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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist

#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)

Photo of a man wearing a tie standing astride a bicycle with one arm raised in the air.

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Transport for All @transportforall.org.uk · 2d

A Blue Badge is more than a parking permit. It’s a lifeline for independence and can be life changing. But only 38% of eligible disabled people have one. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4pLFjb4

We'd love to hear your experiences. Use #UnlockTransportAccess to share your story.

A bright yellowy green background with orange electrical tape. The number 38% is on the tape in bold black numbers, and a series of orange arrows point to it. The text beneath reads Only 38% of disabled people who are eligible have a Blue Badge

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walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social · 8d

Drumroll please! 🥁

We are now Walk Wheel Cycle Trust 🚶‍♀️ 👩‍🦽 🚴‍♀️

For our health our wellbeing and our world 🌍

#HealthWellbeingWorld #ActiveTravel #SustainableTransport #Walking #Wheeling #Cycling #NationalCycleNetwork #FreshAir #Nature #Community #ConnectingCommunities

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Roger Geffen @rogergeffen.bsky.social · 2d

This Wed (8th Oct), I will be contributing to a webinar about how the Government's #planning and #devolution reforms could support #LowTrafficHomes, with safe streets, great public transport, homes close to schools / shops / etc, and attractive outdoor space. To register, visit tinyurl.com/2yh3cux6.

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Roger Geffen @rogergeffen.bsky.social · 2d

For principles, see summary and full guides at lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/portfolio-it...

For best practice in target-setting, see lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/challenge/

We're contacting groups with upcoming LTP consultations to offer support. For an invitation, please email [email protected]

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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

uk.news.yahoo.com

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kaz @karenkaz.com · 1d

Being a @thewaroncars.bsky.social Patreon subscriber has its perks. Great marketing strategy for the book too!

Letter and sticker promoting a new book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile

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Walk Ride GM @walkridegm.org.uk · 1d

Want to know the story behind the UK's biggest @kidicalmass.bsky.social?

Layla Siebert shares her story on how she started Kidical Mass in our latest podcast 👇🏻

Layla leading Kidical Mass from the front with kids all over!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

Switzerland is “rich in something vanishingly rare in the rest of the world: common sense. This is most apparent in the way the Swiss get around…a model of sensible, sustainable — and yes, even enjoyable — transit. It’s simply the best transportation system in the world.” Via @taras-grescoe.com

Anatomy of the Swiss Revolution

How Switzerland Engineered Itself into Becoming the World's Greatest Transit Nation

www.highspeed.blog

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent news!
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Government launches £1 million competition to take active travel innovation to the next level

Organisations and businesses can bid for a share of £1 million funding to help them deliver initiatives that enable more people to walk, wheel or cycle.

www.gov.uk

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 2d

Say hello to literally the only protesters outside Tory conference this year

Two protesters holding up a sign saying “pedestrianise the M6”

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Transport and Health Science Group @transporthealth.bsky.social · 5d

"Effectively decriminalising bike thefts": Bikes stolen from train stations that were left for more than two hours will not be investigated, says British Transport Police road.cc/content/news...

"Effectively decriminalising bike thefts": Bikes stolen from train stations that were left for more than two hours will not be investigated, says British Transport Police

CCTV footage will not be looked at outside a two-hour timeframe — as British Cycling accuses policy of "letting cyclists down across the country and providing further barriers to people riding a bike"

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Transport and Health Science Group @transporthealth.bsky.social · 7d

@felly500.bsky.social said there needed to be a tightening of restrictions on sponsorship of sporting and leisure events, as well as wider society investment to promote active travel and improve the quality of food in schools. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned in supermarkets

Crisps, sweets, chocolate and fizzy drinks will be covered by restrictions starting in England.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 9d

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Turns out that social media influencer promotion of food affects children’s food intake

Social Media Influencer Marketing and Children’s Food Intake: A Randomized Trial

In this study, we examine the impact of influencer marketing of foods (healthy and unhealthy), via popular YouTube vloggers on social media, on children’s food intake.

publications.aap.org

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 7d

A recent survey showed:

✅ 74% of bikehangar members cycle 🚲 more since having a space

✅ 77% have either reduced their 🚘 use, sold their 🚘, or chosen not to own a 🚘

✅ 90% say since having access to secure bike 🚲storage, it’s made it easier to choose cycling 🚲

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 8d

On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.

The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)

Direct democracy!

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 8d

“Private car use also exacerbates inequity, with most of the benefits accruing to car users and most of the harms falling on others, particularly the most disadvantaged.”

Transport and Health Science Group @transporthealth.bsky.social · 8d

The harms from transport are due to private cars/vans and lorries - Cacophony (noise), Carbon emissions, Casualties from collisions, Community severance, Concern and social isolation, Congestion, Contamination (of air and ground), Conurbation design and Couch potatoes www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as...

Cars as commercial determinants of health

Transport is important for health.

www.fph.org.uk

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Transport and Health Science Group @transporthealth.bsky.social · 8d

Car advertisements are as unrealistic as cigarette advertisements were, glamorous aspirational scenarios that users cannot achieve, showcasing cars driving through empty cities. Congestion, air pollution, noise, crashes, & impacts of climate change do not feature. www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as...

Cars as commercial determinants of health

Transport is important for health.

www.fph.org.uk

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Transport and Health Science Group @transporthealth.bsky.social · 8d

www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as... Private car use exacerbates inequity. Benefits accruing to car users and most of the harms falling on others, particularly the disadvantaged. Politicians, many transport and spatial planners, and people in moto-normative societies seem addicted to cars as default mode

Cars as commercial determinants of health

Transport is important for health.

www.fph.org.uk

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Transport and Health Science Group @transporthealth.bsky.social · 8d

www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as... Cars act as determinants of health by shaping environments and the behaviours that contribute to individual and community well-being - even described as the new tobacco; vectors of disease that produce pollution, cause collisions, and encourage sedentary lifestyles

Cars as commercial determinants of health

Transport is important for health.

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Transport and Health Science Group @transporthealth.bsky.social · 8d

The harms from transport are due to private cars/vans and lorries - Cacophony (noise), Carbon emissions, Casualties from collisions, Community severance, Concern and social isolation, Congestion, Contamination (of air and ground), Conurbation design and Couch potatoes www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as...

Cars as commercial determinants of health

Transport is important for health.

www.fph.org.uk

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Active Travel Please! @activetraveltt.bsky.social · 9d

Too often, drivers find themselves stuck in traffic, nose to tail with other vehicles, stressed to the verge of road rage. This isn’t the image we bombarded with in car ads. That’s because they are selling an illusion, a myth.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/idea-...

Opinion: The idea that cars give us freedom is a myth sold by advertisers

Car makers peddle the idea that cars signify freedom, but they really aren’t the solution to our transport problems, writes Ciaran Brennan.

www.thejournal.ie

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 10d

And our last clip from the event for now: Ray (@nerd4cities.bsky.social) elegantly explains the high cost of car-ownership, but how people don't notice what it costs them - not just in money, but in health and community.

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 12d

More than a quarter of Londoners say they are now more likely to cycle following the recent Tube strike disruption

In the aftermath of tube strike chaos, 28% of Londoners say they are now more likely to cycle in future

Bike hire firms admit spike in cycle traffic "exceeded expectations", as campaigners urge politicians to deliver on cycling's "huge untapped potential as a safe, healthy transport mode"

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