Duff Wandsworth cycling infrastructure, an occasional series. Wandsworth Common West Side, the road on the right, is one way against you here, likewise the slip up from Trinity Road to the left. Where am I meant to go when the pavement ends? @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk

Cycling to work is one of the best ways of creating a healthier lifestyle. The health benefits of cycling outweigh the risk from accidents by a factor of at least 20 to 1. Take a look at our guide to find out more: www.haveringcyclists.org/cycling-to-w...

Issue here is, as is often case, not just distracted driver but dangerous conditions for cycling on Battersea Bridge. Rather than blame dos Santos or cyclists, judge should blame TfL, @rbkc.gov.uk & Wandsworth for inaction that means 1000s cyclists who use bridge daily face dangerous conditions. 4/4

Bianca Dos Santos was crushed by a lorry crossing the notorious Battersea Bridge in August 2023. Two years later, in sentencing the driver, the presiding judge has said she "contributed to her own death": www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/2544526... LCC's Women's Network responds... 1/4

Verdict after a young woman's life was cut tragically short by a 'distracted' driver on Battersea Bridge and she 'contributed to her own death'. Judge Peter Lodder look in a mirror🧵 youtu.be/mnRRErh9sx0?... @london.gov.uk @londoncycling.bsky.social @rbkc.gov.uk @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social

Last days to sign the Furzedown Healthy Streets petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Remembering Bianca Dos Santos #Battersea Sadly, TfL have chosen not to make Battersea Bridge safer for people cycling. @marshadecordova.bsky.social @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk #Choices

Wandsworth has plenty space for cars, none for people on bikes. @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk

Hundreds of school children use the shared path in Tooting Common to walk and cycle to school... and then have to navigate this busy roundabout. Furzedown Healthy Streets have started a petition to make their school journey safer! Sign until 15 September: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Lambeth Car Free Day/ Kidical Mass Autumn! Sat 20th Sept-11am😍 Look back at 2024👏 We have another great ride in 2025 🤩 Thanks @cyclehoop & @lambeth_council for supporting 🙏 Link in bio 🚴‍♀️👆#cyclingcommunity #carfree #lambeth #cycling #cyclinglife #ibikelondon #london

The bike lane infrastructure in Paris was amazing. I couldn’t get over how many cycle lanes there were. The city is incredibly bike-friendly, with countless protected paths that are fully separated from cars and traffic, making it safe and enjoyable to get around on two wheels.

Cycling around Battersea Park on a recumbent on a sunny Sunday #london #cycling #battersea

New study: LTNs reduce casualties at junctions between minor and boundary roads by 14%. So, LTNs don't just make internal roads safer, they also make junctions with boundary roads safer, with no negative impacts on other boundary road junctions. 💚💚💚 findingspress.org/article/1434...

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There are many reasons we love cycling and safe cycling infrastructure 💚🚲 Here’s one of them: thanks to cargo bikes and the car-free Thames path, this dad can safely travel with three children without needing a car. This trip helps reduce road danger, congestion and air pollution 👏

Seems like Lime bikes don't get in the way when councils remove a couple car parking spaces to allow their use

I gave a speech in Wandsworth High Street about air pollution and the benefits of cycling Stay to the end to see a list of proposals to make the air cleaner and the community stronger @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social @wandsworthlabour.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth @londoncycling.bsky.social

They finally fixed this nonsense so it's actually rideable. I still don't understand why it's there.

File under: Things you don't see in #Wandsworth #transparency #clarity

#cycled this again complete utter death trap, maybe why #cycling take-up for leisure cycling is lower than could be? NO logical way to get round it - on to #WandsworthBridge hopeless. Horrid for anyone not in metal box. @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @sebdance.bsky.social

We cycled there today to get to a wedding in the town hall - it is a total disgrace - polluted, noisy and terrible for those walking and cycling.

🚦 Wandsworth gyratory removal scrapped by TfL after decades of delays & promises. A major blow for @wandsworthlabour.bsky.social — especially as TfL is overseen by @mayoroflondon.bsky.social . #gyratory #Wandsworth #OneWaySystem Full story 👉 www.cjag.org/2025/08/26/w...

I live in the borough yet never go to Wandsworth town precisely because it’s a totally horrible place to be thanks to the gyratory. So crap TfL has given up on seemingly anything ambitious

The most dangerous junction in Britain? Our @psimonk.bsky.social‪, @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social & Prof @ianwalker.bsky.social on Global Cycling Network in Clapham: youtu.be/d1BhyZSrZU8 explaining why the junctions in this corridor are so dangerous for cycling & what could be done about this.

We joined the XR Wandsworth cycle ride for clean air! Expert speakers explained the different ways cars pollute the air we breathe (yes, even electric cars!). We want to see better cycle infrastructure, to get people out of their cars and clean up the air.

