"But we have winter" is not an excuse. People aren't held back by weather when they're enabled by infrastructure and city design.

Seems like getting your drivers license revoked after going 100 mph+ should be the norm, rather than one possible outcome of an experimental pilot program. www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is what it looks like when a city is more comfortable sending bodies to the morgue than cars to the body shop.

Hi @sainsburys.bsky.social #theAA can you tell your staff to stop parking on pavements. Especially the AA van which was parked on a pavement at Royal United Hospital Bath 😡 #banpavementparking

Glasgow is set to begin introducing a citywide 20mph speed limit on residential streets, with the rollout scheduled to start in early 2026. The SNP-led city council has confirmed the changes will apply to almost 3,700 roads across the city.

Did you have snow overnight/today? #UKSnow I’m researching public attitudes towards clearing Snow and Ice in the UK. Are you over the age of 18 and live in the UK? If so, you can take part in my research by clicking this link (details inside) app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/liverpool/...

Almost went arse over tits myself yesterday, as none of the pavements or bike lanes in Wales' 2nd city were gritted. The roads? Perfect.

A campaign won't solve the issue of traffic violence of course, but I would love to see this kind of messaging around things like speeding and distracted driving, if only to reinforce how these actions show utter disregard for your fellow humans

I'm training for a walking marathon and had to go out and do my first longish one today. Luckily I found one stretch of road where the sun had melted the ice and I walked up and down and up and down - until I lost count and the neighbourhood watch were giving me strange looks 😁

it’s honestly incredible to hear a mayor talk like this about transportation and the harm that comes from cars

I know councils are strapped for cash, but they’re still making choices about where they spend their ice/snow clearance funds. And it’s on roads.

As we enter our 6th year of delivering food to our neighbours in need, it's always inspiring to see what people on bikes did over the last year. That said, it's easy for politicians to trumpet negative narratives about cyclists. Help us push back: www.bikebrigade.ca/get-involved

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

Looking forward to a big year of exploring, expanding and strengthening the @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walking network + a new project that's even bigger! Kicked off with a NY hike from #Paignton to friends in #Totnes. beta.slowways.org/Route/Totpai... #SlowWays #Totpai

8. Before you indulge the urge to complain about “too much traffic” or “not enough parking,” learn all you can about induced demand, the law of congestion, and car dependency. Practice repeating to yourself the truth that “I’m not stuck in traffic, I AM traffic.”

12. Open your eyes to whether your city is truly accessible for everyone–every curb cut or lack thereof–for the disabled, people of all ages, & for every parent with a stroller. Find ways to travel a mile in their shoes or chairs, and listen to them. Amplify their voices in calling for improvements.

Every walk has two stages: “This is so lovely.” “How is this uphill AGAIN?”

The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics. It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.

A helpful visual reminder that there are no drop curbs to cross roads for wheelchairs or buggies in most residential areas. ❄️ 👨‍🦽‍➡️

Nothing ruins a city faster than creating large amounts of “free” parking in it.

A murderer is on the loose in NYC. He killed a man, 25 years old, immigrant from Ecuador, who was just walking home from celebrating the New Year. His weapon was an SUV, so this gets treated differently from other killings. He may get a ticket— for fleeing.

This is also an example of the ADHD tax. Pay substantially extra for a ticket, or undergo huge stress (attempting to get to the station on time) and risk paying even more than the flexible ticket. This country is not serious about environmentally-friendly travel: not trains nor cycles & scooters.

You'd think that someone who is "the main breadwinner and carer for your family and within the family members have life-limiting conditions" would do all they could to avoid "speeding in April 2023, running a red light in February 2025 and driving without due care and attention in April 2025."

Signed for 2026. Flight free since 2015.

