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Saskia Heijltjes

@saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social

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Green Party Cllr for Lambridge, Bath and North East Somerset Once describes as "fanatical green" by Jacob Rees-Mogg. Promoted by Michael Coffey on behalf of Saskia Heijltjes (Bath and NE Somerset Green Party), both at Ravenscroft, Sydney Road, Bath

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello new followers 👋

I like cycling and often cycle on a cargo bike or a tandem with 2 kids in tow. I also like shouting about riding bikes & trikes #kidicalmass and campaigning for other people to be able to cycle too.

I also write about family cycling at Cycle Sprog www.cyclesprog.co.uk

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h

join.greenparty.org.uk

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h

20,000 new members have joined the Green Party in the past month.

This is the Green surge.

Want to be part of it? Join the Green Party today ⤵

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 21h

Welcome 💚

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 2d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 2d

Do you want to find out more about heat pumps?

Join me and other local heat pump owners at this @bwce.bsky.social event in Larkhall on 7 Nov: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...

I'll be raving about our super cheap @octopus.energy install 🙌

An evening with a heat pump. Friday 7 Nov 6-8pm

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 14d

Lovely film from last year's @forestofimaginatn.bsky.social, featuring our Kidical Mass as a moving forest 🤯 🌳 🚲

vimeo.com/1011802649?s...

Forest of Imagination, Bath

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 7d

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 7d

Every bike is a cargo bike 🙌

This is my 10-yr old's bike, loaded up with a flute, a violin, rucksack with book and packed lunch, fleece and coat. Double panniers and some old inner tyre on the rack to tuck coat under.

kid's bike with lots of stuff in panniers

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 9d

Be more like this granny #FreePalestine

Older woman wearing rucksack in front of Bath Abbey with sign on it with sewn on text 'Grannies for Gaza'

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 15d

Local GP and mum Alice Boden writes about the toxic school run in Bath: walkridebath.org.uk/2025/09/23/g...

Image credit: Crispin Huges for @cleancitiescampaign.org @climatevisuals.bsky.social

Guest blog: the toxic school run

The school run is something many of us take for granted – a daily routine that can be joyful, stressful, or somewhere in between. In 2022, the National Travel Survey showed that 40% of primary scho…

walkridebath.org.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 13d

I've had enough of listening. Time for action on low traffic.

My letter in the Oxford Times today

Your correspondent says 'we should listen' when it comes to Oxford's perennial transport issues.

I've been listening.

I've listened to people say that children's safety doesn't matter, because drivers can't be expected to slow down.

I've listened to people say that bus passengers don't matter, because drivers have more money.

I've listened to people say that traffic jams don't matter, because cities will always be congested.

I've listened to people say that collisions don't matter, because 'accidents will happen'.

I've listened to people say that vehicle emissions don't matter, because climate science isn't real.

And I've listened to people say that we mustn't reduce traffic, because that might inconvenience drivers.

I've listened, and I'm still waiting to hear a single effective alternative to low traffic.

Owen McKnight
Oxford

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 14d

Lovely film from last year's @forestofimaginatn.bsky.social, featuring our Kidical Mass as a moving forest 🤯 🌳 🚲

vimeo.com/1011802649?s...

Forest of Imagination, Bath

FOI_video_v4.1_240923

vimeo.com

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 15d

Local GP and mum Alice Boden writes about the toxic school run in Bath: walkridebath.org.uk/2025/09/23/g...

Image credit: Crispin Huges for @cleancitiescampaign.org @climatevisuals.bsky.social

Guest blog: the toxic school run

walkridebath.org.uk

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 17d

Kids reclaimed the streets of Oxford in Kidical Mass, a family bike ride, around the city centre earlier today. Our special report and photo gallery 👇

oxfordclarion.uk/kids-claim-t...

Kids claim the streets of Oxford

The latest Kidical Mass family bike ride attracted a record turnout, according to organisers Cyclox. More than 200 cyclists of all ages converged in Oxford ringing bells as they circled the city centr...

oxfordclarion.uk

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks to the lobbying of thousands of parents, including our #SaveOurChildrensRights campaign, the mood over the future of #EHCPs seems to have shifted. Keep up the great work! Starmer on collision course with MPs who fear SEND reforms mean ‘austerity’ inews.co.uk/news/education/s...

Starmer on collision course with MPs who fear SEND reforms mean ‘austerity’

Impartial news & intelligent debate

inews.co.uk

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16d

Green membership across Great Britain has now overtaken the Lib Dems.

@greenparty.org.uk passed 78,000 last night. @scottishgreens.org have 7,800, producing a total of 85,800.

Last month, the Lib Dems told the BBC they had 83,174: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Christine S. Lane @chslane.bsky.social · 17d

Joined the first #Cambridge @kidicalmass.bsky.social this morning and those still-a-little-wobbly yellow legs were grinning all the way around. Thanks to the organisers and the patient folks who let us take up the sunny streets for a bit. #kidsonbikes #kidicalmass
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

📈 The Green Party has just hit 75,000 members!

💚 There's no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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Pete Dyson - Bicycle Mayor for Bath, UK @bicyclemayorbath.bsky.social · 25d

We did a Kidical Mass in Bath this afternoon, so much enthusiasm from the pedallers and pedestrians. Coinciding with the Jane Austin Festival added some extra colour! 👒🌞🚴‍♀️

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 25d

Best way to spend a Saturday: riding through town with a bunch of kids singing "say hey, ho, stinky cars have got to go!"
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social
#KidicalMass

Saskia on broad Street in Bath as part of a kidical mass

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 25d

Bath's streets are better when filled with bikes, trikes and laughter! 👏

#KidicalMass #SafeStreetsNow

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 26d

I’ve been getting my food delivered from The Community Farm for over a decade. They deliver fresh, local, organic produce and I thought you might like it too. If you sign up we’ll both get 10% off our veg boxes until 31st October. Use code FEELSGOOD and mention my name: thecommunityfarm.co.uk

Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 28d

Please share far and wide @petedyson.bsky.social @bathecho.bsky.social @bathvoicenews.bsky.social @lukejohnemmett.co.uk @gillkirk.bsky.social @bathnewseum.bsky.social @bathfringe.co.uk @forestofimaginatn.bsky.social

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 28d

Bath’s streets are better when filled with bikes and laughter! 🚲🥳

Join our next Kidical Mass family cycle ride at 2pm on Sat (13 September) - starting at Orange Grove.
www.facebook.com/events/79625...

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