DfT press release on footway parking. They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based). A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Met Line not working, lucky I live in a town where I can jump on a hire bike to get to the mainline station to head into north London, then a couple of London buses. However, Superloop buses may be limited stop but are definitely not express. No continuous bus lanes nor signal priority.

Absolutely. Puts me in mind of this hard-hitting ad from 'Straya from a while ago: "What's an acceptable number of [road deaths]?" "Acceptable? Seventy, maybe." "[Speaks into radio] Can you send 70 people, please? This is what 70 people looks like." "That's my family." youtu.be/k2tOye9DKdQ?...

The Road Safety Strategy is an opportunity to address the dangers pedestrians face every day, but the vision should be for zero people to lose their lives. We should not accept that a certain number of people will die on our roads. livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment

It's cold out there and many of the roads are extremely slippery - so please take care while travelling. 🥶🥶 TfL teams have been out with our cycle lane 'gritters' - named 'Chris Gritty', 'David Plowie' & 'Spready Salted' - helping keep our bike lanes ice free.

Critically, we also need the public to support actions that enable older people to live great lives without having to drive for when they fail the eye tests. So the public need to get onboard with no pavement parking, pedestrian priority, denser housing, fewer out-of-town shopping centres, etc etc

So, my 14 yr old car finally died over Christmas. Barely used it so now I am a Car Free Driver.

Literally no mention in the mainstream news of the 5th Anniversary of Trump supporters attempting to violently overthrow the U.S Government.

The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!

Another pootle around Leicester and it's suburbs today. Some of the shared paths and traffic calmed back streets actually quite usable (but need resurfacing and better crossings). You can usually tell when you are in the county council area rather than the city by the barriers on cycle routes...

If you were personally not racist but you ran a party that contained this level of racism, you'd resign on the basis you had somehow ended up organising racists into a serious campaigning force, which had never been your intention. On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...

On a little pootle around Leicester, came across this "beauty".

The strategic road network is managed by a charity and relies on the goodwill of land owners for access. Some motorways will be muddy and flooded each winter. Also The strategic road network stops randomly at council boundaries and investment is where councils are willing. (UK edition).

England won an Ashes test!!! It seems 2 day tests may be the future.

In Leicestershire for Christmas, chilly but sunny day, so time for a cycle. First up, the car-centric hellscape that is Fosse Park (all the bike parking about as far from the shop entrances as possible).

New Colindale station entrance opened this week. Not sure about having the pedestrian crossing where the footway is at its most narrow on the bridge. Colindale's population has increased by 70% since 2011.

Nice weather yesterday so decided to pop into the big city next door for a "cycle safari".

“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars —& halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” Less well known— driverless cars contribute to traffic congestion EVERY day.

The results from Wales and elsewhere show a 25% reduction in casualties. So if you keep a 30mph limit on urban/village roads where pedestrians and cyclists mix with motors you are imposing 1/3 more casualties on your community. It's why Transport Professionals are saying #20splenty

In France they do infrastructure for fun, every decent mid size town has a tram, Paris converts roads to cycle lanes from motor vehicle gridlock "pas de problém" Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years

Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.

He raised the issue of how 90% of the Disabled people who are diagnosed by NHS as needing a mobility aid, don’t have a mobility aid suitable for a 1km journey*, & how our pavements are often inaccessible to Disabled people as they are blocked by parked cars, overgrown hedges and are too bumpy.

If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.

🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years” Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏

Er, no, BBC it really isn't complicated.

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

London has incredibly high rents, so it is utterly ridiculous that Labour and the Conservatives are campaigning against housing being built on a car park. If that's not brownfield, what is? www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Self-declared Free Speech Capital of the World Deeply Concerned about European Censorship proposes pre-screening tweets for wrongthink as part of the ESTA application process. Cool. Cool cool cool.

"The 2016 decision to exit the European Union has been nothing short of an economic disaster... It’s a bigger hit than if every bank, brokerage firm and hedge fund in London were suddenly to disappear." ~AA

NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Nearly £300,000 spent on trying to prevent people seeking safety from having accommodation. That's money which could have been used to help homeless individuals or support the community. You know, things those protesting hotels complain don't get funded because of them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

Great to see the new Rotherhithe foot/cycle ferry finally in action, but the fare is obscene: £4.10! Plus: 🚫 no concessions/discounts 😱 Works out at TWENTY FIVE POUNDS per mile 💸 Still more expensive than even the peak time #SilvertownTunnel or #BlackwallTunnel toll This is unacceptably expensive.

Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.

Stop the yachts. Tax wealth.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion. This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔

A sad day for climate action. Heathrow’s third runway getting government backing sends the message that airport expansion matters more than safeguarding our future. We need leadership that prioritises people and planet. #Climate www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nothing says unbiased more than pandering to the far-right clearly... "The BBC were asked by this paper whether there had been any similar discussions about securing the support of voters for other parties in the UK, but they did not identify any examples" bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people. If only there were a word for such a party.

Govt firmly on the side of climate breakdown.

There's always money for more driving

As we inch ever closer to politicians no longer being able to plausibly pretend the bridge will reopen to cars, the time may finally soon be here for an honest conversation about more realistic solutions

Always a subsidy for drivers and car manufacturers in the UK. www.gov.uk/government/n...

For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Compare and contrast the Government language. £3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’. Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’. And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford