Important stuff from @katjadiehl.bsky.social, linking children’s exclusion from their streets to both car-centrism and adultism (which are of course connected): “how deeply adultism is ingrained in our cities — and how it robs children of what they need most: freedom, movement and self-efficacy”

We underestimate children’s abilities to bike their own bike for transportation because our infrastructure doesn’t work for children. My daughter can easily bike over 5 miles, which is around the distance of many errands, but my fear of her safety holds us back from taking those trips.

❌ When you have kids, you need a car. ✔️ When you have kids, you need comfortable, convenient, safe bicycle infrastructure.* *Also when you don't have kids.

Very good, evidence-based comment piece about low-traffic neighbourhoods - and how opponents often use them as a proxy for problems which are caused instead by too many cars. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In this house, we believe in mobility options. ✅ carshare ✅ folding bike ✅ electric wheelchair

“Across the continent, no city, Paris included, had done enough to warrant an “A” grade from the report’s authors.” www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

'Car attack'. That's better @theguardian.com

Accurate reporting by @theguardian.com

A #Hackney Sunday Streets event is happening on 25th May, as part of the London Cycling Festival 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 @londoncycling.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @mayoroflondon.bsky.social @zeroemissions.bsky.social including a loop closed off to traffic, free bike hire, Dr Bike and more!

Can we please stop normalizing #Motonormativity with our children? By not introducing them to transportation alternatives, we limit their growth and the future health of our communities

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The car traffic got BETTER.

Elandsgracht, Amsterdam in 1985 and today

Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.

This tunnel should be just for bikes!!!!! #Silvertowntunnel #mumsforlungs #bikesvscars

If you want children to be able to safely cycle in your city then you need protected cycle tracks that continue through junctions

I highly recommend the book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster. Dana Thomas was a style reporter for WaPost and Newsweek. She was able to get into factories that made luxury goods www.danathomas.com/deluxe.html

Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today

Meanwhile, following yearly rising rail fares....

Hackney LOVES cycling. Come join a HCC History Cycle: A bike tour of Hackney, a part of the Hackney History Festival. Register: www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie... Cost: £5 (all proceeds will go to Pedro Youth Club's cycling projects) 📆 Sun 18 May; 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 📍NE corner of Hackney Downs

People often cite hair as a reason to not like wearing helmets. As it’s not really a choice for my children, and one of them likes to have beautiful smooth hair, we needed a solution for helmets. We found that using a silk scarf under the helmet really makes a big difference!

This evening @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Streetscene Team presented to the scrutiny commission on the transport strategy. Most people walk around Hackney (see photo) and most don’t have access to a car. What should transport look like in 2035? news.hackney.gov.uk/transforming...

A mum and her two young children, casually cycling along a safe, protected cycle track in the Dutch countryside next to a main road, but a world away from danger. This is what freedom looks like when you design for people, not just cars

A pleasure to see so many kids enjoying the Enfield Road playstreet in the sunshine today. Now we just need to stop drivers from driving and parking on the pavement outside Hackney New Primary. @transportforlondon.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social

Looking forward to our zero emissions network event next week. Lots of local #hackney organisations coming to talk about how to get about with zero emissions. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zero-emiss... @greenerhackney.bsky.social

Another fantastic Enfield Road playstreet today and lovely to meet @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social who came to show her support and see some of the problems we have with streets in this area. #StreetsforKids

It’s simple really…If you make streets safe and enjoyable to walk and cycle then kids will walk and cycle to school. 🔉

#KidicalMassLond really was out of this world today! Thanks to @ibikelondon.bsky.social marshals, music bikes, feeder ride leaders @rahario.bsky.social and organisers, I loved @cleancitiescampaign.org #CarSpreading campaign stickers/items coming along too! 💫 We made space for kids 🌟 Thank you all!

Thank you so much for organising this @zeroemissions.bsky.social !!! 🙌 If any more feeder rides get organised please send us details and we will share!

The next Kidical Mass is this Sunday! Join hundreds of others in having fun #Cycling through London whilst highlighting the dangers that SUVs pose to cyclists and pedestrians. @ibikelondon.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social

Sunday 23 March: Anyone planning a @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social and #DrumAndBass combo? > Kidical Mass from 11am www.komoot.com/tour/2052011...; > Dom Whiting's Drum & Bass from 2pm.

It’s Sunday! This might well be the most MASSIVE Kidical Mass London yet - join us! It is going to be amazing! Thank you so much @ibikelondon.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social and everyone else who has been sharing details of this ride!

Electric car charging in London, 1917, in St Pancras goods depot (now the British Library), ready to undertake last mile delivery of goods between trains and offices / shops in Central London.

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

Happy #BikeBus day to all those that celebrate

Very glad Cybertrucks are not road legal in the UK. We have quite enough road death and injury on our roads without adding a vehicle with disintegrating trim into the mix.

So sick of vehicles blocking pedestrian crossings something needs to be done

This is news I've been waiting for: Whiston Road 24/7 bus gate to be installed in phase 1 ("before the end of March 2025"). And further good news is the reinstatement of the southbound Queensbridge Road cycle lane. consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...

If you oppose a safe school street (for children to actively travel to school without being run over by cars) by vandalising signs, you really are a disgusting human being.

Great summary. TL;DR Hackney Council needs to boldly do more to reduce motor vehicle use, and faster.

Can’t help but find this irritating. ‘For the whole community’ is a dog-whistle to some pretty nasty individuals who fought hard to stop real change here. It isn’t ‘for the whole community’- they kept 8000 vehicles/day & chose to exclude children & people wanting to travel safely on bicycles

Whiston Road (2016) is the exact approach advocated by SEJ, John Stewart etc in alternative to LTNs. “Taming” roads with superficial changes. A few years after this scheme, Gao Gao was killed on Whiston Road her bike. Don’t buy their snakeoil.

Try out the new community cargo bike (based in Dalston) at the #PlayStreet in Haggerston. From 4pm TODAY! @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social @hackneylcc.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social

Explore Hackney this #HalfTerm on a cargo bike! Pick up the bike from #Dalston Square. Residents get 60 minutes for free and businesses get 180 mins, when you register on the OurBike app

The Rides of March - latest Wheels for Wellbeing newsletter is now out! Read in full: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1038... Please consider subscribing for future editions via the sign-up box at the bottom of our homepage: wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk Shares hugely appreciated. Thank you!

Today sees the release of the Children’s Walking and Cycling Index report - the first of it’s kind - sponsored by Halfords Children are often overlooked by decision-makers and officers in transport, or if they are considered, it's on the school journey.

⏰ You've got just under 12 hours to get your applications in for the Share the Joy Fund, in partnership with Lime & Loud Mobility! 💚 Lime have pledged an additional £250,000 to the fund, so apply now and potentially transform your community cycling project: lcc.org.uk/share-the-jo...

Get ready for #KidicalMassLond by getting your bikes checked at the next #DrBike check ups in #Hackney. @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social @hackneylcc.bsky.social @ibikelondon.bsky.social @hackneycityfarm More info: ibikelondon.com/next-ride-ki... Dr Bike info: zeroemissionsnetwork.com/offers/dr-bike

Our waste trucks sometimes can’t reach certain streets because of parked cars blocking entrances. This means bins can’t be collected, causing delays for everyone. Please park considerately and keep entrances clear so our teams can do their job. Read: orlo.uk/VMnYl