Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...

So good to see a #busgate on Whiston Road in #Hackney. Bus gates: - prioritise transport modes that makes the most efficient use of road space - AND reduce injury risk for more vulnerable road users

Our Strategy 📒 Over the next five years, we’re focusing on the activities that will help us make the biggest strides towards our 2050 goals.

I’ve spoken to TfL workers who are terrified.   One worker told me he can’t sleep, he doesn’t know what to say to his family. Another, pregnant with her first child, fears she’ll be deported before giving birth.   You can watch my exchange with the Mayor here ⬇️   youtu.be/qxy2YbCWdWU

I raised the devastating impact of sudden visa rule changes with the Mayor – over 200 TfL workers are at risk of deportation.   These are people who trusted the system, built lives here and are now left in limbo.   I'm glad the Mayor has committed to lobby the Government and support these workers.

🎉🎉SUCCESS🎉🎉 New dropped kerbs installed here means that people who use a wheelchair are now able to cross this entrance way 🙌 #AccessibleStreets 🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦼🧑‍🦯

We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous. That’s the entirety of our approach to road safety.

So the business model is dependent on theft.

🎉🎉SUCCESS🎉🎉 A dropped kerb with yellow tactile paving is now in place! 🙌 #AccessibleStreets 🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦼🧑‍🦯

Am teaching primary school ids cycling today AND saw some street art happening as I took them out. It’s like the dream!

Table For One Please. Happy to hear this billboard is still up in Vancouver, was a pleasure to work with @visionzerovancouver.ca.

The situation on cycleway 1 at Whitmore Road is just completely unworkable and it is a travesty the Hoxton LTN hasn’t been designed to fix this. There is *far* too much motor traffic for these cycle flows. Someone is going to get hurt. @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social @hackneylcc.bsky.social

“Paris is an incredible example of how a city can transform when political will meets smart data,” says one of the report’s lead authors. “We wanted to understand exactly which factors made this happen.” momentummag.com/new-study-pa...

Thousands of road deaths a year caused by motor vehicles, speeding almost completely ignored by authorities, drink and drug driving at record highs and this is how you choose to spend your time, boasting about your stupid stunt and your shit marketing company on LinkedIn. Pathetic.

Eerste Sweelinckstraat, Amsterdam in 1986 and today

Electric cargo bikes can replace many everyday car trips for the average family and “reshape suburban family mobility”, say Oxford University researchers. 49 British households were loaned e-cargo bikes for school runs, shopping trips, family outings and other day-to-day use.

We are Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, formerly known as Sustrans. We’ve been making change since 1977. We have a bold new strategy, and fresh new look 👀 We make it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle. Because it changes everything. Our health. Our wellbeing. Our world. 🌍

Fantastic chance to join the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, working within the Active Journeys team as our new Project Officer. London, East and Southeast. #Vacancy #ActiveTravel environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/107682-...

🚆 BBC London finds bike theft at train stations has become almost 'decriminalised: bit.ly/4q5WNzk LCC CEO, Tom Fyans: "Many victims of theft in the capital just stop cycling - if we want to reduce car trips in London and encourage cycling we have to redouble enforcement against cycle theft."

BREAKING: Striking workers are currently storming Tesla showrooms in Paris, demanding higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy. (🎥 Luc Auffret)

Minister Canny’s U-turn on safer urban speeds risks lives and life-changing injuries. It cannot be let stand. We were proud to visit the Dáil today at the invitation of Ciaran Ahern TD to send the Minister our simple message: No delays. No excuses. Implement the law now.

🚲 🚇 With the dust having settled on Septembers week of TfL strikes, we reflect on the days that showed both the cycling potential in the capital, and the barriers preventing it from being reached... 👨‍💻 Check out the full blog: bit.ly/46JiPio

My ebike is speed and power regulated from the factory because law makers see it as a potential danger to people in cities.

Great video about cargo-bikes! youtu.be/KJ0Ki9pTzLQ?...

