Good luck to the children speaking tonight at this #Lambeth council meeting. Children aged 0–9 are three times more likely to die from a collision when hit by an SUV. We need councils to introduce ways to curb the rise of bigger, heavier vehicles. #Carspreading

The vast majority of people I see commuting by bike are just normal people wearing normal clothes, travelling sustainably, usually more swiftly and with added health benefits.

Norwood Park community day was great fun. 10 new benches & some old ones painted, de-brambling, mulching & feasting. Thank you for having us Friends of Norwood Park

The problem with this is the ‘side’ bit. If it said ‘Labour is helping drivers’ or some such I could live with it but ‘on the side of’ means against someone else. Who? Pedestrians? Cyclists? Children? Stop stoking this culture-war rubbish.

BBC News - Miliband accuses net zero opponents of 'nonsense and lies' www.bbc.com/news/article... Well said @edmilibandmp.bsky.social Now prioritise rail and active travel over road and airports expansion.

82 years young!

Excellent new piece by @culturedoug.bsky.social on the wrongs of public museums restricting access to images: "...by throttling access to digital reproductions, museums limit the range of perspectives and narratives that can be shared about art and history..." douglasmccarthy.com/2025/04/muse...

BBC News - Coroner's call for older driver eye tests after fatal crashes - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Regular retesting also required

BBC News - Rachel Reeves: Why she may have to raise UK taxes in October - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @bbc - stop fear mongering.

For the first time, the Norwegian government has calculated the value to society of the health benefits of increased walking and cycling. 🚲 ~€2.8 for each additional km of cycling 🚶‍♀️ ~€4.2 for each additional km of walking

Choices.

500 signatures and counting! Let's get this to 1000. 🚘 💨 Remember #Dieselgate? That was 10 years ago. Diesel cars fitted with defeat devices are still on our roads today. We believe the public needs to know what we're breathing - please sign our letter if you agree. buff.ly/4hxAJZx #AirPollution

🚨The rise of ‘Carspreading’🚨 UK car owners say supersized SUVs “not necessary in towns and cities” and the majority think more SUVs “will make parking more difficult” and are “not necessary in towns and cities” cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/

Trying to cross a road with children is not safe with such huge vehicles parking on pavements at crossings blocking sightlines 🚸

Why do people drive or fly short-haul instead of taking the train? Hmmm 👇 . "While high ticket prices have long been an issue, it is becoming more so each passing year, given the annual rise in train fares against 14 years of fuel duty cuts or freezes for car drivers." https://buff.ly/410hTEI

Good evening to everyone, but especially to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham’s new residents’ parking charges 👊 www.lbhf.gov.uk/news/2024/10...

In "why is my home more susceptible to surface water flooding" news

Are these new? Great to see if so but could do with some secure Kerbside options for cargo bikes. @solveschoolrun.bsky.social

A school street, a cycle lane and a rental cargo bike. Off to take kids to swim lessons apparently! A beautiful snapshot showing how even complex school run trips are now able to be made sustainably. #familycycling #schoolrun #cargolife @rezinachowdhury.bsky.social @lambethlivingst.bsky.social

You can’t park there! A driver has crashed their car over the pavement and into the wall on Lordship Lane, near the junction with Court Lane. This road has a 20mph speed limit. @jamesmcash.bsky.social @margynewens.bsky.social @richardleeming.bsky.social

Anyone in the West Norwood Area, please support your local library 📚 www.norwoodforum.org/node/3509

Invisible.

Why are @andyburnham.bsky.social & @heidialexander.bsky.social endorsing the purchase of Euro 6 #Diesel buses when other cities are phasing them out due to the high levels of #AirPollution they still emit? Surely children in #GreaterManchester deserve a healthier start to their lives too?

John Prescott’s coffin has arrived at Hull Minster for his funeral. Appropriately, the hearse was a Jag, as is the family’s car. A knowing wink you suspect. Two Jags to the end.

Delighted to be at the OurBike launch on West Norwood high Street - hosed by the wonderful Bon Velo www.norwoodforum.org/node/3502

Build it & they will come! Great to see so many families using the Rosendale cycle lane in the winter sun ☀️

Much needed good news today !

There is no more important challenge than the climate emergency. That is why I will vote against Heathrow expansion. Climate campaigners have defeated this before — and we will fight back again.

Rachel Reeves: "The case for expanding Heathrow Airport has never been stronger".

I'm a climate voter @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social BBC News - Rachel Reeves backs Heathrow third runway in growth push - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rosendale Allotments. 🔥

Great to see the area colloquially known as #DulwichSquare looking majestic & busy in the winter's sun. Weekend parking on Gallery Rd causing the usual havoc though. Why a #CPZ is not in place here I have no idea? @richardleeming.bsky.social @margynewens.bsky.social @jamesmcash.bsky.social

Stop building roads & devastating the Royal Horticultural Society chng.it/dsBx8qHXdY

OAP aged 9

The UK has pretty comprehensive stats on who dies in road incidents. Car occupants are the group with the largest number of deaths, but when adjusting for miles travelled, it's a very different story. www.gov.uk/government/s...

Remember this one? Before & after of a brain after a 20 minute walk — why walking to work, or school, or just to get the intellectual juices flowing, is linked to better creative & intellectual performance. Among MANY other benefits to you and to society. Design and build more walkable cities.

I have the pleasure of regularly cycling along the Thames path between Wandsworth & Hammersmith bridges, crossing at Putney. I'm obliged to dismount twice, once here, where motor vehicles are allowed and now sadly outside @fulhamfc.com because of food trucks, used once every couple of weeks?

Paris | Before, the banks of the Seine were motorways, with daily traffic jams and pollution. Today are parks for people and play areas for everyone. That's what changing a city is all about, even if it's been difficult. We are proud of our Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social's commitment and work.

Happy Christmas

BBC News - Consultation launched over petrol car phase-out www.bbc.com/news/article...

This new non-compliant zebra (without Belisha beacons) has popped up 100m from Department for Transport HQ, meaning ministers & civil servants will use it daily. Some councils are frustrated with the time it has taken Government to consider a change in regs, so have seemingly done it anyway.

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.” Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

Like cycling this new bit outside @fulhamfc.com #cargobikelife #cargobike #elephantbike

This is what you can accomplish when you have a super majority that was voted in by only 18% of the people.

“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”

P1: Ok we need a vehicle to move some kids to school P2: How about a bus? P1: Perfect. P2: Lets make it big and yellow so no one misses it P1: Great 1/

Tonight, I bumped into my neighbours from one side in the pub and had a lovely time, and then on the way home - realising I’d brought out the wrong keys 🤦🏻‍♀️ - knocked on those on the other side for my spare set. These relationships were born on our #playstreet, started 9 years ago yesterday.