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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 2h

Really happy to see Birmingham city centre becoming more walkable, cycle-friendly, and accessible! 🧑🏽‍🦽🚶‍♂️🚲 New lighting, surfacing, and signs should make getting around easier and safer for everyone - and every step away from cars is a win for cleaner air 💚

www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article...

Active travel project to improve walking and cycling | Birmingham City Council

Active travel project to improve walking and cycling - Active travel project to improve walking and cycling

www.birmingham.gov.uk

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 6d

Our #Dieselgate petition is growing. Let's get this even higher, before the trial begins on October 13th. Have you signed yet? #AirPollution #DitchDiesel

Make polluters pay for poisoning our children

10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...

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Healthy Air Coalition UK @healthyairuk.bsky.social · 5d

Liz from @mumsforlungs.bsky.social reminded us that Manchester is the most polluted city in the UK, with a recent 33% increase in babies and toddlers admitted to hospital with breathing issues. Political leadership and School Streets needed in Manchester and across UK. 🚸
@lizgdfy.bsky.social #LPC25

Liz Godfrey sits on a stage next to the Chair and other panellists, and speaks into a microphone.

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 1d

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Sign the Petition

Mandate Festivals to Tackle Abandoned Camping Gear

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 2d

Over 24,000 children in Birmingham are living with #Asthma. The Clean Air Zone has reduced #AirPollution by 17%, but the toxic air in #Birmingham is still having a "devastating impact" on communities.

Mum says 'just don't' as she warns parents of three problems on school run

Chelmsley Wood mum opens up on her son's health issues as she urged parents to be aware of 'toxic air' amid struggles walking to school

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Kingston & Surbiton Green Party @kbgreens.bsky.social · 1d

We shouldn’t be idling cars - it’s harmful to people around our vehicles

Some councils warn they will fine you, ie neighbours Richmond, ours might put up a few signs

#AirPollution kills

Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 1d

A mum worried about her son’s asthma and cars idling outside school.
This shouldn’t be normal - no child should struggle to breathe because of toxic air.
Support @asthmaandlung.org.uk and @mumsforlungs.bsky.social’s
call for cleaner air.
🔗 www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
#AirPollution

Mum says 'just don't' as she warns parents of three problems on school run

Chelmsley Wood mum opens up on her son's health issues as she urged parents to be aware of 'toxic air' amid struggles walking to school

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 1d

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 1d

A mum worried about her son’s asthma and cars idling outside school.
This shouldn’t be normal - no child should struggle to breathe because of toxic air.
Support @asthmaandlung.org.uk and @mumsforlungs.bsky.social’s
call for cleaner air.
🔗 www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
#AirPollution

Mum says 'just don't' as she warns parents of three problems on school run

Chelmsley Wood mum opens up on her son's health issues as she urged parents to be aware of 'toxic air' amid struggles walking to school

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 1d

Good to hear Andy Street call out Robert Jenrick - but why did he feel the need to drag up the “riots” of the 80s? 🤔
They were in Lozells, not Handsworth, but the press got it wrong and the name stuck.
Also… that was 40 years ago!
🔗 www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

New film retells the 1985 Handsworth Riots story

The Tiny Spark, a film about events that rocked Birmingham nearly 40 years ago, set to premiere.

www.bbc.com

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

In other news, residents of Handsworth complained of seeing a complete and utter twat.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 2d

Reclaiming urban spaces from cars, as Paris has done over the last ten years, is climate action - both mitigation (fewer emissions from fewer miles driven and more miles on public/active transit) and adaptation (less asphalt and urban heat island effect, more parks, trees and shade).

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.

Paris before and after street transformation

New urban forest planted in front of Paris City Hall

A Paris “School Street” where cars are removed and people space/tree planting are added

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 2d

‘Making it quicker and easier to travel across the West Midlands by bus” -exciting news! Have your say and help shape the changes 👇

crosscitybus.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

Cross City Bus | Commonplace

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 2d

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 3d

Air pollution is a global crisis and it's hitting our ageing population. This week London achieved a major milestone meeting its clean air target 184 years earlier than predicted.

