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All about active travel, reducing road danger and eliminating car-centrism and dependency
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(Yes, I do drive)
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(Yes, I do drive)
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We call these pieces "Shared Responsibility".
I hate it when places try to make their bike racks look like some sort of art sculpture.
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We call these pieces "Shared Responsibility".
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It takes a bit of working out that two women were killed by a driver, the composition is horrendous.
Mum's death on walk leaves family with 'huge hole in our hearts'
Vicki Attenborough was one of two women who died when they were hit by a car in Bolton on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It takes a bit of working out that two women were killed by a driver, the composition is horrendous.
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In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
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One of the biggest tricks of the car industry was convincing us that parking private cars is a public responsibility, turning shared space into free storage for personal vehicles.
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
One of the biggest tricks of the car industry was convincing us that parking private cars is a public responsibility, turning shared space into free storage for personal vehicles.
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Over the 7 days Thurs 11 - Weds 17 Dec'25, the cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter recorded 56,636 cycle journeys (higher than the last full week of November!)
Very wet Thursday 18th's AM scores courtesy of @westcountrytim.bsky.social 👇
bsky.app/profile/west...
Very wet Thursday 18th's AM scores courtesy of @westcountrytim.bsky.social 👇
bsky.app/profile/west...
Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,292 cycle journeys for the day at 08:29 this morning (791,828 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Over the 7 days Thurs 11 - Weds 17 Dec'25, the cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter recorded 56,636 cycle journeys (higher than the last full week of November!)
Very wet Thursday 18th's AM scores courtesy of @westcountrytim.bsky.social 👇
bsky.app/profile/west...
Very wet Thursday 18th's AM scores courtesy of @westcountrytim.bsky.social 👇
bsky.app/profile/west...
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If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
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Congestion costs £7.5bn a year and c.£17bn is needed to fix the worn out road network. In the last 30 years, the UK population has grown by 19%, but the number of cars has exploded by 56%. Outside of London, 81% of British households own at least one car!
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Congestion costs £7.5bn a year and c.£17bn is needed to fix the worn out road network. In the last 30 years, the UK population has grown by 19%, but the number of cars has exploded by 56%. Outside of London, 81% of British households own at least one car!
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
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...Research undertaken here in the UK found that 'paint-only' cycle lanes are actually worse (less safe) than nothing, and that to be better than nothing, a cycle lane needs wands or a kerb/curb.
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
Painted advisory cycle lanes increase risk of cyclist casualties, study finds
Research into London commutes also reveals stepped cycle tracks are more effective than kerb protected lanes in reducing injury odds
road.cc
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
...Research undertaken here in the UK found that 'paint-only' cycle lanes are actually worse (less safe) than nothing, and that to be better than nothing, a cycle lane needs wands or a kerb/curb.
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
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If this was a road for drivers there wouldn't even be a discussion. They would be working on a replacement right now. Because it's used by pedestrians and cyclists then oh no, it's too expensive. Active travel means second-class citizens.
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If this was a road for drivers there wouldn't even be a discussion. They would be working on a replacement right now. Because it's used by pedestrians and cyclists then oh no, it's too expensive. Active travel means second-class citizens.
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Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
Great example of motornormativity on Cycleway 4 in Deptford – one of London's key cycle routes.
Non-existent motor traffic gets a default green while cyclists (& probs pedestrians) have to wait ~1 min for the lights to change. We can do better!
@willnorman.co.uk
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Non-existent motor traffic gets a default green while cyclists (& probs pedestrians) have to wait ~1 min for the lights to change. We can do better!
@willnorman.co.uk
@ianwalker.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great example of motornormativity on Cycleway 4 in Deptford – one of London's key cycle routes.
Non-existent motor traffic gets a default green while cyclists (& probs pedestrians) have to wait ~1 min for the lights to change. We can do better!
@willnorman.co.uk
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Non-existent motor traffic gets a default green while cyclists (& probs pedestrians) have to wait ~1 min for the lights to change. We can do better!
@willnorman.co.uk
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Feel free to use this video as a counter argument for "cyclists always jump red lights"!
One of the most egregious examples I've ever witnessed. Slightly too dark for the camera to pick up the reg though.
One of the most egregious examples I've ever witnessed. Slightly too dark for the camera to pick up the reg though.
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Feel free to use this video as a counter argument for "cyclists always jump red lights"!
One of the most egregious examples I've ever witnessed. Slightly too dark for the camera to pick up the reg though.
One of the most egregious examples I've ever witnessed. Slightly too dark for the camera to pick up the reg though.
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Southwark Council is consulting on the Lower Road cycleway scheme – part of Cycleway 4 and a vital safe cycling route for us in Greenwich.
engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
Survey closes 14 December.
engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
Survey closes 14 December.
