Only licencing required should be something like Hackney licence for taxis. Prove they're fit & safe to take passengers.

So I had to take my bike into be serviced by the great folks at Giant Liverpool yesterday. It’s about a 20 min walk, so I ended up hoping on the new (to Liverpool) Bolt scooters. The acceleration on them is far slower than the old Voi scooters, despite the top speed being higher.

Trains were off so ended up having to take the ferry. Ended up having a far less stressful ride home - it was actually enjoyable - because 30% was on protected infrastructure and another 40% was on quiet residential streets. Far nicer than the usual way home. Also the ferry is always a nice change.

Drivers. Just assume that anyone on a bike is likely running a camera. Don't do what a driver did to me before (and will be getting reported for this evening): push past me at a red light, then drive straight through it as if it wasn't there. 🤦‍♂️ I hope they weren't planning on spending that £100.

Solar. Batteries. Smart grids. E-bikes. High speed rail. Heat pumps.

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

"Only 21 parking spaces"... the horror! Oh no wait, it's literally in the fucking city centre, less than 15 mins walk to the core financial and business area. It's also on the central bike route. If anything 21 spaces is too many. Peak motornormativity from some Liverpool councillors here.

Heading down to Lausanne to participate in the "(Anti)Motonormativity days" event unil.ch/events/fr/17... I will talk about research on car dependence, where it's coming, where it's going, where I think it would be interesting for it to go, and how it relates to motonormativity

My belt drive on my cargo bike is a really important part of making it reliable and low maintance, a key requirement for us, but I don't think I'd ever even considered using one in a 'performance' bicycle context. use the right tools for the job, etc.

This video focuses on the specific needs of bike packers; a niche so small it makes road cycling look like a mainstream activity. Yet you'd think from the way some people are talking about it that it's an exposé on how belt drives are bad in general. That is an incredibly dumb take.

People on bikes become a part of the fabric of the life In Utrecht. You can see & appreciate your neighbors. People in cars are hidden. Here's a family group traveling with a stroller, along with people in the front of a cargo bike.

I really wish this article focused more on the criminality and deadly impact of drug-driving than on teeth. In the UK, hundreds lose their lives every year in collisions linked to drivers impaired by drugs — a road safety crisis that deserves far more attention. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When the hospital estates team need to close a section of carpark for a weekend, we get multiple all-staff emails informing and reminding us. When they close a busy secure bike shed with capacity for 100 bikes, that's frequently full, we get this the day before:

Our council does "free parking days" to "help the local economy," but only does them for events that will be popular anyway. Commuters and visitors who could walk/cycle take up parking spaces so people who drive from further afield can't park. Nobody seems to get that this is a bad thing.

Darth Vader Looking To Become Even More Hated In The Galaxy, Takes Up Cycling.

While I think this is over-egging the issue, there is an issue within the Green Party that it needs to full embrace intensification of existing development. Being against greenbelt development (except near train stations) makes financial sense. Opposing it in already developed areas doesn't.

📣 NEWS: LCC report into cycle theft show’s lack of action by Mayor, TfL, and Met, is resulting in 40,000 bikes stolen in London every year… BUT… our report also sets out recommendations on how to bring that number 📉 ✍️ Read the report and sign our petition: bit.ly/3Onz7I5

The lengths people in a subreddit that's supposedly about middle class finance will go to try and define the crippling financial effects of car dependency is truly astounding. You'd think that the idea of saving money by living somewhere that doesn't need a car would make sense to them. But no.

Behold Reform, the party that campaigns on a platform of reducing waste, wasting millions of pounds.

Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding: Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere. samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

Great proposal this. Continues to be incredibly funny and incredibly stupid that for years we've *banned* bus and rail operators "colluding" to make their timetables integrate with each other.

Yes, the rain radar is the most important app on my phone to make cycling decisions. It is amazing how much rain you can dodge with the right information.

Signs your city doesn’t have enough bike parking. Also, the other thing a lot of places don’t understand is it’s not about volume with bike parking; it’s about distribution. In an ideal world, there would be at least one rack outside every store/service. When it comes to bikes it’s about security.

This is the importance of better data when enabling riding bikes to work. If I took the BBC’s (or any other standard) weather forecast at face value, I’d assume I was going to get rained on. For many, that would be enough to break their willpower and drive instead.

Even better: The Continuous Sidewalk. ​Instead of forcing people to step down into the street, we make the cars step up into the pedestrian space. It prioritizes the person walking or rolling, keeps the path level for accessibility, and physically forces drivers to slow down.

This is why we demand concrete protected bike lanes.

Cass had the data and government resources to investigate whether this moral panic was true but instead of looking at it critically she just reinforced the panic.

A billionaire scribbled a design on a piece of paper to "disrupt the transportation industry". ​Mission accomplished. He disrupted the flow of the city and the schedules of hundreds of commuters.

San Diego rents fall 5.5%—proof that building housing works. Add 6,000 apartments, prices drop. This eases pressure on voucher programs, helps low-income renters, makes the city more accessible. Want sustained affordability? Keep building. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/04/r...

15 years ago today, I was stood in a very cold (-15C) Red Square. I remember thinking how unbelievable it would have seemed if my parents had been told, when I was born, that I’d be standing there one day. Sadly, it’s once again unthinkable for many. A pity, as it’s an amazing place to visit.

"Bike lanes are ruining this city!" -Exclaims motorist in 2-ton vehicle alongside hundreds of others currently ruining city.

business that is the reason the barriers were installed: fuck i can't drive over these barriers

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

Short reminder: Vision Zero is a great goal to work on. Day by day. Just by putting people over cars.

Amira is the 15th person, the sixth pedestrian, and the second child killed on the streets of New York City so far in 2026. The City must recommit to Vision Zero, lowering speed limits and fully funding DOT.

Sad news

This Builder’s Merchant and DIY shop in Hackney hasn’t moaned about LTNs - instead it switched to cargo bike delivery, saving time money and environment. 👏 Kts4diy.co.uk

More of this please! #LastMile

Nearly one in five urban and suburban Americans who currently own a car say they are strongly interested in living car-free. momentummag.com/nearly-one-i...

Scramblers already illegal on public roads, Department confirms after misleading media coverage irishcycle.com/2026/02/03/s...

🧵 Yesterday's ride in was a great demonstration of how in towns and cities, cars are not the quickest (or most space efficient) way of getting around. I overtook 37 cars in total, most with only one person in them. However, the video also does a great job of showing why I don't /1

“Paint demarking the gutter is NOT a cycle lane. Who’s this for? An inexperienced or nervous rider won’t use this. They’ll likely walk. Anyone who’s experienced will ride on the posh bit of the road”

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

The irony of the GoOutdoors in Liverpool being replaced by Popeyes is not lost on me.

Genuinely looking forward to it being light in the mornings and evenings when I commute. But while it is dark, my Redshift Arclight pedals and Cycl Winglight handlebar lights/indicators are doing their best to remove the “sorry mate, didn’t see you” excuse.

Cities will micromanage an e-bike, but are fine with multi-ton cars being beta tested on our streets by remote workers overseas. Make it make sense.

In addition to straight advocacy work I also develop brand creative - this specific example is where advocacy and brand meet - this was for a cycling magazine (hence the sport cyclist) c/o @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social who I've been proudly partnered up with for awhile.

Seems very on topic right now for Ireland!

Another win for ebikes. Was out walking our golden retriever-shaped poo factory when I realised I must have dropped the bags I had brought out with me after dealing with her first poo. Anyway, I used a leaf to shuffle the poo out of the way, then went home & hopped on the bike to go and pick it up.