Find a great-value, eco-friendly gift this Christmas! Visit the Pre-Loved Bike Event at the Linskill Centre, Sat 15 Nov, 10am–12pm. Over 50 children’s bikes, all safety-checked. First come, first served. Proceeds support Linskill Charity with North Tyneside Council.

As darkness fell and November 5th traditions got going the air quality across the city is has become drastically worse, as this chart from a sensor at the RVI shows. The can see the latest readings at sensors.spaceforheaton.com/sensors

We contacted Newcatle City Council with @newcycling.bsky.social to ask whether the public realm around the new HMRC offices on New Bridge Street would be as forward-thinking as the artists impressions. We didn't receive a response. Now we learn that Blackett Street, 3 years on, remains "on pause".

In conjunction with @northeastptug.bsky.social we recently wrote to the city council to urge it to work towards making New Bridge Street and Blackett Street match the vision that has been sold to residents. newcycling.org/2025/10/the-...

We joined our friends from SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill on their Glow ride last night as part of the @cyclinguk.bsky.social "My ride. Our right" campaign. Find out what is was about and see pictures from the event in the video and gallery below 👇🏻

Please do sign up for - and share - this webinar, on Dec 3rd, to hear about some of the amazing work going on nationally and locally to restore children's ability to play out on their doorsteps. @rezinachowdhury.bsky.social @edwardlamb.bsky.social @playingout.bsky.social @aliceferguson.bsky.social

"Introducing an alternative to the habitual car-dependent urban landscapes often causes loss aversion, irrespective of future benefits. The importance of political leadership to defend the principles until people have experienced the changes firsthand is one of the key findings of this study."

The air quality monitor reports on our website are up and running again after an update. You can find them at sensors.spaceforheaton.com/sensors Follow the account below for a daily update each morning.

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes" We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill have organised a Glow ride as part of Cycling UK's "My ride on Wednesday. Our right" campaign calling for safer streets, especially for women riding after dark. Meet at the Civic Centre for 18:30. Full details: m.facebook.com/events/13823...

In October 2022 modal filters were installed on streets in Heaton as part of a trial. Thanks to a permanent traffic counter it was possible to see what effect that had on one of the boundary roads. Traffic was down every week, by ~500 vehicles per day. Then the filters were removed... 1/3

Does this look familiar? 🤔 We're sharing some of the worst pavement parking pics uploaded by the public on our interactive map 📍 Help us to find the worst pavement parking hotspots in England by adding your photos here 👉 https://t.co/xwrtQ8M4Dl https://t.co/lzypLtsrWK

24h average NO2 readings for Wed 24th Sep 2025 Gosforth: 32.21µg/m³ Coast Road: 24.46µg/m³ Tyne Bridge: 36.71µg/m³ https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com

Council's in the region are tying people in to car dependency by failing to deliver promised transport schemes, with £100 million of schemes delayed or cancelled. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

It's clear what the problem is on the Coast Road in Newcastle, where buses are frequently delayed by drivers. Will the Movement Strategy that is due to be discussed by Cabinet next week address this, or will the problem be left for the future again?

It's been a busy day on the Tyne Bridge as it sees it's most efficient use of the year, with 60,000 people crossing in around two hours and road works to clear and reinstate to give the runners extra space.

5 years ago, the Government consulted on how dangerous pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond. If pavement parking is a problem in your area, fill out our form and add to our map of danger hotspots across the UK act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/176767/...

Pedestrian diversions in place if you are walking to or from the City Centre via New Bridge Street.

Reminder that the top of Warwick Street will be closed for roadworks this coming weekend. The number 1 will be on diversion and please allow extra time for your journey if you're driving. Access for walking and cycling will be maintained. Causeway one.network share.google/JTZL1JyonF63...

Some good news 👇🏽

Still no update on this unfortunately. Some Cyclists dismount signs have been quickly put up. This is discriminatory to those with mobility cycles and blocks larger cargo bikes. A safe diversion needs to be in place or the fencing moved.

Just to confirm that we've not been consulted about these works, but have contacted Senior Officers within the Council tonight to try to get some answers. There's no formal road closure, no planning consent for a project, no diversion. The barriers aren't Chapter 8 compliant. It's unacceptable.

Somebody has fenced off the main cycle route from Heaton to the city centre, with no warning and no diversion. It's possible to get though via the bin area of Shieldfield House then through a private car park back to the road. Councillors are aware and are try to sort it.

🚲 Kidical Mass is growing fast – now 50+ groups across the UK! We’ve launched a crowdfunder to continue to provide public liability & volunteer insurance for all KM groups in the UK. Target: £2,522. Please donate! 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/km-insurance #KidicalMass #SafeStreetsNow

The first day of the Central Motorway being down to one lane northbound has so far seen journey times the same as they were before work on the Tyne Bridge started.

