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.

Good to see the vegetation on the Dereham Road cycle track finally cut back. They've done a good job in clearing the vegetation well back from the path edge - by at least a metre - and have then cleared away the overgrown grass back to the original edge of the path.

The green cross code is the most disastrous public information campaign in history. It has made generations believe that pedestrians are responsible for avoiding crashes. Crashes are actually the responsibility of the operators of the massive motorised lumps of metal.

While the Internet has had an impact, the main cause of the death of high streets is the out-of-town retail park. Any council which gave planning permission to a retail park only has themselves to blame for the destruction of their city centre.

This driver has caused one death and one serious injury in ten years, in both cases due to wildly incompetent driving. He'll be allowed back on the road next year. We need to just take some people off the road permanently.

No Kidical Mass ride is complete without at least two women riding unicycles! #KidiclaMass #KidicalMassNorwich 📹 @harry-is-human.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I've never been more proud to live in such an incredible community with neighbours will to stand up for what they believe in. There are some lovely comments, well worth a read.

www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2546424... I have never been more proud to be part of a community that is willing to send a message of love and welcome in the face of bullying behaviour that uses false patriotism to hurt and divide us.

"I love England and I love living here, I just wished the people putting up the flags did it with that sentiment." Some great, straightforward, reporting of genuine residents' views on "flagging" here in Wensum ward. A pleasure to work with @thatstvofficial.bsky.social and residents as always

🤔 Tube strike forcing you to rethink the commute? 🚴 Don't put yourself through the painfully slow bus or the painfully overpacked train - make the most of the September sun and ride into work! You never know, you might actually enjoy it... 👀

This is absolutely not the same. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Right wing media has had it in for Angela Rayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake and has paid heavily for it. Very much hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics desperately needs more voices like hers

5 years ago, the Government consulted on how dangerous pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond. If pavement parking is a problem in your area, fill out our form and add to our map of danger hotspots across the UK act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/176767/...

Car Free Day is coming up on Sunday 21st September. It's a great opportunity to close your street to traffic for the day and turn it into a space for fun, connection and community! The deadline to apply for a free street closure is Friday 22nd August.

Advertising and sponsorship help drive the dangerous rise in SUVs, which are 82% more likely to kill children. So along with @cleancitiescampaign.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social & others we're calling on @wimbledonltc.bsky.social to drop their SUV sponsors. www.londondaily.news/call-to-drop...

Ahead of the expected proscription of Palestine Action - the first time a protest group has been legally redefined as terrorist - I went through the Hansard of the 2000 Act they're being banned under. Turns out MPs were assured the law wouldn't be applied this way. Thread 🧵🔽

Ok, an update on the Bus Services (No.2) Bill, which some people and organisations were trying to use to ban the use of floating bus stops which would have ended the ability to build cycle tracks in England in many circumstances. The committee stage has finished and in this specific area, 1/n

Parklets are popular! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Parklets klaxon! 🌷🌼🌼🌷 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Well, turns out Reform had some difficulty with organising a pissup. You'll never guess where it was to be held.

Another very uncomfortable looking collision at the junction of Nelson St and Dereham Rd. I couldn't tell you what happened this time, but I can tell you that there are far too many collisions here.

Pleased to see the illegal parking on the cycle path and green space on the corner of Magpie Road has been swiftly resolved by the city council with a few bollards. 👍

I met with Norfolk's Police and Crime Commissioner Sarah Taylor to discuss what the police can do to tackle the antisocial parking in Norwich that is a blight on those who use the pavements. The police have the required powers to act on obstructions, it is just a matter of whether of will.

Big news for me! I've just been announced as the Active Travel and Cycling Champion for Oxfordshire County Council. As this is an Oxfordshire-wide role, I'm very keen to know more about rural routes especially. Shout out to the Lib Dems for appointing an opposition councillor - they're serious. 💚

It's been a pleasure working with @greenjennyknight.bsky.social to get the illegally parked cars off one of our green spaces. Officers worked over the weekend to persuade motorists to find legal parking to avoid their cars being removed. Bollards, benches and planting to follow. 💚🌳🌱🚴‍♀️

We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road. Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%. (Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)

This needs a change in vehicle design legislation. Every day that passes builds this danger in.

Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget UNLAWFUL, rules Court of Appeal transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...

This afternoon I met camera shy Rachel who told me she pops these on cars blocking the pavement. She’s in her 80s, has never driven and doesn’t use the internet. We need a pavement parking ban now! @liliangreenwood.bsky.social #PavementsforPeople #SaferStreetsforAll #footways 💚

I'm backing Zack because we need a leader who will clearly communicate our positive message to voters. @zackpolanski.bsky.social join.greenparty.org.uk

After only 10 years of asking Norwich City Council have finally removed their strict 'Car only' policy for garage rental. Until recently you had to prove you owned a car and promise you wouldn't keep things like bikes there. www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2517676...

Trans and being told by your employer you can no longer use the toilets at work (especially if not out to all your colleagues)? A cis woman who has been challenged when using the toilet? Otherwise affected by the SC judgment? Please share & fill out this form: goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...

We need bold leadership. Now. That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party. Join our campaign: backzack.com #BackZack