Summary of exchange with prof from another dept: Him- great article. Driving standards in Leicester are v poor Me - thanks Him - but cyclists often just as bad Me - but they don't kill 5 people a day. Or even a year. Him - I'm not sure about that Me - I am (link to road casualties GB) 🙄

The law on dangerous driving is confusing because most have lost an understanding of what minimum driving standards look like. (Not my choice of headline) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A war on motorists, you say.

Driving isn't for everyone. www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2598863...

School Streets - could they be the answer to solving the school run problem? We take a look at what's involved. www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/safer-school...

#HMG #DfT published the Road Investment Strategy 3 (#RIS3) this morning. Page num'd 13 of the pdf assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69c426... , sectioned "Vision" has a picture of driver fiddling with a mobile phone under the rear view mirror. It is an offence to put a device in this position.

Make it safer for families to walk and cycle to schools please! Use school streets or LTNs, and encourage a bike bus to make it fun. Then you give children independence and an appreciation of cycling that will stay with them for life.

Parking enforcement is rising, but school run chaos persists, revealing a deeper problem fines alone cannot solve | Henry Durand, Local Democracy Reporter

Sixty (!) new bike racks have been installed in Eaton Park. They've done a nice job, ten banks of six Sheffield stands concreted in on levelled bases.

The Economist knows whats up www.economist.com/britain/2026...

The team of bollards did their best, but the sneaky drivers found a gap to squeeze through. @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

Nothing unites the comment section quite like selfish driving on the school run.

So I bought a second hand tumble dryer. Turns out the box on my bike was almost the perfect size. If anyone asks, @davewalker.bsky.social made me do it.

"If you have to wait... you can damn well wait!" 🚦 This was the strange response from a Labour Cllr to our Green motion for a 30-second *max* wait time at pedestrian crossings on Wirral. In a climate & health crisis, this "car-is-king" mindset is a relic of the past. It’s time to up-end it.

It’s not like I’m hugely precious about my bike’s paintwork, but this sort of sharp-edged bike stand annoys the hell out of me. One day I will start a consultancy that will charge companies £10,000 for an identical report that just says, “Don’t fuck around, use standard Sheffield stands.”

💫 The May #localelections are your chance to influence policy! Accessibility to #cargobikes for all families is one of our key manifesto asks. Want to support this? 👉 Follow us! Share this post! Send it to a friend! Check out the full campaign: www.solvetheschoolrun.org/streetsforkids

There's growing evidence of safety risks of bigger cars. Heavier with higher bonnets & worse vision, bigger SUVs are: ⚠️14% more likely to kill you than if you're hit by a smaller car ⚠️increasing to 77% for children ⚠️and 200% more likely to kill a kid under 9 #VisionZeroLDN

This can’t come soon enough. 👏 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The Government should drastically cut tax on alcohol in pubs and restaurants and pay for it by hiking taxes on alcohol for off sales. Social drinking is more of a social good than private drinking.

NYC has created an official reporting app for engine idling, it works well. If the UK was serious about engine idling, and illegal parking, HMG would develop a similar app. There are plenty of concerned citizens who would use it. apps.apple.com/us/app/idle-...

About 5 streets away from my house the postman waved me down as I was cycling past to give me my post. 1. He's great 2. This makes me feel like I live in a real community 3. This would never have happened if I was in a car

This is why I write so much about pavement parking

Today in BUT MY CAR news, “BUT MY CAR!”

Have you seen this? This recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips that are by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧵 MPs are learning how it feels to be a Gorton & Denton resident today. To raise awareness of our recommendations for the Elections Bill we've sent a fake newspaper, The Misleading Times, packed full of dodgy bar charts and made up data to their desks in Westminster.

You can’t park there mate..🙄

How long should it take to cross a junction? In suburban London it can take a while, like crossing the junction of Christchurch Road and Merantum Way to walk between two neighbouring shopping centres. Is it acceptable to let pedestrians wait this long? @londonls.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk

Last month, there was a story about the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Paul Bristow, wanting to spend £1.5m on free car parking in Peterborough City Centre. 1/16 cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/news/mayors-...

And there's your side road zebras being possible in Wales from 11th March this year. www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/35/...

here we go again

“I had to go in and face my colleagues who were saying, ‘Mike, what have you done?’” A glimpse inside Haringey's street space transformation, featuring @mikehakata.bsky.social and @carlafrancome.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lauralak...

In 2024, more than 1,600 people died on UK roads. Yet a major new road safety strategy has passed largely unnoticed. This reflects media acceptance of road danger and a societal complacency—an “it won’t happen to me” mindset. Sadly, it can, and by then it is too late. How do we change this?

Parents are calling for a safer school run for their children in #Norwich. We hope Norfolk County Council will consider more #SchoolStreets, including one here at Lionwood Junior School. @norfolkcc.bsky.social

Selfish driver yesterday.

A section of cycle path on the Purple Pedalway had become badly overgrown. We asked Norfolk County Council to clear it but they only did half a job, so we spent two hours yesterday clearing back the vegetation properly. It was hard work but satisfying. We shouldn’t need to do this.

"Councillors estimate the cost of providing free car parks to be around £10 - £15 [per household per year]: equivalent to a ten per cent increase in council tax." - I find this story interesting mostly because it's rare that the true cost of free parking sees the light of day.

Ever wondered what it costs to provide free parking? Thetford Town Council have decided to keep all car parks at an increase of £10-15 per year for every council tax payer in the town. Details below www.edp24.co.uk/news/2558378...

Tensions over divisive flag displays have erupted into violence in Norfolk, as police face criticism for inaction | Owen Sennitt, Local Democracy Reporter

"Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race" - Albert Einstein

Great to see our very own Kitty Cresswell Riol quoted in @cyclinguk.bsky.social's glow ride report! www.cyclinguk.org/news/cycling...

Wednesday's glow ride in the Norwich Evening News. #MyRideOurRight www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2556810...

I know its just a sign, but this increases public awareness which in turn will lead to more reporting of offences, which will lead to pressure on senior officers to do more enforcement. So I think this is a good thing and would welcome them here in Norwich.

BBC Radio Norfolk's Kayleign Poacher came to the start of last night's glow ride in Norwich. Here's her interviews with organisers and attendees, all set to a great slide show from the ride! #MyRideOurRight youtu.be/TNrZjPh04KQ?...

Amazing turnout for tonight's @cyclinguk.bsky.social glow ride! 90 riders set Norwich aglow calling for safer streets for women, especially after dark. #MyRideOurRight 📷 Claire Bullion

Another video from tonight's glow ride. #MyRideOurRight 📹 @harry-is-human.bsky.social

The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.

Ahead of tomorrow's @cyclinguk.bsky.social "glow rides" calling for safer streets for women, we look at the role the bicycle has played in liberating women. www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/fear-freedom...

Less than a week to the Glow Ride! Wednesday 22nd, 7pm outside City Hall. Bling your bike and let's light up the night calling for safer streets and better cycle routes! Norwich is one of over 50 cities in the UK taking part, highlighting the dangers women in particular face cycling after dark.

www.economist.com/internationa... Even the Economist knows. Perhaps @heidialexander.bsky.social can get a slightly bigger budget and we can just get on with it.