You wouldn't campaign to change this safe, efficient, sustainable transport corridor (#Hammersmithbridge) into the sort of hostile, car-choked shambles of frustration & delay that most key roads in @hfcouncil.bsky.social are would you @libdems.org.uk? I think Sarah Olney has got this wrong. #bikesky

Seriously @theroyalparks.bsky.social? It is a perfect sunny autumn day with a gentle breeze. The Royal Parks are safe places that tens of thousands of children and adults enjoy every weekend. With the parks closed they will all have to go somewhere less safe. www.royalparks.org.uk/park-closures

Remco is still ahead of Pogacar on GC.

We just saw Emma at @rosetheatre2008.bsky.social in Kingston. It was a hoot. On the way out I asked a couple my parents age what they thought of it. They loved it too.

Cycling really does give you wings! Watching a toddler soar up front whilst a retired tandem duo found their turbo mode was a definite ride highlight. Magical to see bikes bring out the joy in everyone, at every age, on this fun Kingston ride. @londoncycling.bsky.social @kingstoncycling.bsky.social

Fondly remembering Jane Godley today in London.

That’ll be the lead on the BBC’s News at Ten, I don’t doubt…

NEW RESEARCH: Researchers from Imperial College London conclude: Safe CO₂ underground storage capacity is far lower than previous estimates due to leakage risks, seismicity, engineering limits, and geopolitics. At best, CCS looks like a scarce resource, not an unlimited backstop.

I'm always considerate when I use the Park as a cut-through in my SUV or when I walk my dog in the skylark nesting area. But the days I cross the Park by bicycle, perhaps to accompany my child to a cricket match, I become DISRESPECTFUL! I can't help it. The bike changes me. #themandus #bikesky

I haven’t seen it illustrated like this before. Very effective messaging. Of course it actually depends a lot on how fast the vehicle’s being driven, how big the vehicle is and how it’s designed, and how small the victims (too often kids) are. Via @yegbike.bsky.social #SpeedKills #CarBloat

How fun! We just saw Jens Voigt on his LEJOG! What a lovely guy - stopped and chatted with us for a while. And I gave him a No Bad Days on the Bike sticker which he put on his top tube. Tim would absolutely love that. (Made me quite emotional).

Disappointing. We were gonna swim and the children were gonna play in the shallows. It's an astonishing state of affairs. @eastbournebc.bsky.social @ecobourne.bsky.social @your-east-sussex.bsky.social @eastbournecarnival.bsky.social

We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Jimmy Kimmel is awesome.

Done.

West Indies & England team coaches both stuck in traffic on their way to Oval 😱 England team got off coach, hired bikes, and arrived in time for a warm-up 🚲🚲🚲 Guess who won?! 🏆🤔

Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲 As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles. So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!

My ride this morning: This flyer from a @londoncycling.bsky.social volunteer on the key route in from the South West. And this from hfcouncil.bsky.social & #WandsworthCouncil. Not pictured: rider down on Chelsea Embankment. @rbkc.gov.uk. Ambulances on the scene. @psimonk.bsky.social

I was at Year 3 sports day today. I was surrounded by parents I'm friends with, that I relate to and that I am fond of. Few of them had English as their 1st language. They were from Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Iran, Turkey, Lithuania, India, Morocco, Greece, Guildford etc #NationofStrangers

"Cities that enable all people to cycle safely, efficiently, and affordably are ultimately the ones that will have a healthier, greener, and more inclusive future ahead."

Kingston #schoolstreet.

I have invented something. Shipping containers reduced the cost of shipping by 90%. Why can't we have a standard-package-sized rigid, durable reusable box for home deliveries? Shoebox size? Everybody would have two or three at home and would use them for eBay and Vinted and returns.

Do you want to see a pedestrianised Oxford Street? TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to have your say: haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/oxford-street

Hello @brittanyferries.bsky.social. If you were to screen the Ronde van Vlaanderen on the Mont St Michel tomorrow, there would be at least one delighted voyager. Merci!

Another calm, chatty day on a Kingston #schoolstreet.

Thank you @inrng.com.

