St Albans Cycle Campaign
@stacyclecampaign.bsky.social
Campaigning for cycling in particular and active travel in general in St Albans City and District
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Highways, roads and pavements
Report a fault, check roadworks and find out more about how we look after the roads and pavements in Hertfordshire.
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk
Potholes and other highway faults don't get fixed if they're not reported. This is the link: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/hig...
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Our estimates off DfT data is London's 1.5 million cycled journeys daily now accounts for well over half of all cycle journeys made in England. That's an amazing end-of-year reflection alongside this ace @peterwalker99.bsky.social piece about what London & LCC included is getting so right...
Cycling in booming in London but fairly stagnant UK-wide. What’s going on? I spoke to some people who know about these sorts of things.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Our estimates off DfT data is London's 1.5 million cycled journeys daily now accounts for well over half of all cycle journeys made in England. That's an amazing end-of-year reflection alongside this ace @peterwalker99.bsky.social piece about what London & LCC included is getting so right...
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Did you know a summary of our Guide to Inclusive Cycling along with its key
recommendations is available in Easy Read?
You can view it by following the link below.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
#InclusiveCycling #GuideToInclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling
recommendations is available in Easy Read?
You can view it by following the link below.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
#InclusiveCycling #GuideToInclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling
December 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know a summary of our Guide to Inclusive Cycling along with its key
recommendations is available in Easy Read?
You can view it by following the link below.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
#InclusiveCycling #GuideToInclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling
recommendations is available in Easy Read?
You can view it by following the link below.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
#InclusiveCycling #GuideToInclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling
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NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨This time we're talking Outputs, not Outcomes and England's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with Xavier Brice of the @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
Outputs not outcomes (CWIS3) | Streets Ahead
And why we need to start treating active travel like road and rail transport
shows.acast.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨This time we're talking Outputs, not Outcomes and England's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with Xavier Brice of the @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Wales could give local authorities the power to install side road zebra crossings at junctions. This would be a first for the UK – giving pedestrians more priority at side streets.
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
Side road zebras - an opportunity for Wales
Ruth Billingham, our Head of Campaigns & Public Affairs, dives into the detail of what this means for walking.
bitly.livingstreets.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wales could give local authorities the power to install side road zebra crossings at junctions. This would be a first for the UK – giving pedestrians more priority at side streets.
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
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Great article with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social about encouraging less driving and more active travel to save the #NHS
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
We must get fitter if we’re to afford the future, says McNally
McNally in traffic outside Eastbourne hospital. Cycling on the pavement is forbidden. Plans for a bus and cycle route running three miles from Polegate to the hospital were stopped by councillors.
...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Great article with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social about encouraging less driving and more active travel to save the #NHS
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
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The NHS itself is responsible for 4% of the traffic on UK roads. As an anchor institution, it should be leading the change. Yet all anyone’s trying to do there “is convert the fleets to electric when in fact what we should be doing is supporting the staff to commute by active travel or by bus.”
We must get fitter if we’re to afford the future, says McNally
McNally in traffic outside Eastbourne hospital. Cycling on the pavement is forbidden. Plans for a bus and cycle route running three miles from Polegate to the hospital were stopped by councillors.
...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The NHS itself is responsible for 4% of the traffic on UK roads. As an anchor institution, it should be leading the change. Yet all anyone’s trying to do there “is convert the fleets to electric when in fact what we should be doing is supporting the staff to commute by active travel or by bus.”
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In our latest blog post, Jess writes:
"I live in a village which has just one bus into town each day and one bus back. It's very precious to those of us who use it, but not many people do because it's so infrequent."
Read more:
"I live in a village which has just one bus into town each day and one bus back. It's very precious to those of us who use it, but not many people do because it's so infrequent."
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Buses connect communities and bring us together
This year, our Christmas Appeal focuses on raising vital funds for the work we are doing to ensure that every community has a decent bus service.
bettertransport.org.uk
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In our latest blog post, Jess writes:
"I live in a village which has just one bus into town each day and one bus back. It's very precious to those of us who use it, but not many people do because it's so infrequent."
Read more:
"I live in a village which has just one bus into town each day and one bus back. It's very precious to those of us who use it, but not many people do because it's so infrequent."
