Active Travel Academy
@active-ata.bsky.social
Research & knowledge exchange centre at the University of Westminster with expertise in active travel, micro-mobilities, & reducing car use.
Email: [email protected].
Web: blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata. Journal: activetravelstudies.org.
Email: [email protected].
Web: blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata. Journal: activetravelstudies.org.
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We're the Active Travel Academy, a research & KE centre at Uni of Westminster with expertise in active travel, micromobilities & reducing car use.
You might know us from our LTNs work 👀
Follow for research updates. We'll post about ongoing projects over the next few weeks.
We're the Active Travel Academy, a research & KE centre at Uni of Westminster with expertise in active travel, micromobilities & reducing car use.
You might know us from our LTNs work 👀
Follow for research updates. We'll post about ongoing projects over the next few weeks.
New job! We're looking for a qualitative researcher to work with us on two projects, a participatory project on urban greening and a mixed-methods study on impacts of cycle infrastructure. 0.9 FTE for 8 months (combined maternity cover role). More info: vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/Hrvacancies/...
HR Vacancies - Search Jobs University of Westminster
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August 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
New job! We're looking for a qualitative researcher to work with us on two projects, a participatory project on urban greening and a mixed-methods study on impacts of cycle infrastructure. 0.9 FTE for 8 months (combined maternity cover role). More info: vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/Hrvacancies/...
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Our paper (@davefev.bsky.social + others) out today shows London LTNs have led to est. 613 fewer road injuries (-100 Killed or Seriously Injured).
No significant impact (with benefits for cyclists/motorcyclists) on boundary roads.
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... (Open access soon!)
No significant impact (with benefits for cyclists/motorcyclists) on boundary roads.
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... (Open access soon!)
July 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Our paper (@davefev.bsky.social + others) out today shows London LTNs have led to est. 613 fewer road injuries (-100 Killed or Seriously Injured).
No significant impact (with benefits for cyclists/motorcyclists) on boundary roads.
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... (Open access soon!)
No significant impact (with benefits for cyclists/motorcyclists) on boundary roads.
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... (Open access soon!)
Excited to be starting our new project looking at impacts and experiences of new cycling infrastructure outside London! Read more here: www.westminster.ac.uk/news/westmin...
Westminster’s Active Travel Academy to explore impact of new cycling infrastructure on diverse communities
www.westminster.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Excited to be starting our new project looking at impacts and experiences of new cycling infrastructure outside London! Read more here: www.westminster.ac.uk/news/westmin...
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Unable to drive because of a health condition, this couple in Wales ended up paying £81 on taxis to/from the hospital because the bus journey would take 2hours and multiple changes.
This is why we are so passionate about everyone having good travel options
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2512365...
This is why we are so passionate about everyone having good travel options
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2512365...
Poor public transport putting people at risk, says Caerphilly woman
A Caerphilly couple are concerned that poor public transport is putting vulnerable people at risk.
www.southwalesargus.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Unable to drive because of a health condition, this couple in Wales ended up paying £81 on taxis to/from the hospital because the bus journey would take 2hours and multiple changes.
This is why we are so passionate about everyone having good travel options
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2512365...
This is why we are so passionate about everyone having good travel options
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2512365...
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Fascinating talk by @shanewriter.bsky.social at "New Perspectives on #Walking & #Wheeling in the City" conference run by @active-ata.bsky.social. Focus was on how walking is great for the brain - though I didn't expect something on the genetic markers for evolution of walking!
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Fascinating talk by @shanewriter.bsky.social at "New Perspectives on #Walking & #Wheeling in the City" conference run by @active-ata.bsky.social. Focus was on how walking is great for the brain - though I didn't expect something on the genetic markers for evolution of walking!
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This is just a selection of the photos I’ve taken on Tyneside. It’s clear to see the kinds of spaces they are erected in - green & grey spaces on post-war estates, spaces that afford easy doorstep playing & hanging out, in communities experiencing disinvestment with few other accessible facilities.
March 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This is just a selection of the photos I’ve taken on Tyneside. It’s clear to see the kinds of spaces they are erected in - green & grey spaces on post-war estates, spaces that afford easy doorstep playing & hanging out, in communities experiencing disinvestment with few other accessible facilities.
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Our last info sheet on dropped kerbs raised a whole lot of questions - thanks everyone who asked!
To answer some of those questions, here's a new sheet on common kerb profiles, including how they can affect #Disabled people when walking/wheeling & #Cycling:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/common-kerb-...
To answer some of those questions, here's a new sheet on common kerb profiles, including how they can affect #Disabled people when walking/wheeling & #Cycling:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/common-kerb-...
Common kerb profiles
Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our last info sheet on dropped kerbs raised a whole lot of questions - thanks everyone who asked!
To answer some of those questions, here's a new sheet on common kerb profiles, including how they can affect #Disabled people when walking/wheeling & #Cycling:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/common-kerb-...
