If you have not responded yet, please do it now!! The consultation aims to draw out people's experience of using Bank junction - information which cannot be simply derived from traffic movement surveys. Your views and number of responses have an effect! Just one week to go! bank-taxi.commonplace.is

“To hear the CEO of Palantir using the serious matter of sexual abuse by Met officers to attack the mayor of London for rejecting his company and so cutting his profits shows exactly why Palantir are not fit to lecture anyone on values.” https://bit.ly/4dGkp8j

It's the thought that counts

We’d love to know more about the government’s extremely cosy relationship with Peter Mandelson’s lobbying outfit, Global Counsel. What a shame that nobody kept any notes from their meetings! https://www.opendemocracy.net/no-records-from-meetings-between-top-officials-and-mandelsons-lobbying-firm/

Thank goodness Starmer is finally supporting all those Range Rover drivers by keeping their costs low www.theguardian.com/politics/202... If we cared about poorer people we'd give them money to meet their needs, not subsidise one very specific, very harmful, activity

Please sign and share this petition to save the Thames from Thames Water petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Really saddened to see the impact of increasingly divisive politics on people living in and contributing to our usually welcoming, inclusive and diverse city. Seeing and recognising the real harm stemming from division could be a crucial first step in us all standing together in firm resistance.

Please subscribe to my Substack for more great articles like this, published twice each week! How come everyone cycles in the Netherlands? open.substack.com/pub/transpor...

Oooh look just spotted this - hold 3 June at 1400 youtu.be/jq93DgLvmFc?... A definite must-watch @londoncycling.bsky.social @haringeycyclists.bsky.social @hackneycycling.org.uk @cycleislington.uk

So this driver was actually only sent a warning letter. I queried this & got a cut & paste reply about officers being trained etc. I asked again for the specific rationale for this case. They came back with stuff about close passes. I've now reminded them that it wasn't a close pass. 1/2

This is needed urgently Who can design such a cushion? We should all have one to scream into. Calling cushion entrepreneurs and @tomflood.bsky.social for pithy comments to be printed on both sides

Cities around the world are rethinking mobility, and Beijing is becoming an increasingly compelling part of that conversation. One of the best ways to follow these developments is through the @dutchcycling.nl email newsletter—which regularly shares insights, highlights and reporting: bit.ly/4nzvcWd

I just grabbed these screenshots from the Census in response to somebody suggesting that nearly everyone has to drive in poor northern towns (where I grew up, incidentally). The numbers who don't have cars can be staggering, not that you'd know it from a lot of transport discourse

Now that we are into serious campaigning I have the first question for Nigel Farage and his supporters for the doorstep, and to be used by journalists “Why hasn’t brexit made us all rich?”

So much about this has me screaming into my motonormativity cushion. Why further subsidise all the wealthy people who drive? Why NOT subsidise the poorer people who don't drive?

When you become an LCC member, you're faced with a massive decision... 🤔 Lock, lights, or pump for your welcome gift? Join today, and make your pick 🫵

Would be great if we applied the same level of design, testing and scrutiny used for our children's car seats to the bike lanes they ride to school in.

Women Ride Too! Sat 20th June -10-1pm - Sydenham😀 “A wonderful session…supportive environment to build confidence “ Ama A-Session 2 👍🏿 Need help as a female cyclist? Join the next session free - link in bio 🚴‍♀️ #cycling #womenempowerment #freelondon #ibikelondon #cyclist

Strange how so many will shame people on bikes for not wearing helmets yet don’t have much to say about bike lanes without protection. Via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Lately I’ve been far more interested in growing our following at @urbantruth.bsky.social than growing my own… the bigger the audience there, and the more reposts and poster shares you help us with, the more effective the whole initiative will be. Please consider clicking “follow” there. Thanks!

🚨LAST CHANCE! We're looking for new trustees to join our board, but applications close at 11pm tonight. Find out more about the role and how to apply here: bettertransport.org.uk/jobs/trustee

Great find (via @brenttoderian.bsky.social ) Hopefully raises the awareness and importance of this and related issues around urban design, active travel, and more.