Read more:
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I refuse to shut up about this: NYC started charging $9 to bring a car into our most transit-rich zone, the haters & trolls predicted doom, but traffic evaporated instantly and here’s Times Square tonite (even after the holiday tourists have left). For a better future, build transit & price driving!
January 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I refuse to shut up about this: NYC started charging $9 to bring a car into our most transit-rich zone, the haters & trolls predicted doom, but traffic evaporated instantly and here’s Times Square tonite (even after the holiday tourists have left). For a better future, build transit & price driving!
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If you want your city to be a great place for everyone, especially children, older and disabled people, to get around safely and conveniently, then don’t invite in a load of driverless cars.
You’ll just be landed with a new source of congestion and serious extra chaos if there’s a power cut.
You’ll just be landed with a new source of congestion and serious extra chaos if there’s a power cut.
“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars —& halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.”
Less well known— driverless cars contribute to traffic congestion EVERY day.
Less well known— driverless cars contribute to traffic congestion EVERY day.
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
If you want your city to be a great place for everyone, especially children, older and disabled people, to get around safely and conveniently, then don’t invite in a load of driverless cars.
You’ll just be landed with a new source of congestion and serious extra chaos if there’s a power cut.
You’ll just be landed with a new source of congestion and serious extra chaos if there’s a power cut.
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What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc).
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc).
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
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For a country which is obsessed with outsourcing things, I'm amazed we haven't latched onto the system New York uses.
Outsource it to the public. It works.
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-yor...
Outsource it to the public. It works.
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-yor...
New Yorker says reporting idling vehicles through city program makes him over six figures
People in New York City can report idling vehicles and keep a portion of the fines under a 2017 law. Lobbyists say truckers feel "abused" over the program.
www.cbsnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
For a country which is obsessed with outsourcing things, I'm amazed we haven't latched onto the system New York uses.
Outsource it to the public. It works.
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-yor...
Outsource it to the public. It works.
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-yor...
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Cars are not freedom.
If the only choice you have to get to work or the shops is the make, model & colour of the car you drive, that’s not freedom. Choice within constraints is not freedom.
Freedom is the ability to be able to opt out of the constraint.
Cars intentionally enforce that constraint.
If the only choice you have to get to work or the shops is the make, model & colour of the car you drive, that’s not freedom. Choice within constraints is not freedom.
Freedom is the ability to be able to opt out of the constraint.
Cars intentionally enforce that constraint.
December 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Cars are not freedom.
If the only choice you have to get to work or the shops is the make, model & colour of the car you drive, that’s not freedom. Choice within constraints is not freedom.
Freedom is the ability to be able to opt out of the constraint.
Cars intentionally enforce that constraint.
If the only choice you have to get to work or the shops is the make, model & colour of the car you drive, that’s not freedom. Choice within constraints is not freedom.
Freedom is the ability to be able to opt out of the constraint.
Cars intentionally enforce that constraint.
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I want bicycle infrastructure that’s safe enough to do this
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I want bicycle infrastructure that’s safe enough to do this
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The government has today launched a new strategy to build a safer society for women and girls.
We’re pleased to see it consider how safe our streets feel - and are - for women & girls... 🧵
We’re pleased to see it consider how safe our streets feel - and are - for women & girls... 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The government has today launched a new strategy to build a safer society for women and girls.
We’re pleased to see it consider how safe our streets feel - and are - for women & girls... 🧵
We’re pleased to see it consider how safe our streets feel - and are - for women & girls... 🧵
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Cyclists r still an undervalued customer segment for many shop owners. Those who recognise them as prime customers and invest in cycling infrastruture gain a competetive edge. urbanist & bicycle parking expert @carsten-diekmann.bsky.social was featured in a German retail magazine on this topic.
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Cyclists r still an undervalued customer segment for many shop owners. Those who recognise them as prime customers and invest in cycling infrastruture gain a competetive edge. urbanist & bicycle parking expert @carsten-diekmann.bsky.social was featured in a German retail magazine on this topic.
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Imagine a 100m race where we’ve given cars an 80m head start after many decades of building almost ONLY for them. If we then set a transportation goal of “balance” between many more choices in getting around, by definition we have to prioritize the new choices for a while, or they’ll never catch up.