Building new roads creates new traffic. This £10bn (!) scheme will only relieve traffic on Dartford Crossing for so long. How many years before a multi-billion-pound relief road is suggested to cut congestion on the Lower Thames Crossing?? We should be expanding public transport instead.

Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!

Not one minute of this iconic celebration of sports cycling is due to be on free to view UK television. ☹️ Currently. 🤞 The best thing, however, is that it will cost nothing to stand by the roadside of every kilometre of every stage in Scotland, Wales & England. 🚴🏻 🚴🏿 🚴🏻‍♀️ road.cc/content/news...

Go #Kingston!

I totally agree with The Times’ view here. It’s time to reclaim our streets so that children can be active and gain independence. More councils should close off streets to encourage outdoor games www.thetimes.com/article/b792...

Many communal gardens in @eastbournebc.bsky.social are little used & managed as liabilities. Trees removed, scrub cleared, #NoMowMay ignored. Could owners be educated, encouraged or incentivised to manage them for #biodiversity? @ecobourne.bsky.social @sussexworld.bsky.social @bespokeeb.bsky.social

This was Kingston Upon Thames at 3pm on Saturday. 4 degrees and drizzling. Rack full including three child-carrying cargo bikes. There are LOADS of other racks nearby. People want to travel by bike and if you make it safe for them they will. #bikesky @kingstongreens.bsky.social

The tactics of #BigAg - following the well-trodden path of #BigTobacco & #BigOil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Tonight's opening news on #BBCPM was comedy gold, opening with "President Trump says everyone loves his plan for Gaza . . . " before going on to describe everyone's disgust at it. It's like a new comedy genre. But the same news reading on @bbcsounds.bsky.social is missing that key line! Why?

This magnificent segment from #BBCWinterWatch has for me changed that wall of tuna cans in the supermarket for ever. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

This thread is for non-electric cyclists, or non-cyclists, who are e-curious or just don't see the point yet Why is it that so many people are riding e-bikes now? After 10,000km on mine, let me explain what you may be missing out on: 1/15

Please can we have this in Kingston where there are areas known to be at high risk of flash-flooding? There are plenty of vast junctions between minor roads that could be used! @kbgreens.bsky.social

Parents naturally want to protect their children from harm. If you want families to cycle in your city then safe and pleasant journeys, enabled by protected cycle tracks on main roads, are an essential ingredient

Latest Diagram Club newsletter posted this morning. Lots of Household Problems, and this drawing: 'Congestion'. diagramclub.substack.com

The Episcopal Church divests from fossil fuel, entirely! episcopalnewsservice.org/2024/12/11/e...

9th #treebybike. Our Douze F1 cargo bike has done nearly 11,000 kilometres. For most of which those two clowns have been aboard. It's the best bike purchase I have ever made. Not cheap but astonishing value.

Is there an international day of clearing all your unnecessary files from cloud storage? Or have I just invented it? How much carbon would it save?

I have been a forthright, even bolshy adopter of the new #HighwayCode rule H2. Do you know what? Many drivers are in-tune with it and graciously wait! It has been very encouraging.

Imagine if @rspbengland.bsky.social partnered with @churchofengland.org to put up 10,000 swift boxes on churches. I'm lucky that swifts screech over my Kingston house each summer. Hundreds could nest on St Luke's. Thousands on @guildfordcathedral.bsky.social! www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...

Your irregular reminder of the scale of disparity between trunk/major roads and cycle funding in England. This is the five years 2018/19-2024/25 Trunk roads: £23,100,000,000 (£23.1bn) Cycling: £732,885,226 (£733m) (of which National Cycle Network/Sustrans: £98,207,062 [£98m])

Heads up Kingston! We're a cycle theft hotspot.

Critical mass incoming...

Great to hear Harry Brook calling e-scooters "the best mode of transport". BBC's #TestMatchSpecial is often car-centric with Aggers bemoaning the traffic, having DRIVEN TO LORDS. England players praised for taking e-scooters to the ground in Christchurch. mediahousepress.co.in/england-cric...

HEIDI ALEXANDER ... Expect gov's transport strategy to continue...