We’re encouraging everyone that can to help an action, run a ride, organise a demo, have a play street, write a letter :) this May. #safestreetsnow #playstreets #kidicalmass

Britain once led the world in road safety. Road collisions cost the country about £40bn ($50bn, or 1.5% of GDP) each year. In 2011, the government dropped its road safety targets altogether. The new government promises a strategy, but will it be enough? www.economist.com/britain/2025...

Some positive news to start our days: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Brilliant news

Great to see the North East Combined Authority have set up a consultation survey for the Local Travel Plan designed especially for young people. Please share with the children and young people you know! shout.mindofmyown.org.uk/s/NorthEastLTP

Is road rage getting worse? This short piece by GCN looks at why all types of road users get angry and the impact groups like #KidicalMass are having changing that. @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social captures why these rides matter brilliantly. What’s your experience? youtu.be/wmUP8OH50E0?...

This ⬇️ Everyone benefits from enabling safe cycling for teenagers.

#SafeStreetsNow worldwide! Inspiring work from the people of Toronto. Do check out the thread - and great video … @safestreetsnow.bsky.social

Does your school do #bikeability? If not ask them to do it. It’s funded so there’s literally no excuse not to help keep our kids safe. Research on the impact it has here: roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/researc... #safestreets #streetsforeveryone #activetravel

There’s an all parliamentry group asking for evidence on active travel and social justice. Please take the time to respond either individually or from your groups to help. appgcw.org/2024/11/12/a... #safestreets

Positive article from #Bath Kids need safe streets, wherever they live! 'Safer streets for young cyclists plea issued' 👉 buff.ly/3NzdPUn #KidicalMass #SafeStreetsNow #StreetsforEveryone #StreetsforKids #StreetsForAll #SchoolStreets #SafeRoutesToSchool #FamilyCycling #HealthyHabits

Us 🙋‍♀️ Glow Ride 20 November 7pm outside Thames Lido in Reading

📖 NEW ARTICLE | More Homes, Less Motor Traffic: Can We Have Both? Roger Geffen lays out how the government can encourage building at gentle densities to discourage car use while meeting their housing goals redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/10/more...

Safe streets include inclusive design that women are willing to cycle in the dark. It shouldn’t be a choose between multi lane traffic and dark, isolated ride. Are you organising a #glowride or #beatthedark ride? Share below and let’s get as many people out as possible.

We want to encourage everyone to sign this petition to introduce a graduated drivers licence to help reduce deaths and serious injuries in young drivers. Almost 5,000 people are killed or seriously injured by a driver aged 25 and under every year. www.change.org/p/safer-driv...

Hard to believe it’s a over a year since our @for-birmingham.bsky.social, @safestreetsnow.bsky.social action in Erdington. A year on, concerted campaigning has led Birmingham City Council to acknowledge we have a road safety emergency but the issues persist and the pace of change painfully slow.

The AA estimated that introducing a graduated driving licence (GDL) would save at least 58 lives and prevent 934 people being seriously injured in road crashes each year. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

And this is, of course, the result of decades (centuries!) of building transport infrastructure by and for men -

In the debate over whether shopping strips should be directly accessible by cars, importantly, vehicular access can still occur, but priority is given to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. Cars are given access as a guest, or subject to everyone else’s safety. #activetravel #copenhagen

The lack of any charges yet is disturbing. I know the system is to blame, that there never should have been four lanes of cars speeding right next to a sidewalk of pedestrians, cyclists and babies in strollers. But there needs to be some kind of accountability for drivers who KILL people.

Shocking graphic from Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance of child casualties on Cambridge's roads. Should be at the forefront of current debate about extending 20mph limits.

There was a stunned silence and numerous double takes when #ChrisBoardman spoke at @activetravelcaf.bsky.social yesterday evening. A wake up call for Highways Authorities and councillors everywhere. @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @safestreetsnow.bsky.social #murderstrips

This Sunday is #WorldCarFreeDay and @safestreetsnow.bsky.social have called another Day of Action.

We have #kidicalmass rides in Newcastle and North Tyneside next weekend, but there are (at least) 17 other rides across the UK (and hundreds across Europe too) - 1000s and 1000s of families riding for #SafeStreetsNow #StreetsForKids @safestreetsnow.bsky.social

Join the action for Safe Streets Now in Sheffield: Walkley Road, 2pm Sunday 22 Sept. Bring a sign and share the invite.

Remember to join Active Travel Cafe today at 5pm Sign up here activetravelcafe.org.uk

Are you fed up with ever increasing congestion on our roads? Join us on 22 September to demand #safestreetsnow. safestreetsnow.co.uk Don’t want to organise a demo? it’s #worldcarfreeday so take advantage of what your council is offering! Get your friends into a bus or bike to combat #curculture.

What do #SafeStreets mean to me? Cycling with my grandson on a sunny day meeting a bus coming the other way, he’s not fazed, neither am I and neither is the bus driver. That’s why I support @safestreetsnow.bsky.social on #WorldCarFreeDay 22/9/24 www.safestreetsnow.co.uk

What do #safestreets mean for you? For Saskia from Bath Safe Streets means not having to worry when we walk to the local shops. The pavements are narrow and vehicles whiz by at high speed. Join us on 22.09 to demand better for our children.

What do safe streets mean to you? For Kat in Reading, it means having a less anxious relationship on the streets with her son. ‘I’m constantly on such high alert for traffic that I can’t relax with him to play. Journeys from a to b are about keeping him safe, not having fun exploring and playing’

More than half a million people have been killed on our roads since records began in 1926. Nearly a century on, more than 5 people are dying every day in road traffic collisions. Communities across the county are calling for change. Add your voice. #SafeStreetsNow

Sharing for Newcastle (upon Tyne) #kidicalmass folk, the day before our North Tyneside ride. 5 starting points including Elswick and Byker for the first time, all finishing at Exhibition Park.

Wonder why Safe Streets are important? Here’s what we think What will your action be on 22 September? youtu.be/yb_PyOxGB9I?...

Scared of what might happen if you let your children play out in the street? Angry at the deaths and life changing injuries that arise every day in preventable traffic collisions? We need you to join our call for change 22.09.24 safestreetsnow.co.uk

Join us for another #safestreets demonstration on 22 Sept. Tell us why you want streets that are safe for our families and friends.