September 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Imagine a 100m race where we’ve given cars an 80m head start after many decades of building almost ONLY for them. If we then set a transportation goal of “balance” between many more choices in getting around, by definition we have to prioritize the new choices for a while, or they’ll never catch up.
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The onus should not rest on individuals with reduced mobility to keep pace in a fast-moving world. We urge cities to prioritise urban design that puts pedestrians first – creating environments that enable physical activity, especially among vulnerable groups.
theconversation.com/cities-arent...
theconversation.com/cities-arent...
Cities aren’t built for older people – our study shows many can’t walk fast enough to beat a pedestrian crossing
Many older people with reduced mobility say they feel ‘hurried’, ‘rushed’ and ‘unsafe" when walking around their city.
theconversation.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The onus should not rest on individuals with reduced mobility to keep pace in a fast-moving world. We urge cities to prioritise urban design that puts pedestrians first – creating environments that enable physical activity, especially among vulnerable groups.
theconversation.com/cities-arent...
theconversation.com/cities-arent...
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The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
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Want to give your views on the next active travel strategy? Today is the last day of the consultation!
Take a few minutes and respond - our template is quick and easy to edit and send actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Take a few minutes and respond - our template is quick and easy to edit and send actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
a kermit the frog is sitting on a table with his arms in the air and the words last day !!!
ALT: a kermit the frog is sitting on a table with his arms in the air and the words last day !!!
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Want to give your views on the next active travel strategy? Today is the last day of the consultation!
Take a few minutes and respond - our template is quick and easy to edit and send actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Take a few minutes and respond - our template is quick and easy to edit and send actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
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Less than 48h left to buy an Interrail pass with 25% discount (I already have!). Buy now, activate any date in next 11 months.
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Less than 48h left to buy an Interrail pass with 25% discount (I already have!). Buy now, activate any date in next 11 months.
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
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“Last year, roughly 1,600 people were killed on our roads, and 29,500 seriously injured, and that has been flatlining pretty much for the last decade,” she said. “That is unacceptable”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory transport culture wars risked making roads less safe, says minister
Lilian Greenwood condemns Conservative ‘mixed messages’ and promises a system that works for everybody
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“Last year, roughly 1,600 people were killed on our roads, and 29,500 seriously injured, and that has been flatlining pretty much for the last decade,” she said. “That is unacceptable”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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This pic is a few years old, but Dick van Dyke is still out there today, completing his 100th trip around the sun (with or without the bicycle).
Happy 100 years to actor Dick Van Dyke!
#BicycleBirthday
Born December 13, 1925
Happy 100 years to actor Dick Van Dyke!
#BicycleBirthday
Born December 13, 1925
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This pic is a few years old, but Dick van Dyke is still out there today, completing his 100th trip around the sun (with or without the bicycle).
Happy 100 years to actor Dick Van Dyke!
#BicycleBirthday
Born December 13, 1925
Happy 100 years to actor Dick Van Dyke!
#BicycleBirthday
Born December 13, 1925
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For children walking or cycling to school, "outside the school" is the least dangerous part of their journey. Children need 20mph limit protection on the whole of their home to school route. 20mph "just outside schools" contemptuously disregards duty of care on child mobility
School gate risk
We support those communities that want 20mph where peopleare
www.20splenty.org
December 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
For children walking or cycling to school, "outside the school" is the least dangerous part of their journey. Children need 20mph limit protection on the whole of their home to school route. 20mph "just outside schools" contemptuously disregards duty of care on child mobility
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New Government figures (tinyurl.com/3ajz9x67) show local authorities' #Cycling & #Walking funding being cut yet again! We need 10,000s of miles of new C&W links, not just 500 miles (see tinyurl.com/5dk3t5mx).
Please respond to consultation on C&W 'Investment' Strategy by Monday tinyurl.com/2v3dmx6d
Please respond to consultation on C&W 'Investment' Strategy by Monday tinyurl.com/2v3dmx6d
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New Government figures (tinyurl.com/3ajz9x67) show local authorities' #Cycling & #Walking funding being cut yet again! We need 10,000s of miles of new C&W links, not just 500 miles (see tinyurl.com/5dk3t5mx).
Please respond to consultation on C&W 'Investment' Strategy by Monday tinyurl.com/2v3dmx6d
Please respond to consultation on C&W 'Investment' Strategy by Monday tinyurl.com/2v3dmx6d