Simon Munk
@psimonk.bsky.social
Head of Campaigns & Community Development, London Cycling Campaign. #ActiveTravel #HipHop #Veggie #Dad If I'm an idiot here, it's my fault.
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Have you signed our petition yet? lcc.org.uk/theft
From yesterday's launch, there's more media coverage with our Senior Policy Officer speaking to @zagdaily.com: zagdaily.com/trends/londo... and our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social talking to @itvnews.bsky.social: www.itv.com/news/london/...
From yesterday's launch, there's more media coverage with our Senior Policy Officer speaking to @zagdaily.com: zagdaily.com/trends/londo... and our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social talking to @itvnews.bsky.social: www.itv.com/news/london/...
February 18, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Have you signed our petition yet? lcc.org.uk/theft
From yesterday's launch, there's more media coverage with our Senior Policy Officer speaking to @zagdaily.com: zagdaily.com/trends/londo... and our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social talking to @itvnews.bsky.social: www.itv.com/news/london/...
From yesterday's launch, there's more media coverage with our Senior Policy Officer speaking to @zagdaily.com: zagdaily.com/trends/londo... and our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social talking to @itvnews.bsky.social: www.itv.com/news/london/...
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📣 NEWS: LCC report into cycle theft show’s lack of action by Mayor, TfL, and Met, is resulting in 40,000 bikes stolen in London every year…
BUT… our report also sets out recommendations on how to bring that number 📉
✍️ Read the report and sign our petition: bit.ly/3Onz7I5
BUT… our report also sets out recommendations on how to bring that number 📉
✍️ Read the report and sign our petition: bit.ly/3Onz7I5
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 AM
📣 NEWS: LCC report into cycle theft show’s lack of action by Mayor, TfL, and Met, is resulting in 40,000 bikes stolen in London every year…
BUT… our report also sets out recommendations on how to bring that number 📉
✍️ Read the report and sign our petition: bit.ly/3Onz7I5
BUT… our report also sets out recommendations on how to bring that number 📉
✍️ Read the report and sign our petition: bit.ly/3Onz7I5
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Read and share all over..he nails it
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Read and share all over..he nails it
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Sad to see RideLondon on "pause". We loved seeing FreeCycle families joyously riding through London.
BUT... Good news!
London Cycling Festival with @zeroemissions.bsky.social boroughs & others is back! Imagine RideLondon but all over London. 20 September. Mark diaries now! lcc.org.uk/london-cycli...
BUT... Good news!
London Cycling Festival with @zeroemissions.bsky.social boroughs & others is back! Imagine RideLondon but all over London. 20 September. Mark diaries now! lcc.org.uk/london-cycli...
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Sad to see RideLondon on "pause". We loved seeing FreeCycle families joyously riding through London.
BUT... Good news!
London Cycling Festival with @zeroemissions.bsky.social boroughs & others is back! Imagine RideLondon but all over London. 20 September. Mark diaries now! lcc.org.uk/london-cycli...
BUT... Good news!
London Cycling Festival with @zeroemissions.bsky.social boroughs & others is back! Imagine RideLondon but all over London. 20 September. Mark diaries now! lcc.org.uk/london-cycli...
Folks like @fleuranderson.bsky.social say that there are sad stories caused by people not being able to drive over Hammersmith Bridge. But they don't talk about the sad stories that were happening before it shut and would again if the bridge reopened. They also don't talk about the other bridges...
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Folks like @fleuranderson.bsky.social say that there are sad stories caused by people not being able to drive over Hammersmith Bridge. But they don't talk about the sad stories that were happening before it shut and would again if the bridge reopened. They also don't talk about the other bridges...
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Irene was one of two people killed on London's roads while cycling in January 2026. Not a good start to the year. This Friday, 6 Feb, our local group @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social will hold a short vigil to mark her passing on what is a horrible stretch of roads that need improvement, urgently...