🌍 It was great to see so many people on today's ride to campaign for clean air in Wandsworth, and to hear from so many inspiring speakers - all wanting to improve our air quality, especially by making cycling safer for all.

Riding for a better future means choosing healthier, greener ways to move through our world. Every time we ride a bike instead of driving, we help cut down harmful emissions, reduce traffic, and make our communities safer and more connected. @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social

Please join us and so many others at this #Wandsworth cycle ride and #AirQuality event tomorrow! Register here: xrwandsworth.earth/civicrm/even...

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Reminder for this Saturday's Air Quality cycle ride and rally in Wandsworth. Ride: 10:30am from Battersea Park Rally: 12pm Opposite Southside Centre We are joint by a great panel of speakers, including @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @mowords.bsky.social @climatejoe.bsky.social @peteknapp.bsky.social

An interesting collaboration of developers and hire e-bikes or simply greenwashing luxury flats? More is needed for a sustainable Springfield development: e.g. dropped kerbs, active travel permeability, a bus stop for the new town square and safe cycle infrastructure on surrounding roads are missing

Everyday traffic violence. Pure luck that nobody was killed. That's going to be an expensive rebuild. #Battersea

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LCC's borough groups are amazing campaigning forces AND they know that cycling is fun! Their newsletters are full of campaigning and rides & events, and we're delighted to notice plenty of cake, too! Join us, get involved, change London - dig in! lcc.org.uk/groups/lcc-l...

While we love celebrating places in London where cycling is now safe and popular for a diverse range of people, there's still so much to do - so much opposition to simple, effective strategies for safety wins in so many places - that we don't feel London is yet matching Europe's top cycling cities.

We love the Thames path but don’t like recent changes made by the council. Instead of rumble strips and pinch points, the council could have installed more mirrors to cover blind corners. Wandsworth resident Theo has set up a petition asking to improve the Thames path: www.change.org/p/urge-wands...

Official: #CodeRed🔴 | @mayoroflondon.bsky.social has issued HIGH ozone #AirPollution warning for London on Tuesday 12 August 2025 following Imperial College London advice. Take care😮‍💨. No idling🚘. No burn🔥 << Thank you @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social for warning people www.london.gov.uk/mayor-london...

11 years, £27m set aside, overwhelming public support in two consultations… and TfL has just scrapped Wandsworth’s one-way system redesign. High construction costs apparently outweigh cleaner air and safer streets. Back to square one. putney.news/2025/08/12/e...

Indeed the consultation is referred to on TfL’s Wandsworth Town website, but I don’t know what insights the council hopes to get. Surely they already know how bad it is (the town hall is right in the middle of the gyratory), so what do they hope to hear? Are we supposed to come up with the solution?

Disappointed that TfL has abandoned its plans to replace the Wandsworth Gyratory with no alternative ideas. 2014 it was a “car-clogged one-way system hostile to pedestrians and cyclists” and nothing changed since. Is it too late to safe Wandsworth Town? @willnorman.co.uk @wandsworthls.bsky.social

Shame to see TfL dropping plans to get rid of Wandsworth's gyratory. Removing gyratories has been a real success - more pedestrians, more cyclists, creating places people might want to be rather than whizzing cars. putney.news/2025/08/12/e...

Two unnecessary overtakes, each carried a small amount of risk, but did not save time for anyone. With a floating bus stop such situations are a avoided I’m glad that Wandsworth council currently installs their first floating stops at Queenstown Road and hope for more to come soon @willnorman.co.uk

This is part of CS8 and a 20mph street with motor vehicle access. But yet people riding bicycles are being criticised by Wandsworth Councillors/officers “for going too fast”. If pedestrian/cycling conflict is an issue, it’s due to a poor design.

Two decisions to make today. What’s for dinner and need to choose a laptop. Posting while lying in Battersea park under a tree

London calling ☎️ TfL Cycle Sundays are back, offering unlimited free Santander Cycle rides every Sunday in August 🎉 Take a look at our best routes in London and grab a bike for a ride with friends or family this weekend 🙌 👇 buff.ly/P5U0809

🎉 Happy Cycle to Work Day 🥳 🚲 With over 1.3 million cycle journey's in the capital a day, London is fast becoming a cycling city! BUT... there's still work needed to make it a city safe for everyone to ride - join LCC today to support this vision 👉 bit.ly/3R38Pcd

Wandsworth’s section of the National Cycle Network is a mixed bag. Much of it, like the Wandle Trail, is great and family-friendly. But even the Wandle Trail has gaps, most notably at Earlsfield. There is a petition asking Wandsworth and Merton councils to sort it: www.change.org/p/fix-the-mi...

At last, a cycle loan scheme that fills the gap left by all the other schemes. You thought cycling was just about two wheels? Here's why it isn't (and it's why we love @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk 's campaigning, too) ⤵️