I don't think a sticker from the police saying it's 'not allowed' highlights the dangers of pavement parking to drivers. I think it highlights to drivers that they can do something that's not allowed, with full knowledge of the police, and face zero consequences.

“As a mum and a wheelchair user, pavement parking puts me and my children in danger every day. I don’t understand why drivers think they can block pavements — they’re for pedestrians.” - Aideen, campaigner Join our campaign against pavement parking https://bit.ly/4hWpLxM

I was so proud to be listed on Cycling UK's 100 women in cycling 2022. Because of their recent decision to exclude transwomen from the list, I have requested my name be removed. Transwomen are women & cruel politics has no place in the cycling spaces that I campaign and research for.

"The charity's Chief Executive Sarah Mitchell added: "This update to the rules doesn't alter our strong commitment to supporting all those who cycle, including transgender and non-binary people." Actually that's exactly what it does.

Car culture is wild. Coz wdym the M&S Christmas advert is celebrating a huge traffic jam (which generally means a very serious, often fatal collision) and promoting people exit their cars on the motorway.

Reflection on on how cycleways materialise mundane pedestrian infrastructure. This is a bus stop on the newish Chorlton cycleway. I've seen so many posts about it on social media. Largely around accessibility concerns. So here's my thoughts: 1/

I'm not sure the term 'liveable' is up to scratch if it's describing areas with an average house price of over £500,000

It’s the first day of #InternationalWalkToSchoolMonth 🚶🌍 We have lots of family-friendly activities to keep kids busy including our #AutumnStreetSafari to add adventure to your autumn walks 👉 https://bit.ly/481SJto

📢 New open access paper by myself and Graeme Sherriff in Active Travel Studies Agree to Disagree? Insights into Community Views and Sources of Division in Relation to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester Available here: activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

🤔 "I had a face-to-face consultation with this kind 55 year old lady who came into my clinic with her baby daughter"

Just us in the middle of it all. The street is changing around us, hang in there while we get some new neighbours. We’ll be here. New stuff every day, coffee machine on, every day apart from Mondays, all on the website is in stock, ready to go. Happy to help, we love what we do.

Hive mind: can anyone give me some examples of an installed DIAGONAL zebra/parallel crossing? UK only. Thanks 🙏

Manchester transport strategy: make walking the natural transport choice Manchester pavements:

This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …

One year anniversary of being six weeks pregnant and falling down the stairs and breaking my coccyx on the way to RGS. Missing the conference again this year but for a much better reason.

Unsurprisingly perhaps, my favourite maternity leave activity with the baby is joining the Walking Mums Club. Rain or shine, often both, we meet weekly at our local park, walk together with our babies, and then visit the cafe for coffee.

Are you passionate about #AirPollution and #SchoolStreets? Come and work with our small, friendly team and be our next Schools Lead! More details at the link - deadline to apply is 7th September. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Bizarre journalism on BBC news. "A woman has recalled the moment a car smashed into her family's living room - and admitted she had not initially seen what happened due to dust and debris" Assuming Chat GPT wrote it www.bbc.com/news/article...

Needed to go to big Asda. Baby too small for the trike still so we got the bus. Awful driver. Then we get off the bus and are greeted by this massive junction without signalled pedestrian crossings. No wonder people drive ten minute journeys.

How to tell if your bus driver in Manchester is definitely from before the Bee Network: 1. Doesn't lower bus to let you get pram on easily 2. Moves off before you've had a chance to park pram and put on brake 3. Does not brake for speed bumps 4. Close passes cyclists

The GM Walking & Wheeling Fund 2025/26 is open! 🚶‍♀️🦽 Grants up to £7,000 for groups supporting less active communities. Meet the Funder: 9 and 10 Sept. Deadline: 26 Sept. Please share with relevant groups in GM! More: www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/updated... @10gm.bsky.social @salfordcvs.bsky.social

Or - and perhaps this is too leftie for the Daily Mail - drivers could simply be competent, pay attention to the road, and not hit the kerb?

