Natalie Lindsay
@natalielindsay.bsky.social
Active Travel Campaigner, passionate environmentalist, educator & citizen of Europe.
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The 'Hill of Hysteria' – why changing our environment is so hard - Wandsworth Bridge Road Association
wbrassociation.org.uk
First post here - hope to find a more rational, scientific and respectful community - working v hard to persuade people out of their cars!! wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing.... Thanks to all those I ref in this blog!
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These days Paris is promoting its "garden streets" on its billboards
May 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
These days Paris is promoting its "garden streets" on its billboards
Reposted by Natalie Lindsay
‘British self-identity that says “we can’t have nice things like this”, as though it’s “not our way”. I don’t think there is any truth to that: social habits are quickly learned and unlearned. Build a street-dining culture and people will take the seats on offer’.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain needs an alfresco dining revolution to bring life into its cold city centres | Dan Hancox
London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, is aiming to get diners back on to the streets. If it’s good enough our fellow Europeans, why not Britons, asks freelance writer Dan Hancox
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
‘British self-identity that says “we can’t have nice things like this”, as though it’s “not our way”. I don’t think there is any truth to that: social habits are quickly learned and unlearned. Build a street-dining culture and people will take the seats on offer’.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Good news @london.gov.uk - women are fed up with endless harassment while going about their business on bikes - #SortitouttSadiq
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May 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news @london.gov.uk - women are fed up with endless harassment while going about their business on bikes - #SortitouttSadiq
lcc.org.uk/campaigns/wo...
lcc.org.uk/campaigns/wo...
Car dominance = kids stuck indoors = worsened child health
The solution is not rocket-science - just requires political will. #carlightcities.
The solution is not rocket-science - just requires political will. #carlightcities.
Some thoughts on road safety, street design and its impact on paediatric health in the UK from Mat MacDonald, @sarahchaundler.bsky.social, @aliceferguson.bsky.social and me.
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Road safety, street design and its impact on paediatric health in the UK
This article explores the impact of ever-increasing volumes of traffic on paediatric health and wellbeing. It examines potential street design solutions that may hold the key to reversing this trend a...
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April 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Car dominance = kids stuck indoors = worsened child health
The solution is not rocket-science - just requires political will. #carlightcities.
The solution is not rocket-science - just requires political will. #carlightcities.
Citizens once again demonstrating that they want Active Travel, pedestrianised city centres and public transport over the private car. Politicians take note please…. The “noise” does not represent the majority #activetravel #carlightcities #healthycities
A Citizens’ Assembly of Oxfordshire residents has called for “making the city centre car-free”, turning other existing roads over to buses, cyclists and Blue Badge holders, and housing developments with major facilities in walking distance—each topping 85% support. oxfordclarion.uk/citizens-ass...
Citizens’ Assembly votes for “a car-free city centre”
An assembly of Oxfordshire citizens has overwhelmingly supported making the city centre car-free and turning some existing roads over to buses, cyclists and Blue Badge holders.
Together with housing ...
oxfordclarion.uk
March 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Citizens once again demonstrating that they want Active Travel, pedestrianised city centres and public transport over the private car. Politicians take note please…. The “noise” does not represent the majority #activetravel #carlightcities #healthycities
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Farewell to our dad: David Roger Harold Norminton (1946 - 2024)
A family doctor to the core. An exemplary human. To know him was to love him.
A family doctor to the core. An exemplary human. To know him was to love him.
December 30, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Farewell to our dad: David Roger Harold Norminton (1946 - 2024)
A family doctor to the core. An exemplary human. To know him was to love him.
A family doctor to the core. An exemplary human. To know him was to love him.
Memo to local butchers, florists & convenience stores - people shop NOT cars. Strangely hard concept for many to accept. #motornormativity. #sustainablecities
A Dutch study on the relationship between spending and visitors’ choice of transportation showed that, on a monthly basis, cyclists and pedestrians contribute about 25% more to total spending in centres than car users. dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl...
December 16, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Memo to local butchers, florists & convenience stores - people shop NOT cars. Strangely hard concept for many to accept. #motornormativity. #sustainablecities
TfL to fine firms whose electric bikes block pavements
Such an unnecessary conflict… we hand over 90% of our civic space to the moving & storing of vehicles & expect everyone and everything else to share the rest. Time for #londonboroughs to step up & reallocate space. #activetravel
Such an unnecessary conflict… we hand over 90% of our civic space to the moving & storing of vehicles & expect everyone and everything else to share the rest. Time for #londonboroughs to step up & reallocate space. #activetravel
November 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
TfL to fine firms whose electric bikes block pavements
Such an unnecessary conflict… we hand over 90% of our civic space to the moving & storing of vehicles & expect everyone and everything else to share the rest. Time for #londonboroughs to step up & reallocate space. #activetravel
Such an unnecessary conflict… we hand over 90% of our civic space to the moving & storing of vehicles & expect everyone and everything else to share the rest. Time for #londonboroughs to step up & reallocate space. #activetravel
Updated blog; less location specific with link to excellent Pedestrian Pound
#livingstreets
Local reaction was umm… hysterical ! Proves the point. Please feel free to share widely outside #ActiveTravel community.
wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing...
#livingstreets
Local reaction was umm… hysterical ! Proves the point. Please feel free to share widely outside #ActiveTravel community.
wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing...
The 'Hill of Hysteria' – why changing our environment is so hard - Wandsworth Bridge Road Association
wbrassociation.org.uk
November 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Updated blog; less location specific with link to excellent Pedestrian Pound
#livingstreets
Local reaction was umm… hysterical ! Proves the point. Please feel free to share widely outside #ActiveTravel community.
wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing...
#livingstreets
Local reaction was umm… hysterical ! Proves the point. Please feel free to share widely outside #ActiveTravel community.
wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing...
Reposted by Natalie Lindsay
Switching just 1 trip a day from 🚗 to 🚴 or 🚶♂️ = almost 30% less transport CO2 for the ave UK urban resident. If 1 in 5 did this in 🇪🇺 it’d cut emissions from all 🚗 travel in 🇪🇺 by 8%. The potential impact of active travel on CO2 could be huge
November 19, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Switching just 1 trip a day from 🚗 to 🚴 or 🚶♂️ = almost 30% less transport CO2 for the ave UK urban resident. If 1 in 5 did this in 🇪🇺 it’d cut emissions from all 🚗 travel in 🇪🇺 by 8%. The potential impact of active travel on CO2 could be huge
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They’re not on here yet (I don’t think), but the excellent Living Streets has just released an updated version of their invaluable research, the Pedestrian Pound report. www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/...
Pedestrians spend more, new report reveals
Living Streets launches its updated Pedestrian Pound report, showing the correlation between walkable places and thriving business.
www.livingstreets.org.uk
November 14, 2024 at 8:16 AM
They’re not on here yet (I don’t think), but the excellent Living Streets has just released an updated version of their invaluable research, the Pedestrian Pound report. www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/...
First post here - hope to find a more rational, scientific and respectful community - working v hard to persuade people out of their cars!! wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing.... Thanks to all those I ref in this blog!
The 'Hill of Hysteria' – why changing our environment is so hard - Wandsworth Bridge Road Association
wbrassociation.org.uk
November 2, 2024 at 6:21 PM
First post here - hope to find a more rational, scientific and respectful community - working v hard to persuade people out of their cars!! wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing.... Thanks to all those I ref in this blog!