Tonight’s Hammersmith & Fulham Cabinet meeting has just voted to approve their officers’ recommendation not to pour any more time or energy into the doomed effort to bring cars back over the river here. ✨ It’s a major moment for west London this, and it will soon be looked back on as Good, Actually

Marple is steadily improving for pedestrians. Here's a brand-new Zebra crossing on Hollins Lane, just north of the Asda.

Looks like someone else had a late start today 👀

Judging from the replies, a lot of people need to go back to school and learn how to read.

My worst new habit is trying to see if I can get likes beneath the AI boomer video slop that has absolutely flooded Facebook in recent months.

Lots of grumping and bad takes this morning, almost as though many of you didn't get a lot of sleep.

Delayed till 2am? Eugh.

I regret to inform you that the Transatlantic Discourse now includes football.

YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE TRANSPORT LINKS FIRST, FOLKS, OTHERWISE YOU'RE LETTING THE DEVELOPER OFF THE HOOK AND ARE EMBEDDING CAR DEPENDENCY FOREVER.

At the women's freedom ride, about to tow a speaker around Central London. Routes for women!

Your regular reminder that cryptocurrency does in fact have a use case and that use case is crime

Can't wait for @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com's commentary on the France–Morocco match.

It's good to see the new Copenhagen-style stepped cycle lanes taking shape on Higher Bridge Street. and the cyclops junction at Topp Way starting to take shape. #activetravel #walking #cycling #beenetwork #Bolton

With the Mancunian Way closed for its annual inspection last weekend, I took the opportunity to go for a short ride along this iconic structure. Join me as I cover the history of this urban motorway and enjoy some lesser-seen views of Manchester from it. domcycling.com/2026/07/04/r...

Good news: I've created a viable workflow for QGIS. Bad news: For it to save me any time, I'll need to learn Python to create the code.

Mercian irredentism.

In the mayoral hustings, I hope questions can be asked which can draw out Marlon West's positions re Restore's hateful policies, but do so in a way that won't be seen as attacking him or his daughter or denying their trauma.

If anyone's curious, this is from an email I wrote a couple of years ago trying to dissuade a large business from doing yet another active travel reward points system

The next person who says 'Manchester isn't in the north' gets exiled to Unst with no internet access.

For me, Newcastle.

This pavement path was recently resurfaced by National Highways across a petrol station slip road... less than 1m separates users from the busy dual carriageway. It's part of the National Cycle Network. Why wasn't it improved? You might ask open.substack.com/pub/lauralak...

Final thoughts on this: are the police, who are generally uninterested in cars obstructing the pavement, going to do anything when these things are inevitably vandalised or obstructed? It'll be Mobike x10 otherwise.

Oh, hello.

Tech companies: Our pavement robots are safe for pedestrians and don't get in their way! The robots:

178mph. A life lost. Driving is a privilege, not a right — this extreme speed with lethal consequences warrants nothing less than a lifetime ban. We revoke firearms licences for less. Why should a vehicle user be any different? Protect every road user. #RoadSafety www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shetland has seen the Faroe tunnels.

1,900 followers! To celebrate, here's a pic from today's trip to Manchester. I call it 'Docked vs dockless'.

For what feels like the 30th night in a row, someone is driving their illegally loud car illegally fast around Marple. It will happen again tomorrow, nothing will change, and people will instead obsess about the speed and danger of cyclists.

Long walk round Manchester today. I assume any change to the number of international students will absolutely fuck over a lot more than the universities. Why aren't the property developers arguing against it too?

In this thread: a lot of people who are scared of ebikes yet very relaxed about cars - kind of making my point for me #motonormativity

We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...

I don't want to sound too over-excited about this, but I might have come across the most ludicrous and nonsensical anti-cycling newspaper comment piece *ever*. Big claim, I know, but it's quite something. Mini thread - 1/

Have you ever wondered why, compared to our friends on the continent, our infrastructure in the UK is…well…pretty rubbish? Why we can't build rail, Leeds doesn't have a tram and the nation's roads are covered in potholes? A 🧵

Ah, the politicians are finally catching up with the experts. It's only taken years. We need to plan for a low traffic future and use our assets for better places, not traffic sewers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A fan writes 😂

Still waiting for my royalties.

Reducing traffic reduces crime: see new study from Leeds. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Looks like Ranny's in Offerton has my custom. Got to love a business that stands up for its customers against pavement-parking idiots.

One of the most intriguing and complicated people I'll ever meet. Even the manner of the verification in this story is very on brand. www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2624097...

Andy Burnham is about to become PM. What does that mean for active travel? New from Moving Up North: the inside account of how Burnham really operates. Ten years of hustings, hot seats, wins and climbdowns, from people who were in the room. A window into how he'll govern next.

One of Bluesky's main failings: – post gets popular – the 'Discovery effect' happens – you start seeing a mutual argue with strangers because Bluesky thinks this is somehow a desirable feature.

R's great and all, but should it really need 35 lines of code to generate one table I could create in Excel in five minutes?

Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.

I can't wait for the fight between delivery robots, pavement-parked cars, A-boards and utility works. 🍿

Britain's pavements are not for sale. Pavements are for people. It is not acceptable to prioritise private commercial interests over the needs of pedestrians, especially people using mobility aids. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Stockport Council is holding a community event on 4 July, 11am-3pm. If you want to explore your area on foot or by bike, and get your bike fixed up for free, come along! Visit this link for more info: www.stockport.gov.uk/events/romiley-park-community-event

Ignoring the inevitable moaning about any roadwork but especially cycling-related roadwork, could a temporary business rate reduction for affected businesses reduce the negativity and objections? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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That's the Stockport vote lost.

My vocabulary is chock-full of semi-obscure words thanks to a diet of fantasy as a kid. I'm baffled by the idea that people hit an unfamiliar word and don't want to learn what it means.