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Irene was one of two people killed on London's roads while cycling in January 2026. Not a good start to the year. This Friday, 6 Feb, our local group @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social will hold a short vigil to mark her passing on what is a horrible stretch of roads that need improvement, urgently...
What's startling here is that the most serious charge of aggravated burglary (maximum sentence is life), all protestors were found not guilty. The jury didn't fall for the smear tactics & this all makes a supposed terrorism connection that was used to deny bail look really suspect too...
A truly hideous right wing smear campaign against these six activists for exercising their free speech rights to protest - and confronted with the evidence all six have been acquitted.
Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site
None of the six activists were convicted of any offence over break-in at Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
What's startling here is that the most serious charge of aggravated burglary (maximum sentence is life), all protestors were found not guilty. The jury didn't fall for the smear tactics & this all makes a supposed terrorism connection that was used to deny bail look really suspect too...
Excellent post about excellent Cllr @mikehakata.bsky.social who has done amazing things on transport in Haringey. At its heart, this piece speaks to so much of work I do day in, day out for @londoncycling.bsky.social on 'political will'. When you don't get visible public backing from leadership...
“I had to go in and face my colleagues who were saying, ‘Mike, what have you done?’”
A glimpse inside Haringey's street space transformation, featuring @mikehakata.bsky.social and @carlafrancome.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lauralak...
A glimpse inside Haringey's street space transformation, featuring @mikehakata.bsky.social and @carlafrancome.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lauralak...
Relentless pressure, threats, and apologies
Four years inside Haringey's street transformation
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Excellent post about excellent Cllr @mikehakata.bsky.social who has done amazing things on transport in Haringey. At its heart, this piece speaks to so much of work I do day in, day out for @londoncycling.bsky.social on 'political will'. When you don't get visible public backing from leadership...
Come work for @londoncycling.bsky.social. Senior Digital Fundraiser role up for grabs, deadline for application: 9 Feb. lcc.org.uk/jobs/ Good luck folks!
Careers and other opportunities at LCC
lcc.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Come work for @londoncycling.bsky.social. Senior Digital Fundraiser role up for grabs, deadline for application: 9 Feb. lcc.org.uk/jobs/ Good luck folks!
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
The Telegraph and other media platforms like Facebook should come with a health warning, while media literacy lessons for over 40s needed. Only thing "Stalinist" about this is the wild lies & conspiracy theories from those determined to keep driving all times, everywhere...
HT @monkemma.bsky.social!
HT @monkemma.bsky.social!
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
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We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
The Telegraph and other media platforms like Facebook should come with a health warning, while media literacy lessons for over 40s needed. Only thing "Stalinist" about this is the wild lies & conspiracy theories from those determined to keep driving all times, everywhere...
HT @monkemma.bsky.social!
HT @monkemma.bsky.social!
"Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses... Killing in the name of".
It looks like fascism because it is fascism.
Tom Morello opening a gig in Minneapolis like this brought a tear to my eye. Enough is enough. No pasaran for fascism, racism, either side of the Atlantic...
It looks like fascism because it is fascism.
Tom Morello opening a gig in Minneapolis like this brought a tear to my eye. Enough is enough. No pasaran for fascism, racism, either side of the Atlantic...
January 30th, 2026
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
GENIAL!
Tom Morello - Intro + Killing In The Name Of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMK...
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
GENIAL!
Tom Morello - Intro + Killing In The Name Of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMK...
Tom Morello - Intro + Killing In The Name Of
YouTube video by Kyle Matteson
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 AM
"Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses... Killing in the name of".
It looks like fascism because it is fascism.
Tom Morello opening a gig in Minneapolis like this brought a tear to my eye. Enough is enough. No pasaran for fascism, racism, either side of the Atlantic...
It looks like fascism because it is fascism.
Tom Morello opening a gig in Minneapolis like this brought a tear to my eye. Enough is enough. No pasaran for fascism, racism, either side of the Atlantic...