To answer some of those questions, here's a new sheet on common kerb profiles, including how they can affect #Disabled people when walking/wheeling & #Cycling:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/common-kerb-...
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NEW: chief executive of Citizen's Advice warns that cutting benefits for disabled people will push more people into poverty and make it harder for them to get into work, in a rare intervention for the organisation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Benefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice boss
Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour’s plan as ‘short-term action’ with ‘long-term consequences’ in rare intervention
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
NEW: chief executive of Citizen's Advice warns that cutting benefits for disabled people will push more people into poverty and make it harder for them to get into work, in a rare intervention for the organisation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The latest by me, for CityLab : How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Is Being Built
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built
Planners of the Waterbeach development near Cambridge designed the new housing complex with abundant cycling infrastructure to support car-free living.
www.bloomberg.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The latest by me, for CityLab : How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Is Being Built
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Join the @activetravelcaf.bsky.social tomorrow evening as two of our Research Fellows present qualitative findings from our NİHR-funded 'LTNs in London' project.
Join us tomorrow at 5pm to hear @tricyclemayor.bsky.social and @ersiliav.bsky.social from @active-ata.bsky.social share research into disabled people’s experiences of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. New sign ups via our website activetravelcafe.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Join the @activetravelcaf.bsky.social tomorrow evening as two of our Research Fellows present qualitative findings from our NİHR-funded 'LTNs in London' project.
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Heading over to my first @active-ata.bsky.social Walking @ Teatime in a while.
Tonight's theme is "pedestrians, pavements and hire e-bikes: the way forward"
I'm designing quite a lot of hire cycle parking bays just now and so this is timely.
Tonight's theme is "pedestrians, pavements and hire e-bikes: the way forward"
I'm designing quite a lot of hire cycle parking bays just now and so this is timely.
February 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Heading over to my first @active-ata.bsky.social Walking @ Teatime in a while.
Tonight's theme is "pedestrians, pavements and hire e-bikes: the way forward"
I'm designing quite a lot of hire cycle parking bays just now and so this is timely.
Tonight's theme is "pedestrians, pavements and hire e-bikes: the way forward"
I'm designing quite a lot of hire cycle parking bays just now and so this is timely.
Upcoming event from us:
Walking@Tea-time - pedestrians, pavements and e-hire bikes: the way forward
Thursday 27th February, 17:00 to 18:30
Room 4.10B (4th floor), University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7BY.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/active-trave...
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Walking@Tea-time - pedestrians, pavements and e-hire bikes: the way forward
Thursday 27th February, 17:00 to 18:30
Room 4.10B (4th floor), University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7BY.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/active-trave...
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February 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Upcoming event from us:
Walking@Tea-time - pedestrians, pavements and e-hire bikes: the way forward
Thursday 27th February, 17:00 to 18:30
Room 4.10B (4th floor), University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7BY.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/active-trave...
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Walking@Tea-time - pedestrians, pavements and e-hire bikes: the way forward
Thursday 27th February, 17:00 to 18:30
Room 4.10B (4th floor), University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7BY.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/active-trave...
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Always fantastic to see our work being used to support policy and practice on active travel.
Work led by @eleanorroaf.bsky.social, PhD Researcher at the University of Manchester, with @tricyclemayor.bsky.social from the ATA, and Emma Lawlor from the University of Glasgow.
Work led by @eleanorroaf.bsky.social, PhD Researcher at the University of Manchester, with @tricyclemayor.bsky.social from the ATA, and Emma Lawlor from the University of Glasgow.
Delighted @activetraveleng.bsky.social used our systematic review of AT interventions to highlight centrality of infrastructure, with additional behavioural interventions, to increase levels of walking, wheeling, & cycling.
Article: doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
@eleanorroaf.bsky.social Emma Lawlor
Article: doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
@eleanorroaf.bsky.social Emma Lawlor
January 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Always fantastic to see our work being used to support policy and practice on active travel.
Work led by @eleanorroaf.bsky.social, PhD Researcher at the University of Manchester, with @tricyclemayor.bsky.social from the ATA, and Emma Lawlor from the University of Glasgow.
Work led by @eleanorroaf.bsky.social, PhD Researcher at the University of Manchester, with @tricyclemayor.bsky.social from the ATA, and Emma Lawlor from the University of Glasgow.
Deadline for abstracts 31/01/2025
For those in and beyond academia, working and volunteering on or having experience of, disability and cycling.
For those in and beyond academia, working and volunteering on or having experience of, disability and cycling.
Deadline approaching for our call for papers on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org
200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk @active-ata.bsky.social
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200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk @active-ata.bsky.social
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January 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Deadline for abstracts 31/01/2025
For those in and beyond academia, working and volunteering on or having experience of, disability and cycling.
For those in and beyond academia, working and volunteering on or having experience of, disability and cycling.
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Our work to enable equality in cycling, mobility justice, and #ActiveTravel is never over, but here’s what we achieved in 2024 with your help! #Wrapped2024 #BeyondTheBicycle
youtu.be/O5NGZ63566g?...
youtu.be/O5NGZ63566g?...
