich den Aufwand macht, „Schienen” in den Asphalt zu fräsen um so kleine Fahrzeuge dort fahren zu lassen.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Very_Light_Rail
RSECon25 Call for Mentors
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This is the last week you can volunteer to help guide and support others by sharing your
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Deadline is 2025-06-14
Coventry's groundbreaking solution to... skipping around topics faster than their #Very #Light #Rail could ever hope to move. 
Perhaps they'll implement a rail system that can navigate their own chaotic menu of options next! 
https://www.coventry.gov.uk/coventry-light-rail #Coventry #innovation #transportation #chaos #publictransport #HackerNews #ngated
RSECon25 Call for Mentors
Do you have experience of presenting? Would you like to help early-career RSEs?
We are looking for volunteers to help guide and support by sharing your knowledge and experience with those preparing to give talks, posters, workshops, hackathons and more at RSECon25.
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Deadline is 2025-06-14
Whether you're thinking of submitting a talk, walkthrough, workshop, hackathon, Birds of a Feather or poster you have until tomorrow to submit your proposal for RSECon25 which is at University of Warwick 9-11th September 2024
Not only has registration just opened for RSECon25 (https://rsecon25.society-rse.org/registration/ ) but there is still time to submit your proposal, whether its for a talk, walkthrough, hackathon, workshop, poster or Birds of a Feather session you have until this Friday (2025-05-02) to submit your proposal for more details see https://rsecon25.society-rse.org/call-for-submissions/
The next president of the International Olympic Committee said she would not categorically ban countries from the games over international conflicts, opening the door for Russia to return to the international sports competition.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/russia-olympics-ban-future-027062
"Rückenschwimmerin ohne Rückgrat":
Kirsty Coventry, die am Donnerstag von den Mitgliedern des IOC frisch gewählte Präsidentin des mächtigsten Verbands im Weltsport, gehört dem elitären Kreis der IOC-Mitglieder seit 2013 an. Ein kritisches Wort zu all den finsteren Begebenheiten im olympischen Sport ist von ihr nicht überliefert. #IOC #Weltsportverband #Präsidentin #Coventry #Sport #TAZ
https://taz.de/Neue-IOC-Praesidentin/!6077169/
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday declaring it to be an "extraordinary moment.". At 41, the two-time Olympic swimming champion is also the youngest ever elected to be the most powerful person in #sports governance. She succeeds Thomas Bach, who steps down after 12 years, and said d she would work with the six other heavyweight rivals she beat.
#IOC #Coventry #Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7DfhbSF1M
The long-awaited Nuneaton to Coventry “super cycleway” may take a small step forward later this week with a tiny part of the route being put to the Portfolio Holder for Transport for approval. This features as part of a broader programme of road improvements and covers the south-most section through Exhall – only about 0.55km (0.35mi) and with serious compromises in quality.
https://fiets.uk/2025-03-10/decision-due-on-part-of-the-nuneaton-bedworth-coventry-cycle-scheme/
in 1998, A young man in #Coventry #West #Midlands had just got his first #mobile #phone and (possibly whilst drunk) sent #SMS to random numbers. A young woman replied (thinking it was from someone she knew). The pair kept exchanging messages, later phone calls, eventually met up and got married 4 years later (they are still married, have 2 kids and are renewing their vows!)
(Society was maybe a bit more innocent back then, it was nearly 30 years ago)
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