Cycling really does give you wings! Watching a toddler soar up front whilst a retired tandem duo found their turbo mode was a definite ride highlight. Magical to see bikes bring out the joy in everyone, at every age, on this fun Kingston ride. @londoncycling.bsky.social @kingstoncycling.bsky.social

We’re delighted to announce the official launch of the 5th Edition of the Wheels for Wellbeing Guide to Inclusive Cycling! Date: Thursday 25th September Time: 12:30–1:30pm Location: Zoom

Gatekeeping has no place in a cycling city. I want to see ever more crap cyclists (they won't stay crap for long).

More cyclists, even wobbly ones, a good thing! A surge in 'strikelists' on the commute this week means some folk will continue cycling when strike is over - but "exposes the lack of capacity for cycling in London" says our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social metro.co.uk/2025/09/09/s...

Grim messaging from Manchester City Council 👀

U.K GDP is $5000 more per person than France, yet there isn’t a speck of litter on the streets or beaches of Brittany, where I’m holidaying, and, by 2026, the French will retire five years earlier than us. Economic growth cannot solve the problems of our unwell society.

Stories resonate more than stats.

Pay your taxes; they’re the basis of our collective national wealth, health, and security. I wrote it on this banner when I was campaigning with UKuncut 12 years ago, and I say it again now. Nobody is above that principle.

1/ Hedgerows are not only central to our sense of national identity, they're also of immense environmental value. Their loss, and potential for restoration, also tell the story of our unsustainable way of life and how we can step back from the brink…🧵

The National Cycle Network is 30! 🎂 Why not get out this weekend and explore a route near you? 🚶‍♀️ 👩‍🦽 🚴‍♀️ You can find one here 👇 buff.ly/BW1Q08j

Between June 2024 and June 2025, home prices in America fell in metro areas where available housing inventories increased from June 2019 levels. Prices rose in metro areas where inventory is still below June 2019 levels. @harvard-jchs.bsky.social

Currency in Spain where it's common to have pedestrian priority at side roads with zebra crossings, as well as crossings on the main road at regular intervals. This should be the norm in urban areas

Warsaw has added a striking new landmark to its riverfront: the Kładka Bridge, a walking and cycling crossing that links the historic Old Town and revitalised Praga district. Opened in 2024, it embodies their ongoing effort to reconnect with the Vistula River, and expand its active travel networks.🧵

Tip of the day: increased housing costs is not a positive outcome for an active travel infrastructure programme or project.

This photo shows 58 cyclists and just two cars. MPs looking out of their window today will see a steady flow of people cycling, some for the first time in a while, given confidence to do so with quality infrastructure. Just over 10 years ago there wasn’t even a cycle lane here.

Fewer, simpler, slower movements means fewer collisions.

The road outside Hackney Wick is closed for building construction work. The road has been taken over by families enjoying the weather and each others company

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked footage of radical anti-car cyclists at a training camp.

New post with video: an evening rush hour ride through Utrecht’s centre. Two spots already changed since May — a detour gone after 11 years and a junction turning roundabout.

There's a really useful @ippr.org report out today on where UK public attitudes are regarding transport www.ippr.org/articles/eve... Some highlights: - 91% of drivers say they'd take a journey-time hit if it made streets safer - There is (suppressed?) demand for people- and child-friendly streets

Private Eye cover a hidden motoring subsidy that the government seem happy to pay. Ironically reported right below an article on how cuts to bus services are leaving older people isolated

"The findings reveal that...traffic crashes are often framed as isolated, inevitable events, downplaying systemic issues such as infrastructure and policy" - new study of German-speaking media produces interesting results www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

"Have you thought about going for a jog to help the NHS?"

Happy September! We're really excited to be welcoming @londoncycling.bsky.social CEO Tom Fyans to Cambridge soon for a talk on London's Cycling Revolution & the Road Ahead. Come & be inspired! Book your place at camcycle.org.uk/tomfyans THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER, 7.30pm at the Town & Gown, Cambridge