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Kylie

@netwench.bsky.social

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Active travel campaigner. Hackney dweller, married to a lovely fulla. Maori/kiwi UK immigrant. Loves school streets, low motor-trafficked neighbourhoods, cycling/walking infrastructure, parklets, climate action, Kidical Mass, people-friendly streets.

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Nov 15

Cycling the dunes in the Netherlands, September 2024. Photo taken by my 7yo whilst sitting on the back of a tandem.

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 5d

The Welsh 20mph default reduced casualties by 25% and insurance costs by £90m. If done in England expect reductions of 15,000 casualties pa and insurance by £2bn pa. Implementation cost would be approx £0.5bn. For comparison, 1st yr depreciation on new cars registered in England in 2024 was £78bn

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · 6d

We are soon to be advocating for cycling outside of London... but hope & plan to make it back for Burns Night!
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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · 13d

It really is beyond a joke when people responsible for our collective safety, fail so badly at understanding active travel provision.

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 13d

What if you need to move a piano to a school?
I’d like to see your bike do th……
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OnTheWight @onthewight.com · 14d

The piano's eco-friendly journey reflects Priory School's commitment to creative delivery methods

#iwnews #IsleofWight @keert.bsky.social

Community collaboration celebrated as Priory School welcomes piano on a bicycle

The piano's eco-friendly journey reflects Priory School's commitment to creative delivery methods

onthewight.com

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Zak Bond @zakbond.bsky.social · 26d

One lane of vans stuck in traffic.

One lane of cargo bikes flowing freely.

This photo powerfully shows the potential of cargo bikes in our cities.

(📷: Honor Elliott)

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · 27d

A large part of the loss of kids' freedom to play is due to car-priority infrastructure. Car storage, speed & amount on residential streets impede spontaneous play where kids live, & also impacts physical/mental health. Create people (not car-) centric planning & you address childhood right to play.

Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Kidical Mass London @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/... - Join the next #KidicalMassLond too on the 20th Sep, with @ibikelondon.bsky.social ending at #CarFreeDay celebrations and a huge #PlayStreet!

Hackney families to join Kidical Mass ride in support of safer streets

Families from Hackney are meeting at Stonebridge Gardens ('Snakepark') in Haggerston on Saturday 20th September to set off together at 10am for Kidical Mass London. The main ride will leave from...

www.lowtraffichackney.org

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Sep 6

On our trip to France this summer we told our pre-teen & teen kids to cycle ahead of us and wait where they wanted.
We get back to Newhaven & the cycling provision to Brighton is so comparatively worse... some basic shared pavement but when not provided we still rode on the pavement for our safety.

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yes, this ☝🏻
The issue is that this language is not being used as standard so confusion ensues. Also, it's not easy (as the article mentions) to tell if it's a legal ecycle or if it's an illegal electric motorbike that looks almost the same as a cycle.

Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Sep 4

Balanced article on illegal ebikes concludes perhaps it's the "industry that exploits vulnerable people while making huge profits, and online marketplaces that sell unsafe products with no liability or retribution" who need targeting rather than Deliveroo drivers.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger

E-bikes can legally travel at 15.5mph. But the fastest the police have seized was capable of 70mph. What will stop the rise of these souped-up and potentially fatal vehicles?

www.theguardian.com

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 28

Is there an equivalent for sneak driving rather than taking the bicycle? (Especially for short journeys)... There should be shame associated with that too.

Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 26

Also, you can't book more than one cycle per booking (family of five) using their website in 2025, you have to call them. The cost initially (before a complaint) for cycles+passengers was MORE than taking a car (which obvs takes more space, is heavier and pollutes). It's insane.

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 22

That is a wonderful photo.

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Hackney Cycling Campaign @hackneylcc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Consultation to support: the Dalston LN scheme would substantially improve walking & cycling.
But, the proposed filters would leave a route open for through-traffic from Cecilla Rd to Montague Rd, and the scheme should be adjusted to address this.

consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...

Map of the Dalston Liveable Neighbourhood Plan outlining the traffic filter locations, entry and exit points, School Streets and public improvement works.

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Climate Liberation Aotearoa @climateliberation.bsky.social · Aug 18

A message to Richard Tacon, CEO of Bathurst Resources, the biggest coal company in Aotearoa.

🐌 🌳 ⛰️ This land is too precious to destroy. Opening new coal mines now is nothing short of reckless. We will not stand by. We will oppose you at every step.

#StopTheFastTrack #EndCoal #StopFossilFuels

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Aug 18

Excellent new reel on Instagram from @punterspolitics.bsky.social about Adani’s attempts at getting Australian tax payers to fund his fossil fuel expansion.

Brilliant touch at the end about $2bn in clean up costs also @justinmikulka.bsky.social

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hope you struck a pose with the mural! 😁

Child standing in the ground and a woman standing on struts protruding from the wall to interact with a mural and look like she is holding up the other white people shaped figures in the mural.

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks for the advice and sharing the video. I love seeing the process and the people who make the bags. So cool!

Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 12

Recommendations for panniers!
We bought two sets of Ortlieb panniers 6 years ago expecting them to last a lifetime, they claim they're "built to endure". Not so. One set has the same manufacturing fault of torn seams that Ortlieb says are "unrepairable".
Let me know of better manufacturers please!

Ortlieb website with capitalised text stating "BUILT TO ENDURE"

Ortlieb website stating "Durability is what makes our bags and backpacks so unique. Repairing rather than disposing is what we have been doing for more than 40 years."

The torn seam with gaping gap on an Ortlieb pannier bag that Customer Service says is unrepairable (and therefore must be thrown away). The seam separates at the junction of two different fabrics and is a clear manufacturing fault.

The torn seam with gaping gap on another Ortlieb pannier bag that Customer Service say is unrepairable (and therefore must be thrown away). The seam separates at the junction of two different fabrics and is a clear manufacturing fault.

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 12

Notes from good, welcoming public realm in French towns;
1. Colour the separated cycle track surface
2. Introduce fun images (superhero cyclist)
3. Prioritise people walking/cycling at junctions & lights. Zebra crossings on side-streets.
4. Create outside third spaces -> picnic tables for 20+ people

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 12

Agree! We didn't have high hopes on exiting the train station as it was an expanse of tram, bus and car lanes, but soon found a cycle track with wonderful cyclist symbols! We were delighted, especially with the superhero cyclist!
The flags of Le Tour were still flying across the streets too.

Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 11

Followed today by the despair of the Newhaven to Brighton signed National Cycle Route. What an embarrassment that the route advises cyclists to dismount, is either on back roads with appalling potholes & too many parked cars & drivers, or shared narrow footpaths beside heavily trafficked roads. 🤮

Sign initiating a cycle route to the Newhaven ferry and another sign that says Cyclists Dismount on the same cycle route. Road is unpaved shingle.

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 10

I can't get over the amount of high-quality cycling infrastructure in towns outside Paris!
We cycled in Orléans, Blois, Saumur, Tours, Caen & found separated cycle track/cycle priority, low/no motor vehicle city centres & ongoing improvements for cycling including Dutch roundabouts.
Impressed with 🇫🇷

Two way road for cycling with limited one-way entry for motor vehicles.

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Kylie @netwench.bsky.social · Aug 9

The beginning of the return trip back to London, after a great cycling adventure along the Loire.