This story is fascinating & multifaceted. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
1. We wring hands about young being on phones all time but it's more elderly folks who are on Facebook, Nextdoor etc. visibly engaging in toxic online discussions, amplifying conspiracy theories.
2. Politicians & media...
1. We wring hands about young being on phones all time but it's more elderly folks who are on Facebook, Nextdoor etc. visibly engaging in toxic online discussions, amplifying conspiracy theories.
2. Politicians & media...
Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 AM
This story is fascinating & multifaceted. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
1. We wring hands about young being on phones all time but it's more elderly folks who are on Facebook, Nextdoor etc. visibly engaging in toxic online discussions, amplifying conspiracy theories.
2. Politicians & media...
1. We wring hands about young being on phones all time but it's more elderly folks who are on Facebook, Nextdoor etc. visibly engaging in toxic online discussions, amplifying conspiracy theories.
2. Politicians & media...
I'm on a local Facebook group arguing with people because there's 'too many School Streets'. OK, so you actively think cutting down a tiny, narrow residential street with a primary school on is more important at 830 than kids being able to safely play, arrive at school calmly, scoot about? ...
Either you're happy for people to be killed and injured to save you a couple of minutes on your journey, or you're not. The evidence that LTNs and 20mph zones save lives is overwhelming.
January 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I'm on a local Facebook group arguing with people because there's 'too many School Streets'. OK, so you actively think cutting down a tiny, narrow residential street with a primary school on is more important at 830 than kids being able to safely play, arrive at school calmly, scoot about? ...
Take a minute or two to fill out the consultation & support a really important & welcome scheme in Westminster/ central London. A real shame some local politicians & residents have got themselves into a pretzel about these good quality designs because to them, cycling = most evil thing ever. Sigh...
Hot off the press 🔥🔥🔥! The BAYSWATER ROAD consultation deadline is EXTENDED by a week, giving more opportunity for responses (after a campaign to stop it)! Take a look at the video of before and after on the plans! We are really excited about these possibilities - frankly, how could you not be? ⬇️
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Take a minute or two to fill out the consultation & support a really important & welcome scheme in Westminster/ central London. A real shame some local politicians & residents have got themselves into a pretzel about these good quality designs because to them, cycling = most evil thing ever. Sigh...
Just saying @carolinerussell.bsky.social is ace. The effort & genuine care she shows in horrific circumstances like these...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
I met people in Hackney who are calling for safer streets.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
Kenworthy Road is a place where people live and children go to school but the roads are still hostile and filled with fast traffic.
Mrs Murphy died here in 2009 and Harry Webb was killed in 2023, and yet nothing has really changed.
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Just saying @carolinerussell.bsky.social is ace. The effort & genuine care she shows in horrific circumstances like these...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
Compare to the endemic inaction at roads like this, the shrugged shoulders at junctions like the ones that bookend this road, despite clear patterns of collisions, the idea...
Good take on fairly sensible @ategov.bsky.social guidance on floating bus stops, bus stop bypasses, bus stop boarders. Ultimately however the guidance amounts to 'try & do what you were already doing a bit better'. The amount of delays, time, money put in to appeasing 'fears', 'concerns' and from...
Actually lots of extra help in this guidance with more nuance around different conditions and much of this should be standard practice anyway.
It won't change the minds of the folks who are against floating bus stops and it still leaves us with the edge cases of shared use bus boarders plus
It won't change the minds of the folks who are against floating bus stops and it still leaves us with the edge cases of shared use bus boarders plus
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Good take on fairly sensible @ategov.bsky.social guidance on floating bus stops, bus stop bypasses, bus stop boarders. Ultimately however the guidance amounts to 'try & do what you were already doing a bit better'. The amount of delays, time, money put in to appeasing 'fears', 'concerns' and from...
The problem is not capacity. The problem is who gets the capacity. TfL increasingly seem unable to understand that giving 20% more signal capacity to buses mixed in with other traffic doesn't mean 20% faster buses, but 20% more people driving. They have to do much more to separate modes...