The impact on vulnerable people shows why our work is so vital.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Frailty in ageing populations worsened by air pollution, global review finds

Coauthor of research says condition linked to heightened vulnerability and loss of independence – but is reversible

www.theguardian.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 2d

These new figures prove that when people are put at the heart of Oxford Street, the area thrives and businesses benefit.

That’s why I am moving forward with the next stage of my proposals to pedestrianise Oxford Street and revitalise the area as quickly as I can. www.cityam.com/oxford-stree...

Oxford Street pedestrianisation boosts sales, survey finds

Oxford Street was closed to traffic for eight hours on Sunday 21st September in a pilot test to fully pedestrianise the high street.

www.cityam.com

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 2d

That heart-pumping dash to New Street - off the No. 50 at 13:43, and somehow on the 13:50 WMR to Hereford. Made it by the skin of my teeth, hauling a suitcase up THAT stairway! Brummies will know 🥳🚆

A small suitcase at the bottom of a stairwell (photo taken on a previous occasion 😆)

Inside a busy train carriage with passengers seated and standing

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 2d

Finally some action! B’ham residents have been pleading for speed reduction measures for years - speeding blights our neighbourhoods. These new cameras and 30 mph limits are a step in the right direction towards making our streets safer and more liveable.

www.birminghammail.co.uk/travel/every...

Every Birmingham road where new speed cameras are being switched on

The cameras will form part of a fresh speeding crackdown by city council bosses which will also see speed limits on a number of roads cut to 30mph

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 7d

Participants sought for car-sharing experiment in Leeds

University of Leeds researchers want people to explore alternatives to private vehicle ownership.

www.bbc.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

A recent photo of a starling murmuration as if smoke from a chimney has been called a "fluke" by its Yorkshire based, UK photographer, Anna Tosney #WomensArt

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting insights into the challenges and complexity of building the new Camp Hill Line stations, especially Moseley - a great look at what goes on behind infrastructure projects.

www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/ins...

Inside the challenges encountered in delivering the new Camp Hill line railway

Building three new stations by a live line in urban areas has made for an interesting delivery on the Camp Hill line project.

www.newcivilengineer.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

“The second anyone suggests that a man whose entire political career has been devoted to attacking migrants and making discriminatory comments about non-white people, might be a racist, all hell breaks loose”

Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

Nigel Farage Is a Racist

The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda
ADAM BIENKOV
OCT 04, 2025

Nigel Farage is a racist. That is my honestly held opinion based on absolutely everything he has said and done since entering politics in the late nineties.

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Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer @tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 7d

📢 New open access paper by myself and Graeme Sherriff in Active Travel Studies

Agree to Disagree? Insights into Community Views and Sources of Division in Relation to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester

Available here: activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

Agree to Disagree? Insights into Community Views and Sources of Division in Relation to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester

Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) involve the use of modal filters to limit motorised traffic from residential streets while retaining access for people walking, wheeling and cycling. They can be seen...

activetravelstudies.org

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 6d

🚲 🚇 With the dust having settled on Septembers week of TfL strikes, we reflect on the days that showed both the cycling potential in the capital, and the barriers preventing it from being reached...

👨‍💻 Check out the full blog: bit.ly/46JiPio

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 4d

Brilliant effort from the Circle the City riders last night. 🌧💨 It was chucking it down and blowing a gale, but that didn’t stop them pedalling on. 💪
#CircleTheCity #KeepPedalling #TogetherWeRide #RainOrShine

A group of cyclists smiling in the rain during an evening ride through the city. Riders are wearing helmets, bright jackets, and waterproofs, with bikes of all sizes including children’s. Wet streets and umbrellas in the background show the rainy weather.

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