Manchester does it right.

Wonderful to see the Heaton Mersey Common scheme now completed. You would not believe the hostility this created among some of my neighbours back when the scheme was consulted on.

Visited the Heaton Mersey Common in Stockport pathways upgrading project. 2km of upgraded paths with fully accessible entrances from all around the park. Good connections to local schools.

Withington, Manchester Public Realm improvements.

I saw this bike outside my local supermarket. It's a thing of beauty. A converted old Orange mountain bike frame with a 1 x. The young lad had put a lot of effort and attention into building this. He let me pick it up, felt really light, about 8kg. TPU tubes on. A really nice everything bike.

We are back to normal for the gym bike parking.

Genius, not seen the cork from a wine bottle being used as bar caps before.

Beautiful.

Today we celebrated the opening of Deansgate Cycleway by riding the entire length to Chorlton and grabbing a beer. The dream!

I must have seen about 20 people cycling along the newly completed section of the Deansgate cycleway in Manchester at 9am.

I find the sort of people who flytip are usually the worst people in existence in terms of how they view the world and everything in it. We need to start making serious examples of people who do this.

This point closure on a Quiet Lane in Tameside shows what's possible if you are serious about making rural roads safer, more enjoyable and *quieter* for non-motorised users and residents. Hint hint, Stockport Council.

Out of all the roads, one might hazard guess where you'd find mass flytipping? I would have never expected to find it on Crime Lane.

This just in…! Before, After.

Riding your horses to the pub. Living that Red Dead Redemption lifestyle.

New handlebar grips on my everyday bike.

Are we just going to ignore that this is one of the best bike rack designs I have ever seen? Love some covered staples.

I admire people's lock setups when i see them. This is the £250 Hiploc D1000, the anti angle grinder lock. It's a totally appropriate lock for a long tail cargo bike. I worry when I see inappropriate locks for e-bikes etc

Warburton Bridge now has a proper pavement, rather than a dirt track. Before and after.

Old Road out of Whalley Bridge to Buxton before and after. Now, it is vastly improved and ridable on a road bike. Decent climb, too. @100climbs.bsky.social

These barriers do not stop motorbikes.

If there weren't protected cycle lanes in Chorlton, you wouldn't see this.

A 31 GBP monthly subscription to watch cycling. Fuck off. 😂 www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurospo...

Cycle priority streets are great. Would work really well on somewhere like Burton Road in West Didsbury even Withington if the road isn't really wide enough for protected cycle lanes.

-2c and icy, only 3 of us at the gym bike parking :-(

Not going to be able to walk, cycle or jog length of Mersey in Manchester for a while. Other image is a breach on one of the golf courses.

Was in Sheffield, had to visit the new 'dutch' roundabouts. Good experience walking around it, it's nice having priority and not having to judge traffic or push beg buttons.

This is Great Ancoats Street and Chorlton Street on Saturday night. There was slow moving, stationary traffic all over the city centre. Even with two lanes, Deansgate would have been 'gridlock'.

Craziest housing stat of the week: The state spends MORE today on housing than it did in 1976. The key difference: we used to build council houses, now we spend it on subsidising private landlords. Our housing system is completely broken.

The ‘Dutch’ roundabout on West Bar had an official opening today It looks a seamless operation - people are getting how it works and could potentially be quite the success #Sheffield

That was a wet cycle home. It's probably a good idea to put the rear mud guard back on.

Pouring down with rain, the cyclists are still out in force.

The first image contains e-bikes, and the second image contains an electric motorbike. UK press, please learn the difference.

Did you know that bollards* and planters can make people’s lives better? That’s exactly what’s been happening in Levenshulme and Burnage – we paid a visit to find out how. *If you follow @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social, you knew this already.

Solar farms arent harming the countryside, you just don’t like the way they look. Example 103: insect populations boom from shade and wildflower habitat. phys.org/news/2024-01...

You drive as far into the city centre as you possibly can at Christmas, what do you expect? Smart move is public transport, walk or cycle.

Blocking a pavement out of total laziness, there is a driveway to reverse on to.

Withington Public Realm improvement starting to take shape. This access point is now closed and will become a little pedestrian area at Rutherford Place.

Sometimes I wish it was true that actually “no one cycled in winter” cos it would deffo make the bike parking racks at Oxford train station a lot easier. First time ever I actually couldn’t find one single space.

'Todmorden citizens against our own town'

And again, a common sight now.

I think near enough every day I see a cargo bike somewhere in Didsbury and Withington.

It was for 7 minutes. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/news-op...

The Ontario government wants to remove bike lanes in Toronto. The city's shopkeepers are protesting, explaining that the lanes have been good for their business and providing figures to support their claims. Extract from a Toronto City News report with French STà. (HT @emmanuelspv.bsky.social)

The 685 car park in the centre of Manchester, NQ is up for redevelopment. Good opportunity for housing, mixed retail and public realm improvements. Should mean fewer cars driving into the centre. www.placenorthwest.co.uk/manchester-f...

Oxfordshire's road casualties are down 22.4% compared to just 3.1% in the wider South East! We've gone 20mph across a huge amount of the county, which will have been a major contributing factor. This is a huge policy success for the County Council IMO (1/2) www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2473824...

This tallies with what I see all the time whilst driving walking and riding bikes. People do it 'cos there's a very very slim likelihood of being caught - technology like this has the potential to stop that and make people think about the impact of their actions, both on themselves & others

Safer Roads Greater Manchester did a 5-week trial using state of the art cameras and caught 3200+ drivers using either mobile phones or not wearing seat belts. news.tfgm.com/press-releas...