Good evening Bluesky! Welcome to the live thread of the Hackney 2026 Mayoral Active Travel hustings. A full house here at the Pembury Community centre. We are joined by the 🟥🟩🟦 parties

Took this about a forrnight ago. A new bridge improving connections between the north of Hackney Wick with Fish Island appears to be nearing completion. Was supposed to open last summer! (see www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/business/fut...)

Why yes, algorithm, I do want to watch a half hour video discussing the historic links between cycling and feminism, with a meal-deal powered narrator.

If the transport secretary is saying privately owned e-scooters will become a legal mode of transport "as soon as parliamentary time becomes available", then planners of new road schemes need to take this into account *today*. Modal share growth for microbility vehicles is inevitable.

New ourbike.co.uk arrival in my neighbourhood (Prince Edward Road, Hackney Wick). Will be handy having it so close!

£700 seems like a ridiculously good deal for this? Wierd that it doesn't come with a rear rack as standard, and the positioning of the front light could do with a tweak, but otherwise looks like a winner. Bit surprising they're needing to do a fire sale. www.ridgeback.co.uk/ridgeback-er...

Having an entirely normal night

Not long until our yearly social / fundraising céilidh! www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn... Dinner and dancing, perfect to chase away the January blues.

Because they are cuter than scooters, obviously

Back at #ffconf after eight years! I don't remember being supplied with quality pastries last time.

Reading the press release, here's the other vehicle they'll be trialling (the Neomor D01). How cute is this

Led ride around Hackney this Sunday, starting at 11am from the Rio Cinema. Taking in a good portion of the borough and its cycleways / LTNs. Weather is looking, quite frankly, ridiculously good for November! See the link below to sign up:

I've seen the trailer for that new Daniel Day Lewis film twice at the cinema this week, and I'm not sure I can take men speaking gruffly in Yorkshire accents seriously anymore. It just makes me think of this 80s pork advert now.

This is nice option to see, but I feel like if Decathlon really want to be allies then they should make the points count for more if I make a donation to a charity, instead of it being the same amount of money as I could have off my next purchase.

Found a way to easily query OpenStreetMaps for public e-bike chargers (without requiring installing an app / downloading maps). Just move the map to the area you're interested in and run the query (it will take a long time / error out) if you've selected a large area): overpass-turbo.eu/s/28Wu

Lucy Bronze was playing with A FRACTURED TIBIA!?

Goodness me, England and Sweden both doing their best to lose that penalty shoot out!

Anyone know where I could get something like this printed? It's 11 x 33 x 13mm. I'm trying to move my bike's front light off the fork and onto a mount attached to the stem faceplate. This is after a fruitless afternoon scouring premade mounts, assuming I could find one that would work in a pinch.

Went to Wuppertal. Took a more than reasonable number of pictures of trains and train infrastructure.

If not for e-bikes, then why for e-bikes shaped?

I'm staying in Utrecht for a few days. It's absolutely fantastic that you can securely store a bike overnight in several city centre garages, at no cost. Turns what would be a huge headache in most cities into pretty much an afterthought.

Can't help but think of Paper's Please when I'm using a paper ticket on a train. I can see the extra mental effort it requires from them, all the bits of information they have to check, compared to just scanning a QR code.

I only just found out how to make 'Safe Cycling London' my base map on Google Maps. Also I not that it calculates hire bike journey fees. bit.ly/SafeLondonCy...

If you wanted to excite people who are considering moving into a new build, tell them they're a three minute cycle from Screwfix, Topps Tiles, and a couple of paint vendors

Cars, especially SUV’s, are getting bigger every year – clogging streets, taking up space, and more worryingly putting lives at risk. London must use every tool in the policy toolbox to reverse this dangerous trend - and the Assembly agreed this last week. 📹 👇

If you come across this petition... from what I've heard, the "meanie council is closing down local community venue!" narrative is bobbins. The leaseholder is heavily in debt to the council, and apparently a tenants group is trying to get the lease off him. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

The self checkout will never ask you if you're having a hot dog party

A "once noble club"? Are we just going to forget their role under Franco? And the illegal state aid they (and Barcelona) received?

ooh my Samsung watch now (maybe this isn't new?) has built in support for interval training. Shouldn't have to look at the watch at all during a run now.

Bucket list item ticked off ✅

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Anyone local to Hackney Wick know what happened here (Chapman Road)? 10 meters or so of fencing damaged, and part of a bus bumper left in amongst the rubble.

This does genuinely bother me also, but what to do about it? I think the UK's love of repeater signals (i.e. lights not just on the entry to a junction, but also on the far side) does encourage encroachment like this (by drivers too)

Overshot their turn by about 20 meters or so. It happens.

"He currently sits as chair of the Human Resources Committee" hmm, not ideal. Oh and just to remind people, after the most recent elections in 2022, the Aspire party had zero female councillors. The only reason they have 2 (out of 21) now is due to defections from Labour.

Last day to input into Chatsworth Rd consultation! After a long delay following promises made 2+ years ago, this scheme is a watering down of the council's previously stated ambitions to extend the coverage of low traffic neighbourhoods across the borough. consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...

This video about one way interviews features one way interviews about one way interviews www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKWn...

Whiston Road consultation closes TODAY (16 January) HCC strongly support this bus gate to reduce motor traffic levels and speed on this residential road. If you haven't filled it in, please take 5 minutes to register your agreement with proposals: consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...

The Hackney Cycling Campaign Burns Night dinner dance this year is on Robert Burns' actual birthday: 25th January, at the City Academy in Homerton. This is a fundraising event for our group so we can support projects & events in our area. Get your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...

And a lovely picture of my hope town to celebrate this massive achievement! Next steps need to be to make sure that the buses run reliably. The new fare structure is great, but even affordable buses won't be attractive if they just get stuck in queues of cars.

Great video about all the improvements proposed for the coming year to help cyclists get around London more safely and easily. youtube.com/watch?v=nHc5...

Does anyone know of any academic work focused on teenage (working class) boys and everyday cycling? In the UK or elsewhere? Google Scholar throws up some school run work, and broader studies of gender and teenage cycling, and a bit on racing etc.

Bluesky doesn't yet have a way to follow someone, and see their posts in your feed, but not their reposts. And some people really, really like to repost! If you're using the web version on a browser which supports content filtering extensions (uBlock Origin or similar) there is a workaround though.

James Acaster being interviewed on a tandem www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBf... Interviewer clearly thinks shifting down on the hills is optional, poor James

See, this is why we need separated rollerblading lanes and bus lanes

Burns Night returns to Hackney! Great food, socialising and dancing. 25th January, snap up your tickets now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...

Hackney's new visualisations of the disastrous Pembury Junction redesign highlight just how bad their plans are & show major issues for cyclist & pedestrian safety—reality will be even worse. Full analysis: hackneycycling.org.uk/campaigns/pe... Council site: news.hackney.gov.uk/a-greener-sa...

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news.hackney.gov.uk/a-greener-sa... The bit about pedestrians needing to use "multiple crossings across roads and cycle lanes" as a reason to not put in protection for cyclists is very revealing. It treats crossing a road and cycle lane as though they are functionally equivalent.