TfL "unveils ambitious 5 year plan to cut congestion & transform London’s road network for the future" (see tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/tfl-unv...). We think there's some good news, but far too much bad news in this plan, that talks a lot about speeding up buses, but may not do that... 1/10
TfL unveils ambitious five-year plan to cut congestion and transform London’s road network for the future
PN-146
TfL launches ‘London on the move’, the first-ever London network-wide strategy spanning all of London’s highway network
The plan will see the rollout of cutting-edge new technology, new bus ...
tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The problem is not capacity. The problem is who gets the capacity. TfL increasingly seem unable to understand that giving 20% more signal capacity to buses mixed in with other traffic doesn't mean 20% faster buses, but 20% more people driving. They have to do much more to separate modes...
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📢This safe direct cycleway proposal on Westminster's Bayswater Road is under attack and needs your URGENT support! 📢
Make safe cycling possible for all ages & abilities on this route - ACT NOW 👇
Consultation closes on Wednesday ⏰
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
Make safe cycling possible for all ages & abilities on this route - ACT NOW 👇
Consultation closes on Wednesday ⏰
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Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM
📢This safe direct cycleway proposal on Westminster's Bayswater Road is under attack and needs your URGENT support! 📢
Make safe cycling possible for all ages & abilities on this route - ACT NOW 👇
Consultation closes on Wednesday ⏰
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
Make safe cycling possible for all ages & abilities on this route - ACT NOW 👇
Consultation closes on Wednesday ⏰
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
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⏰⚠️⏰⚠️ ALERT! The Bayswater road consultation is under heavy threat despite the obvious benefits. The weekend saw 400+ responses and it's IMPERITIVE we show strong support ahead of the WEDS 28th DEADLINE. Please take a moment to add your voice here: cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
⏰⚠️⏰⚠️ ALERT! The Bayswater road consultation is under heavy threat despite the obvious benefits. The weekend saw 400+ responses and it's IMPERITIVE we show strong support ahead of the WEDS 28th DEADLINE. Please take a moment to add your voice here: cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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They murdered him in cold blood, and then they lied and called him a terrorist for trying to help his neighbours.
They’ll do it to anyone.
They’ll do it to anyone.
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
They murdered him in cold blood, and then they lied and called him a terrorist for trying to help his neighbours.
They’ll do it to anyone.
They’ll do it to anyone.
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Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
www.standard.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...
This is naked fascism. This is history repeating. That we have sitting MPs and politicians who would absolutely support this in the UK should be a source of national shame for us too. Time to stand up against those who would sow hate and divide us. We are a country that fights fascism & wins...
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 AM
This is naked fascism. This is history repeating. That we have sitting MPs and politicians who would absolutely support this in the UK should be a source of national shame for us too. Time to stand up against those who would sow hate and divide us. We are a country that fights fascism & wins...
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Thoughts with family & friends. 39 year old woman killed cycling, New Cross Road ~8:30pm last night. www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
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Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
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Cyclist, 39, dies in horror crash with lorry on major road
The 39-year-old woman who was pronounced dead at the scene
www.mylondon.news
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thoughts with family & friends. 39 year old woman killed cycling, New Cross Road ~8:30pm last night. www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
@lewishamcyclists.bsky.social 1/3
Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
@lewishamcyclists.bsky.social 1/3
'No one cycles in rain/winter' - strangely not something usual anti-cycling suspects say in London these days. 08:52, heavy rain, C6 shot from Holborn Viaduct. More cycles than track can cope with & than motor vehicles. Yet we still are struggling to get enough capacity. @londoncycling.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
'No one cycles in rain/winter' - strangely not something usual anti-cycling suspects say in London these days. 08:52, heavy rain, C6 shot from Holborn Viaduct. More cycles than track can cope with & than motor vehicles. Yet we still are struggling to get enough capacity. @londoncycling.bsky.social