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Southwark Council is consulting on the Lower Road cycleway scheme – part of Cycleway 4 and a vital safe cycling route for us in Greenwich.
engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
Survey closes 14 December.
engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
Survey closes 14 December.
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Maybe it’s time for Putney’s politicians to grow up, find some political courage and own some more reality-based traffic reduction solutions for their blighted town centre - even if car drivists do wail and gnash their teeth about them?
Putney MP Fleur Anderson INSISTS that their traffic problems cannot be solved without reopening Hammersmith Bridge to cars. But this FOI request to TfL for comms b/w them & Wandsworth Council abt these problems discloses 138 pages of docs, in which there is not 1 single mention of Hammersmith Bridge
tfl.gov.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Maybe it’s time for Putney’s politicians to grow up, find some political courage and own some more reality-based traffic reduction solutions for their blighted town centre - even if car drivists do wail and gnash their teeth about them?
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3 drivers complain = the entire community is against it
20 cyclists express support = the bike mafia has hijacked the meeting
20 cyclists express support = the bike mafia has hijacked the meeting
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
3 drivers complain = the entire community is against it
20 cyclists express support = the bike mafia has hijacked the meeting
20 cyclists express support = the bike mafia has hijacked the meeting
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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Love how much energy we all spend circle jerking over classes of ebikes while car culture runs around with metrics of multiple tons, hundreds of horsepower, and top speeds only limited in triple digits.
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Love how much energy we all spend circle jerking over classes of ebikes while car culture runs around with metrics of multiple tons, hundreds of horsepower, and top speeds only limited in triple digits.
Was going through old footage and noticed just how much TfL have narrowed the cycle lane (~30cm) on Clapham High Street after the summer resurfacing works. They also removed the wands segregating the cycle lane. Why???
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@lambethcyclists.bsky.social
@psimonk.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@lambethcyclists.bsky.social
@psimonk.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Was going through old footage and noticed just how much TfL have narrowed the cycle lane (~30cm) on Clapham High Street after the summer resurfacing works. They also removed the wands segregating the cycle lane. Why???
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@lambethcyclists.bsky.social
@psimonk.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@lambethcyclists.bsky.social
@psimonk.bsky.social
CS7. A "high-quality cycle route" according to TfL.
Is this what a "high-quality cycle route" that should be suitable for all ages and abilities should look like?
Is this what a "high-quality cycle route" that should be suitable for all ages and abilities should look like?
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
CS7. A "high-quality cycle route" according to TfL.
Is this what a "high-quality cycle route" that should be suitable for all ages and abilities should look like?
Is this what a "high-quality cycle route" that should be suitable for all ages and abilities should look like?
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Cycling won't work here; we're not the Netherlands!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
London’s cycling trips hit 1.5 million a day as ridership surges 43% since 2019
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
London’s cycling trips hit 1.5 million a day as ridership surges 43% since 2019
London’s cycling boom shows no sign of slowing, with new Transport for London (TfL) data revealing a 43% increase in cycling journeys since 2019.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Cycling won't work here; we're not the Netherlands!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
I want to like Bluesky, but my feed is just a stream of bad news, doom-laden takes and “someone needs to fix this” messages despite only following urbanism/cycling accounts.
I came for active-travel info & news but come away from the app feeling miserable
I came for active-travel info & news but come away from the app feeling miserable
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I want to like Bluesky, but my feed is just a stream of bad news, doom-laden takes and “someone needs to fix this” messages despite only following urbanism/cycling accounts.
I came for active-travel info & news but come away from the app feeling miserable
I came for active-travel info & news but come away from the app feeling miserable
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Driven onto the footway / cycleway in front of us, ignoring predestrian priority at a junction. Next to an empty car park. @bauermedia.bsky.social @bauermediagroup.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Driven onto the footway / cycleway in front of us, ignoring predestrian priority at a junction. Next to an empty car park. @bauermedia.bsky.social @bauermediagroup.bsky.social
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Meanwhile editors and journalists *still* claim they can’t state e.g. “driver crashes into X” because it somehow “risks apportioning blame and prejudicing any investigation” 💩
Reach PLC is just anti-cyclist rubbish most of the time
Reach PLC is just anti-cyclist rubbish most of the time
Ah, but look what carnage this cyclist caused. No drivers involved in this one either, of course. Not even in the text.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Meanwhile editors and journalists *still* claim they can’t state e.g. “driver crashes into X” because it somehow “risks apportioning blame and prejudicing any investigation” 💩
Reach PLC is just anti-cyclist rubbish most of the time
Reach PLC is just anti-cyclist rubbish most of the time