Trenitalia cheered me up today! If you want punctuality, ride Swiss trains. If you want style (and good espresso), go for an Italian Frecciarossa. #Lyon - #Paris

New Rural Design Guidance aims to help councils deliver inter urban paths... but with little money for rural authorities, can it bridge the gap between hopes and reality? open.substack.com/pub/lauralak...

We will continue our campaign until every recommendation is implemented and everyone who put profit before people is held to account. We will not stop until that work is done. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The shamelessness of a political party which is led by a man who just weeks ago called for "pure cold rage" on the streets, shortly before migrants were literally burnt out of their homes, now accusing their opponents of "stochastic terrorism" against them, is quite something

ICYMI: "TfL officers frequently talk about a 'step change' needed to ensure London gets truly healthy streets where kids play out, people walk and cycle - but there's little sign of that change and far too much 'business as usual'." - LCC's Head of Campaigns, @psimonk.bsky.social

There is nothing radical about wanting to conserve the conditions that have allowed humanity to thrive It's the most conservative, middle-of-the-road position imaginable

£10 billion of your money wasted on useless PPE barely scratches the surface of how appalling the Tories were. Brace for worse in this excerpt from The Decade In Tory. No paywall. open.substack.com/pub/russinch...

Dutch cycling infrastructure truly is amazing!

"As they start preparing for the massive reconstruction project that faces them, Democrats should learn this important lesson from McConnell: while the public may recoil at certain kinds of substantive radicalism, they will barely notice procedural radicalism." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

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Sometimes the safest way to cycle through a roundabout is to bypass it altogether

Almost £10 billion of the £15 billion that Boris Johnson's Government spent on PPE during the pandemic was wasted, the Covid Inquiry has concluded. The Inquiry found money was wasted on a "vast" scale, with companies with "connections to government" given first preference for contracts

The Covid inquiry has concluded that the Tory govenrment wasted £10bn on PPE. So when will the ministers who set up these VIP lane deals with their cronies face consequences? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/14/boris-johnson-government-wasted-vast-sums-on-ppe-covid-inquiry-finds

DRUMROLL - we've got our first side-road zebra crossings! Well done Manchester & Westminster for piloting. And Oxfordshire for rolling it out.

Very pleased to say the Rural Design Guide is published, we were the principal authors, working alongside WSP. Not all is strictly rural - some content is effectively an update to LTN 1/20, like the inclusion of Cyclops and more detailed guidance on transitions. Enjoy! www.gov.uk/government/p...

Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds

Oh fuck off. Funding for everything is inadequate!! Schools, NHS, public transport, infrastructure investment, public sector pay, road maintenance, mental health provision, social care etc etc It’s all bloody inadequate thanks, in large part, to YOUR Brexit costing the country £100bn a year.

This is a national disgrace. Fixing it isn’t complicated either, it just means following well-understood evidence of how to tackle the causes of ill health ‘upstream’. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Not hyperbole to point out that mass removal of citizenship was a Nazi policy

Great job 👏

Vigil to honor Louisa Gag at Boston City Hall and Call for Urgent Street-Safety Action. Thursday July 16 at 5:30pm Attendees are encouraged to wear yellow in support of Vision Zero.

Cycling with disabled children isn't just "can they ride a bike?" It's whether they can make the actual journey needed. Kate Ball shares her family's story: rear-steer tandems, trikes, e-tandems, and years of trial and error. www.cyclesprog.co.uk/inspiration/... @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk

I made an animation which shows the effects of air pollution on pedestrians waiting to cross the road, along with what can be done to reduce its harmful effects: stepback.gregdev.com Thank you to @ianwalker.bsky.social for the inspiration for doing so during a conversation a couple of weeks' back!

There are many cinematic ways to pay tribute to the genius of Sam Neill, but can I suggest Hunt for the Wilderpeople? Not one of his box office mega-smashes, but utterly wonderful and Neill is, of course, brilliant and very moving.

Your periodic reminder that cities aren’t loud. Cars are loud.

Doesn't it look just so much nicer than using your town square as a car park?

SUVs are higher at the front and three times more likely to kill a child when they hit them. SUV drivers drag the child under their vehicle, and then they crush the child to death. It's incredible that SUVs don't have higher tax, and why not lower speed limits. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

I've been driving since I was 17 but since moving to a city that enables walking and cycling (could be better!) the car sits unused for weeks on end. It's remarkably liberating! observer.co.uk/style/observ...

Sure you've got your Count Binface, but when it comes to eccentric British candidates, retired Royal Navy officer Bill Boaks was a force to contend with. By all accounts Boaks was a terrible campaigner, but his single-minded dedication to the cause of road safety was a force to be reckoned with. 🧵

This is why it's better to call it "car storage" instead of "parking." There are higher and better uses of this space than long-term storage for one person's private property.

Stumbled across this when walking around Walthamstow on Friday.- a really pleasant surprise - Fact checked - it is true ✅ - My reaction - how comes I didn't know this 😬

We often think of trees as good for wildlife. But what if they're also becoming critical for our own survival? As temperatures rise, shade is no longer just a comfort – it's a necessity. Kate Moore explains why trees may be one of the most powerful tools we have for adapting to climate change.

The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them

The Parisianer 🚲🏐 ♿ #sport #city #paris #bike #inclusion

Many people don’t realise this is not a joke. There’s a chance, a slim one, for regime change in one of the parties that is part of the global Far Right network.

BBC News - Students call for safer walking and cycling routes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here’s the blunt #UrbanTruth — safer urban design and infrastructure is a matter of life and death.

…in one go. #NiceThings

Bollards have been removed from eight locations on the city's Pedalways cycle network. All places where the gap has been increased to at least 1.5m to allow non-standard bikes such as cargo bikes to use the network. Good news. We look forward to all the remaining barriers being removed!

XXL cargo bike setups are a game-changer for supplying shops in city centers. They are sustainable, don't block half the street, and look cool too!

"My car can't drive at 20 mph". FFS. Presumably you get it airlifted into car parks then?

I cycled to work the longer way today. At 5.5 miles, that's further than most UK car trips - yet it took me just 22 minutes We urgently need to unblock and enable the millions of short active trips that are being blocked every day because of our collective car dependency. Our health depends on it

“If I drive drunk down the road, I can't then say: Tell you what, instead of appearing before a magistrate, I'll stand for councillor instead and let the people of Bermondsey decide if I am innocent. That's not how any of this f*****g works. You don't get to use popularity as a form of acquittal.”

There's blood in the water and then there's this, chunks of flesh bobbing about- Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of fraudster who backed Farage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

When your problem is too many cars, but the only solutions you’ll consider are trying to make it easier to drive

Wouldn't it be great to see Wimbledon embracing more sustainable transport options? Instead of huge SUVs clogging up space on the streets of SW19, imagine a fleet of cargo bikes or small EVs. #AirPollution #Carspreading

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

Jane Crowther @coolbikeart1.bsky.social

i want you all to know that you’ve not seen pure unadulterated joy until you’ve seen (and heard) a memory care patient riding a bicycle in their wheelchair