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Regent Street in London is traffic-free today. They’re just setting up now. If anyone is here later, when it’s in full swing, do please post photos. www.regentstreetonline.com/news/regent-...

Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society: Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.

Double your money - in support of the mission of the wonderful @livingstreets.bsky.social Starts Tuesday 2nd

Streets that work for disabled people work better for everyone. Decluttering our streets makes our communities safer, easier to navigate and more welcoming. And we can all play a role in making that happen. If you could change one thing about your local streets, what would it be?

The freeze on fuel duty is estimated to have cost £133 billion in lost revenue since 2011. At a time of difficult fiscal choices, we're joining @bettertransport.bsky.social in calling to end the fuel duty cut and charge a simple per-mile charge for electric vehicles 🚗 https://bit.ly/49bYnts

I mean, Come On! Double-decker trains in the UK? What a time (it will be) to be alive 🚆 🤓 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yesterday, a little corner of a grey day was very bright. open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...

There are just a few days left to apply for the role of Camcycle CEO – don't miss out! If you think you're the right person to lead us into a bright future of more cycling across the Cambridge region, apply now at pollysymondsonrecruitment.co.uk/camcycle-chi... Applications close on Friday 17 Oct.

The UK Walking Summit comes to Liverpool on 25 March 2026! The changes we make to our streets today will be with us for decades. Our tenth Summit will focus on how we plan today for streets fit for the future 👣 Secure your early bird tickets now 👉 http://bit.ly/48MCLU5

How do you know your city is a healthy habitat for people? A decent place to start is whether children can play freely in their neighbourhoods and get around independently. This is an excellent introduction to Tim’s work and the benefits of shifting away from car centric urban spaces.

I’m in Bristol today, visiting new mobility hubs. At the funnest of these, I noticed that a mural featured a hot air balloon as one of the possible modes of transport (top right of first photo). I thought, “How fanciful”. Little did I know… …shortly afterwards, over the award-winning Queen Square…

I’m sorry to feel the need to ask this, but I’ve had just over 1,000 followers here since not long after I joined (a little under a year ago). But then, in the last couple of days, over 200 new folk have started following me. Hello! Would anyone be kind enough to explain the sudden rush?

I just hired a Santander cycle in London and this was my release code. I mean, I must obviously win a prize, right? But does anyone out there know what it is or how I claim it? 😊

Nantes in 2015 (first photo) was where I first thought #TramsAndGrass was (or should be) a thing. But, now being in Strasbourg for the first time since 2005, I realise that it was here, then, that I first realised trams running over grass even existed. Two decades on, and it still looks great.

I’ve never ridden on one, and don’t plan to. But I nevertheless have a strange fascination for land trains 🚂. If you share in this, you might be interested in these examples from Namur 🇧🇪, Rochehaut 🇧🇪, Nancy 🇫🇷 and (not really a land train) Saverne 🇫🇷. 🤓

@stevemouzon.bsky.social You probably know all about this, but I was cycling alongside the river Meuse in France today and we passed through this little town (or maybe even little city!) 🙂

Where am I?

Feeling overwhelmed by the intensity of the engagement with my report launch today sharing ideas for TfL’s Vision Zero Action Plan 2. Bereaved families, campaigners, transport professionals, bus drivers thinking about why Vision Zero matters and how to make it real. www.london.gov.uk/caroline-rus...

New @ippr.org report out today Transport isn’t working for low-income households Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places Read how the UK government can achieve this👇

Man-made sights visible from trains in Britain. Its grandeur and prominence, as you look east from just south of the station, makes Durham Cathedral hard to beat, no?

The Castell Dinas Bran. With a mural* of Luciano Pavarotti in front. Naturally enough. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🎶 *They should surely call it a herbal, as it’s on grass, not a wall.

Who doesn’t love #TramsOnGrass? Nantes is where it started for me 😍

It was already hot enough in Birmingham today (above 30) without New Street station casting random heat-rays on hapless folk below. I walked through this spot a minute before, and it felt like being under one of those outdoor pub table heaters.

Every time I face the prospect of taking a train journey by CrossCountry at anything like a peak period (0630-1030 or 1600-2000) my heart sinks, as the train seems always to be horribly overcrowded. It’s happened again. Do you know why? Is it just a simple lack of carriages, or a longer story?