24h average NO2 readings for Wed 13th Aug 2025 Gosforth: 36.19µg/m³ Coast Road: 48.51µg/m³ Tyne Bridge: 39.71µg/m³ https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com

This images shows all the Stagecoach buses in Newcastle right now, carrying people to work and on other journeys, many of whom will have no other transport options. sensors.spaceforheaton.com/bustracker

What better way to spend a warm summer’s evening than a pootle up and down the coast. Whitley Bay start, meet outside Spanish City at 6:30.

The #NorthEastCombinedAuthority launched a survey to have your say on the future of online journey planning! We've made some suggestions to ensure that the whole journey lifecycle is considered - from the moment you leave the doorstep to when you arrive at your destination! 👉 tinyurl.com/25zvoqm9

While road traffic increased by 5% last year, the number of people arriving into Newcastle by train decreased. www.gov.uk/government/s...

You'll be able to see how long it will take to drive along the Central Motorway when works starts using the queue tracker on our website. sensors.spaceforheaton.com/tynebridge

A new report from @ippr.org highlights that waiting for EVs to solve air quality problems on the Coast Road is likely to lead to bigger queues and leave people on the lowest income suffering even bigger delays on buses. Read the full report at www.ippr.org/articles/the...

A new report from @ippr.org highlights that waiting for EVs to solve air quality problems on the Coast Road is likely to lead to bigger queues and leave people on the lowest income suffering even bigger delays on buses. Read the full report at www.ippr.org/articles/the...

A few minutes of heavy rain has resulted in the Coast Road flooding again at the Chillingham Rd junction, with floods on the main east bound carriageway and off and on slips.

1. Our latest blog is our annual look at the air pollution figures - this is good news for many locations thanks to the Clean Air Zone. These figures show that concerns about the CAZ moving the problem around etc are unfounded.

You can read the unprecedented joint statement signed by 12 metro mayors to create a 3,500 mile national active travel network here 👇👇👇

It’s good to see the NECA signed up to this plan. Hopefully it will lead to better routes to school for children in Heaton, including the completion of Heaton Road and better enforcement of the existing school streets. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There's going to be a by-election in South Jesmond ward soon. If you get to speak to any of the candidates you could ask them what they plan to do about the local air quality, which is currently not going to meet legal limits for another 20 years.

There's going to be a by-election in South Jesmond ward soon. If you get to speak to any of the candidates you could ask them what they plan to do about the local air quality, which is currently not going to meet legal limits for another 20 years.

Our friends at @space4gosforth.bsky.social have been highlighting the lack of progress tackling Coast Road air pollution and the Government's expectation that legal limits will not be met for another 20 years.

It's great to see lots of data being collected about the Corner House junction.

Our AGM is coming up soon. July 8th 18:30 at The Cycle Hub We will be giving an update on cycling in the city, discussing the future of the campaign, and more Sign up at the link below newcycling.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?...

24h average NO2 readings for Sat 21st Jun 2025 Cradlewell: 43.91µg/m³ Coast Road: 46.05µg/m³ Tyne Bridge: 35.84µg/m³ https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com

"Put simply, there is no safe level of air pollution, and increasingly ambitious action needs to be taken to improve air quality" A report for the politicians responsible for the Coast Road, which is seeing a spike in poor air quality to add to the health issues around excessive heat today. 👇🏻

"Put simply, there is no safe level of air pollution, and increasingly ambitious action needs to be taken to improve air quality" A report for the politicians responsible for the Coast Road, which is seeing a spike in poor air quality to add to the health issues around excessive heat today. 👇🏻

It's warming up on Chillingham Road today. You can check the temperature from sensors around the area along side the air quality on our website at sensors.spaceforheaton.com/sensors

Does anyone know why they aren’t filling at least some of them in & replacing them with pedestrian crossings? The subways are unpleasant & feel unsafe - even after improvements they will still have right angle corners. Pilgrim Street is no longer the A1 so surely it that side could have crossings?

⭐New paper!⭐ Experiences of car free living: Findings of a trial across four cities in England Really pleased to have led this alongside Lilli Waples, @stucap.bsky.social‬, @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social, Colin Davis & @clairehoolohan.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵 1/

In 2024 the number of vehicle miles driven in Newcastle was 1.1 billion, an increase of 54 million compared to 2023. For the North East Combined Authority area the increase was 165 million to a total of 9.6 billion.

In 2024 the number of vehicle miles driven in Newcastle was 1.1 billion, an increase of 54 million compared to 2023. For the North East Combined Authority area the increase was 165 million to a total of 9.6 billion.