This is excellent to see from Sadiq Khan. The evidence is clear on 20mph: “… the number of people killed or seriously injured on London borough roads reduced by 34% following the implementation of 20mph speed limits, with the number of children killed falling by 75% (from four to one).“

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Everywhere that there is a #BikeShare, e-bike share or e-scooter share scheme, there should be an accessible option for #Disabled people. We need active and sustainable mobility more than most, and yet we are so often excluded #Eco-Ableism #InclusiveCycling

📢 New article out from our NIHR-funded 'LTNs in London' project. A metholdogical paper - we nuance perspectives on congestion and its role in LTN debates, while also providing guidance on mixed methods approaches to evaluating transport policies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is so incredibly ridiculously exciting - Mobility aid laws are going to be reviewed and made fit for purpose! Woo! (& yes, I do think this is *that* exciting!) #disability #ActiveTravel #MyCycleMyMobilityAid

Where I live the people who are protesting the development of higher density housing are also protesting the development of housing on a greenfield site. The maths isn't mathing.

Even for an old hand there’s a first time for everything - quaxing my old-meets-new prosthesis home from the limb centre.

Motherfucking wind farms…

When your mum's not cycling much at the moment so you have to catch a ride with sis instead.

Local businesses in Richmond providing seating so pedestrians can rest on steep hills is lovely and whimsical. But businesses have opening hours and public benches don't. And councils should be funding seating like the essential active travel infra it is. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📢 New article out from our NIHR-funded 'LTNs in London' project. A metholdogical paper - we nuance perspectives on congestion and its role in LTN debates, while also providing guidance on mixed methods approaches to evaluating transport policies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am deceased

Nah babe don't worry, no-one will even notice how inappropriate your vehicle is for a built-up area.

How many times does it need to be said? Invest in infrastructures (public space, walking and cycling, play work, youth work, staffed playgrounds) that enable children and young people to hang out together safely, on their terms.

OTHER PEOPLE: Dogs should not be on settees MY DOG: This is the very least I deserve

Children tell their parents they want to go to heaven because at least heaven has food. Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Probs coz imedia always acts like 60 YOs fought in WWII, but it's just not surprising that older adults play video games. 10 yo - Atari Late teens - Sega 30 yo - PS1 35 yo - PS2, Nintendo, Xbox Not to mention PC gaming. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

"Keely's death was not just a tragic accident - it was a cruel and preventable end to a young life full of promise. Our lives have been changed forever." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Telegraph seems to have spelled 'employment rights and online product safety' very wrong here

Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and a wash | Frances Ryan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I would listen to this album all day

Really enjoyed this year's Lord Mayor's procession. The first (I think?) to be completely vehicle free. Nice to see a variety of cycles in the procession, as well as a pedibus being used as a float. Instead of vehicles, groups were using trikes & wagons to transport supplies & sound equipment.

Another 1990s revival! In the depths of today's Devolution Bill, Mayors in England are to be given a duty to consider setting traffic reduction targets for key routes. This is resuscitates the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997: its congestion & climate aims are surely more relevant than ever.

Where there's a wheel there's a way

GM is growing fast. We will expand @BeeNetwork over the next decade to meet the needs of our bigger economy. BUT There’s a limit to what we can do on a congested surface. It’s why I am asking TfGM to start planning for an underground for GM around a remodelled Piccadilly.

Manchester is working to become a child friendly city... childfriendlymanchester.co.uk

What the actual? Bet it's the same people posting on Facebook about kids being addicted to screens that are complaining about kids playing in the street. Awful for MCC to pander to this considering how good outdoor play is for kids health and wellbeing. They should be celebrating.

Great to see outputs from the NİHR LTNs in London project starting to be published. Huge public health benefits of LTNs. 'Across the LTNs as a whole, the authors said, an estimated 613 injuries were prevented, including 100 deaths or serious injuries' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...