Shocking to see multi-billion pound delivery platforms taking no responsibility for how their riders operate. Riders are incentivised to break rules to make ends meet. It puts themselves and others in danger. Well done to @lauralaker.bsky.social for holding them to account on BBC Breakfast 🧵

Professor @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social joins the rest of our #WalkingSummit panel to discuss how walking and wheeling investment supports public health, communities & environmental goals. 🎤 @tansbraun.bsky.social 🎤 Dr Kiron Chatterjee 🎤 Andre Neves 🎤 Daniel Godfrey 🎤 Cllr Stephen Williams

Tomorrow, I’ll be doing my annual, long #WalkToWork, this time along the A1 in London from Highgate to St Paul’s. It’s to celebrate National Walking Month and highlight @livingstreets.bsky.social’s emergency appeal. Should you be interested, I’ll be posting here about what catches my eye as I go.

At this evening's event we are delighted to unveil plans for #BetterTransportWeek. Our Chair of Trustees, Shamit Gaiger OBE, said: "Public transport matters, for communities, the economy, social mobility. We are here to ask you to share the magic with your friends during Better Transport Week"

Are you a woman who cycles at night in Newcastle or has before? A student from Newcastle Uni is looking to hear about your experiences as part of the research for their dissertation. It would involve a 40 minute interview about your experiences Please contact: [email protected] for info

When streets are safer, communities thrive. Our new report with @bikeabilityuk.bsky.social - Safer Streets For All - brings these insights together and shows why it’s time for change. Find the report, new YouGov data & launch video via the link. www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/...

Looks like Ranty is on his #NationalWalkingMonth long walk, dropping in photos & commentary as he goes. You can search #LonelyWalk to see the messages together.

But… I can’t find either a (new) Fleet Lane or a New Fleet Lane anywhere in the City. So, why rename it?

There are safety improvements on the A66 which could be implemented now, at low cost, rather than waiting five years for the £1.5 billion A66 scheme to be built. These safety improvements would reduce collisions and casualties, plus save public funds transportactionnetwork.org.uk/improving-sa...

Had a quick play with the data tables for the survey cited in the article below. Chart shows net* support for two statements split by how ppl voted at the 2024 general election. Sum: what @wwf.org.uk said 👇 *% who backed the statement minus those who said the opposite (eg gov is doing too much)

I was in Bath today, for the first time in over a decade. I recall traffic making large parts of the centre very unfriendly. That’s now been rectified by managing traffic out, and without spending £££ on public realm treatments. Should be a positive lesson for many other towns & cities.

Bad design of public infrastructure imposes costs on individual disabled people which the government needs (and usually fails to fully) compensate them for with PIP. Improving that infrastructure reduces costs for disabled people but also benefits the whole of society.

The period concrete of Whitley Bay’s 1930s-era cycle tracks are starting to disappear under asphalt. @johnstreetdales.bsky.social www.britishcycletracks.com/cycle-track/...

“People maybe feel like cab drivers are these diesel monsters, tearing around the streets. But we’re not. We want to be part of progress. Most of us live in the airspace of London, and we want clean, safe air for our families.” Cabbies for Climate is a fantastic new campaign by Possible & LTDA

The Scottish government has published its Draft Just Transition Plan for Transport in Scotland. The consultation closes on 19th May. Pleased to see a few @ippr.bsky.social reports used to inform this plan.

“The penetration of motor vehicles… is bringing its own peculiar penalties of accidents, anxiety, intimidation by vehicles out of scale with the surroundings” https://buff.ly/4i3xeK7

Agreed; wonderful paper!

“The simple act of walking plays an indispensable part in the transport system of any town. There is nothing fanciful in this statement. Walking accounts for many medium-distance movements…” https://buff.ly/4jUwitD

Having got that new Metro to Sunderland, I headed off to confirm what I’d heard - that (digger) shovels are now in the ground for the Nile + Villiers development in Sunniside by TOWN. with the City Council & Falcon Fox. The architect is Xsite. Very glad to see this underway.

Wild. Excitement. And. Thrills. My first trip on a new Tyne & Wear Metro train. Almost 45 years after my first trip on the old rolling stock, which are now being retired. The new somehow feel like they have fewer seats than the old, but it seems they have 116 (inc 12 tip-up) compared with 84.

A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times. "We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".

Meanwhile, in Whitley Bay, work to repurpose the 1930s era cycle track as part of the new ‘Seafront Sustainable Travel Route’ is underway. Looks like the old concrete is being left in situ, though it will presumably be covered with asphalt. @carltonreid.com

Front Street, Tynemouth. This car can legally be parked here - on what appears itself to be private land, not public highway. But it shouldn’t be able to get there, and only can because a bollard is missing.

I was in Blyth, Northumberland today and it made me smile to see the progress with the ‘Culture Venue’ building, in which there’ll be the second Jam Jar cinema - the first being in my home town, Whitley Bay.

@livingstreets.bsky.social?