Seb Dance @SebDance@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Deputy Mayor of London for Transport | Deputy Chair @TfL | Former MEP for London, Vice-Chair @EP_Environment and Deputy Leader @labmeps | he/ him
Joined Apr 2022
RT @bbcweather: #Heatwave1976 compared to #Heatwave2022
RT @willnorman: Same city, same day, same time, but two only slightly different streets.
Trees in cities are good! 🎄🌲🏡🌴🌳🌴🏡🌲
RT @barkingriver: Just three days to go until the new Barking Riverside train station opens.
The new transport link will connect Barking Riverside to Barking Station in just 7 minutes, providing easy access to central London.
RT @SadiqKhan: 🌎 The climate crisis is on our doorstep and impacts our everyday lives.
By taking action we can lower energy bills, clean up our air and create new jobs.
As London Climate Action Week draws to a close, here’s a roundup of announcements from City Hall this week. #LCAW2022 🧵
RT @SadiqKhan: Here in London you are free to be whoever you want to be, and love whoever you want to love.
Today has seen over one million people join our biggest ever #Pride
Proud to be your Mayor! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
❤🧡💛💚💙💜
The cast of #Heartstopper are every bit as warm and wonderful as the characters they play Happy #PrideInLondon everyone! X
RT @MayorofLondon: Celebrating 50 years of #PrideInLondon
Today’s Pride march is a celebration of how far we’ve come in the fight for LGBTQI+ rights & a reminder of why we must keep fighting.
Thank you to @BishopsgateInst for these pictures from the Gay Pride March 1982: Robert Workman Archive.
RT @willnorman: Today we've completed work on another section of Cycleway 4. This route will connect neighbourhoods in southeast London to central London via a fully protected cycle route between Tower Bridge Road and Greenwich.
RT @MayorofLondon: Once again I'm asking @GrantShapps to meet with me so that we can finally agree on a fair, sustainable, long-term funding deal that will protect the future of London’s transport network—for the sake of the capital and the whole country.
My letter to Grant Shapps:
London looking fabulous this evening, complete with its own #Pride rainbow 🌈
RT @Royal_Greenwich: Today our Leader Cllr @MrOkereke met with @rokhsanafiaz, Mayor Of Newham, @abenaopp MP for Erith & Thamesmead and @SebDance, Deputy Mayor of London for Transport, to discuss how we can collaborate and unlock potential of #Thamesmead with extension of #DLR. 🚆🚆🚆
Yes, driving a train is every bit as fun as I thought it would be 😃 🚂
RT @AlstomUK: Great to host @SebDance at our site in Derby. It was excellent to see him drive a new Aventra train on our test track.
Projects in partnership with TfL support hundreds of jobs and apprenticeships in Derby and at other Alstom sites across the UK.
RT @willnorman: TfL and London boroughs have been given expanded enforcement powers to improve safety for cyclists.
@TfL will begin fining motor vehicles caught driving in mandatory cycle lanes and cycle tracks from 27/6/22
RT @LDN_pressoffice: Today, the Deputy Mayor for Transport @SebDance is visiting the factory in Derby where the new Elizabeth line trains were built, and he's issued a warning about future jobs and contracts if TfL does not receive long-term funding.
https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/deputy-mayor-warns-about-jobs-and-contracts
We urgently need a fair, long-term funding deal that will protect London’s transport network – not just for the sake of the capital but for the economic wellbeing of the whole country.
RT @SadiqKhan: Londoners would welcome #Eurovision with open arms.
We're ready to step up and support Ukraine by hosting a contest that pays tribute to and honours the Ukrainian people, and also celebrates the very best of Britain too.
RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt.
In 1942 on her 13th birthday she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)
RT @mayorofhackney: RT photo from the last time I helped to open @hackneycouncil & @cityoflondon #walkingandcycling2022 conference. Great to be here today in person with @SebDance, @LadyVelo, Dame Jane Roberts from @livingstreets @ShravanJoshi & so many other partners & speakers. So much more to do.
RT @LabourCycles: New Deputy Mayor for London, @SebDance - ‘Active transport is a social justice & public health issue.’
‘250km of protected bike lanes, 100+ LTNs and over 500 school streets - If we build it, people will use it’
RT @MayorofLondon: Two weeks ago, the Prime Minister and I opened the Elizabeth line with Her Majesty the Queen. Two weeks later, and the Government is forcing cuts to London’s iconic bus network.
My letter to the PM:
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Deputy Mayor of London for Transport | Deputy Chair @TfL | Former MEP for London, Vice-Chair @EP_Environment and Deputy Leader @labmeps | he/ him
Joined Apr 2022