There's an online launch for The Feminist Art of Walking Weds 28th Jan 6.30 on zoom. I'll be joined by some amazing artists and activists celebrated in the book so its gonna be special. More info TBC, sign up here for the link (free) tinyurl.com/FAoWONLINE @plutopress.bsky.social #NewBook #Feminist

🎊 Happy New Year from our Walking Scotland team 🎉 Kick off your New Year with a resolution that you can keep. Take bold steps into 2026 for your local community, for the planet and most importantly, for you! Choose to walk and wheel more for your everyday journeys 👣 walkingscotland.org.uk

Happy New Year! 🎉🥾💚 Who’s kicking off the year with a walk today? #NewYearsDayWalk #Tradition 📍Ben Donich 📸 Dave Clark

Happy New Year! Ready to take on a NEW walking challenge in 2026? 🚶‍♀️ Can you walk 5.5k steps a day on average and hit 2 MILLION steps by the end of the year? Every step counts towards the target. Are you in? #WalkingChallenge https://walks.gojauntly.com/challenges/two-million-march-1551

When someone is accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

Americans do not have a "love affair" with cars, the term typically used in the media. Rather we are in an abusive relationship, wanting to leave but fearing the consequences.

Today I'm grateful that in Nov 2024 the NHS gave me a knee replacement. Walking helps me build resilience. Walking clears my mind. Walking helps me create. Walking makes me smile. None of this would have been possible without the #NHS. And 2025, a bleak year, would have been much worse.

so much of the bike infrastructure debate is shaped by the presupposition that people who drive cars need their cars, whereas people who ride bikes don’t really need them

A really harmful view I see among older folks in my life (like my mom) is the idea that someone's politics are not part of their identity, that you can be a "good" person even if you're an anti-vaxxer Trump voter, for example. But that isn't the case. If you support those things you're a bad person.

What a glorious day for a walk. Sparkling frost on the plants, birds chattering amongst the trees, sun streaming through barely there clouds. Stop whatever you're doing and get outside*. *Unless you're a surgeon, in which put your phone down and concentrate on operating.

Congestion pricing for every UK city this very instant

I decided to take transit instead & she walked. The car sat unused. We both enjoyed our commutes. All this to say, sometimes even those of us who are actively working to fix forced car dependency can benefit from a push to explore what’s possible for trips we usually drive a car for. 2/2

Repeat after me... You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Felt ever so smug walking into the car park for M&S, Next, TK Maxx & Costa earlier. The car chaos was worse than before Christmas. Walked in, shopped, walked out, all before some people had managed to park 😅

Things cars ruined #187 School start times. Our district voted to end school bus programs and shift the burden to parents and private cars. An outcome of this is schools have staggered their start times to accommodate the high traffic when dropping off kids. How it impacts non-car users 🧵

Devastating.

The normalisation of forced car ownership has so many consequences. A revealing and helpful thread by @cargobikeben.bsky.social on thinking through a job offer with an active commute, health and well-being lens.

So taking a £10k pay rise would gain me nothing, and cost me at least that again in what I value my personal time at. If this employer wasn't based in a car-dependent location, I could continue to bike. It's why it's critical the UK government takes action to tax office jobs back into city centres.

If you're feeling restless and in need of some fresh air this "Betwixtmas", wrap up warm and get out for a walk, wheel or cycle on the National Cycle Network 🚶 👩‍🦽 🚴 We've chosen these routes as some seasonal inspiration for great days out. 👉 buff.ly/HsGDDGe

“We are not just building infrastructure — together, we are creating communities: places where parents feel confident letting children travel independently, and where older people can reach local shops with ease. We are building life back into our streets.”

What helps you to make friends, keeps you motivated and is free to join? Your local Health Walk group of course! They are local, safe, accessible, short group walks in communities all across Scotland. Find one near by using the search tool on our website. walkingscotland.org.uk/get-involved...

🚨 Every year 443 children are injured on their way to and from school in London. 😡 This is not OK. 💪 With @cleancitiescampaign and @streetsforkids_italia, we're calling on London’s borough leaders to commit to our 3-point manifesto for safer #StreetsForKids 👉 Follow us.

Forced car dependency combined with a cultivated cultural mindset that your self worth is determined by what you drive entraps people in a lifelong cycle of revolving debt. This is not freedom.

This is simply incompetent and dangerous design, but it also highlights another imbalance in our infrastructure. Narrow, controlling guardrails for pedestrians while car culture has wide, forgiving sprawl.

Super excited to be heading to Liverpool for next year's @livingstreets.bsky.social walking summit. Liverpool is a great city for walking (plus there's the excellent food and drink scene).

"City doing one more study - hopeful this one will conclude that doing nothing about the car-centric status quo is the best way forward." @tomflood.bsky.social nails it again.