Wheels for Wellbeing #Wrapped2024
YouTube video by Wheels For Wellbeing
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January 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Our work to enable equality in cycling, mobility justice, and #ActiveTravel is never over, but here’s what we achieved in 2024 with your help! #Wrapped2024 #BeyondTheBicycle
youtu.be/O5NGZ63566g?...
youtu.be/O5NGZ63566g?...
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“A process evaluation of the UK Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delivery of walking and cycling schemes in England.” 💯
Insufficient funding and timeframes undermine England's active travel schemes, says evaluation | CiTTi Magazine
A process evaluation of the UK Department for Transport’s (DfT) Active Travel Fund (ATF) has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delive
www.cittimagazine.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“A process evaluation of the UK Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delivery of walking and cycling schemes in England.” 💯
Process evaluation of the UK DfT Active Travel Fund (ATF) by us @active-ata.bsky.social has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delivery of walking and cycling schemes in England.
www.cittimagazine.co.uk/news/active-...
www.cittimagazine.co.uk/news/active-...
Insufficient funding and timeframes undermine England's active travel schemes, says evaluation | CiTTi Magazine
A process evaluation of the UK Department for Transport’s (DfT) Active Travel Fund (ATF) has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delive
www.cittimagazine.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Process evaluation of the UK DfT Active Travel Fund (ATF) by us @active-ata.bsky.social has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delivery of walking and cycling schemes in England.
www.cittimagazine.co.uk/news/active-...
www.cittimagazine.co.uk/news/active-...
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The UK’s Active Travel Academy is calling for papers to feature in the ‘Disability and Cycling’ Special Issue of its Active Travel Studies Journal.
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/activ...
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/activ...
January 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The UK’s Active Travel Academy is calling for papers to feature in the ‘Disability and Cycling’ Special Issue of its Active Travel Studies Journal.
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/activ...
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/activ...
Please consider submitting your work for this special issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in our open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Active Travel Studies.
Open to academics and researchers as well as non-academics, recognising disabled people as experts by experience on the topic.
Open to academics and researchers as well as non-academics, recognising disabled people as experts by experience on the topic.
Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org
200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Please consider submitting your work for this special issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in our open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Active Travel Studies.
Open to academics and researchers as well as non-academics, recognising disabled people as experts by experience on the topic.
Open to academics and researchers as well as non-academics, recognising disabled people as experts by experience on the topic.
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Rare and exciting opportunity to submit a paper for consideration to an Active Travel Studies Journal special issue on 'Disability and Cycling'. Submissions are warmly welcomed in academic and non-traditional formats.
Deadline: 31/01/2025
Deadline: 31/01/2025
Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org
200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Rare and exciting opportunity to submit a paper for consideration to an Active Travel Studies Journal special issue on 'Disability and Cycling'. Submissions are warmly welcomed in academic and non-traditional formats.
Deadline: 31/01/2025
Deadline: 31/01/2025
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Already looking forwards to reading this special Active Travel Studies issue on #Disability and #Cycling and it’s not even been written yet!
- Call for submissions below:
- Call for submissions below:
Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org
200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Already looking forwards to reading this special Active Travel Studies issue on #Disability and #Cycling and it’s not even been written yet!
- Call for submissions below:
- Call for submissions below:
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Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org
200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org
200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025
More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ
@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
@active-ata.bsky.social
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Thanks for including me in this sustainable transport starter pack, @sfrost.bsky.social ! Great company.
go.bsky.app/GobsdFY
go.bsky.app/GobsdFY
December 16, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Thanks for including me in this sustainable transport starter pack, @sfrost.bsky.social ! Great company.
go.bsky.app/GobsdFY
go.bsky.app/GobsdFY
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Transport is vital for living a healthy life. This new paper shows improving public transport is central to health equity by promoting active travel to work and reducing emissions.
www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...
www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...
Transport’s role in creating a fairer, healthier country - Institute of Health Equity
Transport’s role in creating a fairer, healthier country
www.instituteofhealthequity.org
December 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Transport is vital for living a healthy life. This new paper shows improving public transport is central to health equity by promoting active travel to work and reducing emissions.
www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...
www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...
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On how children experience streets & why play is important, I suggest this piece by @alisonstenning.bsky.social & @salawatson.bsky.social
(I think about this a lot - I used to play on streets that are now completely full of cars)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bsky.app/profile/sala...
(I think about this a lot - I used to play on streets that are now completely full of cars)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bsky.app/profile/sala...
‘Children see streets differently: Making space for children’s play and mobility’ - pleased to see this new article by @alisonstenning.bsky.social and I out today in the IPPR Progressive Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Children see streets differently”
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
On how children experience streets & why play is important, I suggest this piece by @alisonstenning.bsky.social & @salawatson.bsky.social
(I think about this a lot - I used to play on streets that are now completely full of cars)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bsky.app/profile/sala...
(I think about this a lot - I used to play on streets that are now completely full of cars)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bsky.app/profile/sala...