If the driver isn't mentioned because we think the car could somehow have done this without the driver intending it to, the only proper response would be an urgent investigation into how this was possible and how it can be prevented in future (perhaps halting all driving until we know it's safe?)

Wes Streeting wants new laws to force your GP to share your medical records. The bill was not in Labour's Manifesto and Palantir has explicitly said, under a new Government, it would be happy to use medical data for other purposes. Be afraid.

Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be.

Feeling so proud to have handed over the reins in Islington to a brilliant new team of NINETEEN Green councillors. A journey starting with election in 2014 by just 8 votes and 8 years sole opposition to Labour, then last 4 years with 2 Green colleagues. So excited to see what they all achieve.

Putting aside any party political issues, I can't quite fathom how a significant proportion of Westminster residents have effectively voted against reducing motor vehicle use in the borough, against cycle tracks and against a pedestrianised Oxford Street. Turkeys voting for Xmas springs to mind...

Went to see an inspirational film followed by Q&A with its director Orban Wallace and @paulpowlesland.bsky.social - such an uplifting couple of hours youtu.be/est-ISGu9D0?... Treat yourself and go - it's real, it's beautiful and it affects us all.

As Joni Mitchell sang so eloquently

Time the mayor took over transport throughout london as in Paris

Inexplicably, not only have the Conservatives won control of Westminster, but the incredible cabinet member for Streets @maxsullivan.bsky.social has lost his seat 😩 He had so many schemes planned, so many underway. It’s utterly devastating. I’d like to say a big thank you to Max. … 1/3

Westminster back with the Tories. That's sustainable transport screwed again. #London

“If I can bicycle, I bicycle.” Sir David Attenborough. Happy 100th birthday to a legend. He has never passed a driving test and doesn’t own a car.

Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉

After 50 years, @cycleislington.uk there is still a lot to campaign for wrt safe roads for Islington’s residents. vote for who you think will improve the borough for the next 50.

please consider asking your politicians to attend as well as support @pedalonparliament.org on 30th May

Calling Sheffield ?!

Still a couple of hours to vote for a safe, joined up cycle network in Islington - come on, you know where your ❌ needs to go !

“19,934 people [were] killed in 2024 on EU roads, which are among the safest in the world.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚲 Streets for Cycling Pledge 🚲 Name: Cllr Una O’Halloran Borough: Islington Party: Labour Pledge: "We will continue to bring forward schemes that improve safety and connectivity for cyclists, with the aim of completing TfL's identified network of cycle corridors by 2030, subject to funding.

🚲 Streets for Cycling Pledge 🚲 Name: Benali Hamdache Borough: Islington Party: Green Pledge: Islington Green Party is fully committed to improving the environment for ALL people, regardless of ability, who wish to cycle safely, whether for business or pleasure...

so sorry.

Solar powered cycles ?! There's a thing I didn't know about but of course, why ever not !

I really enjoyed the framing of this post.

NEW: Have You Read About The 1-Hour City Conspiracy? It’s the REAL conspiracy. “A lot of us are trapped in one-hour cities right now. The alternative — having a lot more things close by, and a lot more time in our day — isn’t the conspiracy. It’s the cure.” Read. #1HourCityConspiracy #UrbanTruth

Showing at Hackney's Castle Cinema on Friday thecastlecinema.com

In 2025, Northamptonshire Police seized 2,540 uninsured vehicles, and disposed of 1,256. Driving uninsured signals risk-taking & links to wider criminality—posing real danger & undermining safe travel. This enforcement tackles their criminality and risk but also serves law abiding insurance payers.

💚🚲💚🚲💚🚲💚🚲💚🚲💚🚲💚 Lets do this here ! - how about it ? @london.gov.uk @willnorman.co.uk @londoncycling.bsky.social @forestbike.bsky.social @ibikelondon.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DXxmqHm...

🚲 Streets for Cycling Pledge 🚲 Name: Cllr Alexander Ehmann and Cllr Gareth Roberts Borough: Richmond Party: Liberal Democrats Pledge: "We would be delighted to accept the exciting challenge of working toward the delivery of the proposed cycle network in our borough.