This will be a moment of trauma that this young boy will not get over for a very long time, if ever. We send our best wishes to him and his family, while stating very clearly: having lives torn apart by dangerous driving must not be the everyday experience of young families in Birmingham.

*More than 3,100 illegally parked motorists receive fine from new mobile enforcement car. Time for another couple of cars?

Hotel photo shoots are totally a scam and don’t even….DAMIT

If designed inclusively, cycling infrastructure offers independent mobility to those with physical impairments who are left behind by car dependence. For many people housebound or reliant on others for transport, two—or three—wheeled travel isn’t just a form of movement, it’s a form of empowerment.

Bookmark this post for the next time someone says "bike infrastructure is ableist." Dutch bike infrastructure, in the form of wide, multiuse paths, is used by countless disabled people every day. They use the same paths as bicyclists, and are safer than on our broken American sidewalks.

We have the mobility tools. All that's often lacking is the infrastructure to enable freedom of movement.

Is the problem … cars?

It’s like really sunny. And wavy. And windy. This is so bonkers.

For years, cargo bikes were treated like a niche curiosity—something you saw at a bike show, a European city, or ridden exclusively by That One Extremely Committed Parent.

On hols watching Spanish dubbed cartoons and daughter wants to know more of the history of DragonBallZ and I’m like “I punch you” “I SUPER punch you” “I SUPER HYPER PUNCH YOU” *struggles to feet* I EVOLVE AND SUPER HYPER MASSIVE PUNCH YOU etc.

Just become a trained "pilot" of this amazing trike with Cycling Without Age Oxfordshire! So great to take folk out for a spin so they get to "feel the wind in their hair" again 😊

Absolutely blistering rendition of Rhapsody in Blue by ace trumpeter Alison Balsom and the Britten Sinfonia on Radio 3 just now.

Pretty sure the dancing ladies awakened something in all the kids.

Holiday game recommendations. Genius Square is great. Kids have just as much chance of winning as adults.

Why do some killer motorists get short prison sentences? UK road safety laws are letting them off the hook | Sally Kyd

Sure. But I’ve never been more terrified as a passenger. Wasn’t sure we’d make the roundabout let alone 88mph.

The new tram extension to Millennium Point opened this morning. And then day 613 of the road safety emergency stepped in. Photo credit: Peter Plisner.

Coldplay at the Wolverhampton Grand. So few songs they played Yellow twice.

As a Doctor Who fan even I’m amazed at how toxic Star Trek fandom has become.

Commercial Spanish Tourism Architecture is a gnat’s whisker away from a Soho House makeover and general admiration.

It has taken me six years of experiments but I've managed to make a Marmite glaze that looks like milk chocolate. Now I am perfectly placed to make Marmite Maltesers and leave them on the table for unsuspecting guests.

Watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and this is probably the hottest anyone has looked in a movie ever?

I just couldn’t find a Massey Ferguson cap in TK Max 🤣

🚲 Come join our monthly cycle around Birmingham City Centre. Open to all ages and abilities. Every first Friday of the month, 6pm start from (currently) Hippodrome Square on Hurst Street. We look forward to welcoming you! 🙂

This child died a few blocks from my house on a road my family uses all the time. Night before last, emergency vehicles were right outside my door because another driver crashed onto the sidewalk. Night before that, I was in hospital because I was doored by another driver. And so on, and so on.

I let @jordanbhx.bsky.social post this to the other place, so I’ll post them here! Here are some healthy streets transformations from Birmingham using Google Gemini.

Can anyone recommend some holiday reading in the same style as Ian M Banks? Loved the Culture so something like that? (Although didn’t get on with 3 Body Problem at all) Ta!

Tell me you are a girl dad without saying you are a girl dad.

I went to do a story at the NEC. Booked pool car. Was late because traffic. Paid £16 for parking !!!!! And finally thought… would a train not have been better? #carbrain

Holiday update. We did escape the airport eventually. Things feel better now. But am worried for travelling families in Europe these massive passport queues are the new normal

Wheels4Me London is a ground-breaking scheme offering free cycle loans for disabled Londoners whose needs aren't met by most standard bicycle hire schemes.

Genuinely the most miserable travel experience of my life. Tenerife arrivals. Getting on for three hours in a queue

Arrivals at Tenerife airport. TWO HOURS to clear security. #bhx #jet2holidays

Brexit consequences. Two hour wait at security in Gran Canaria.

Radical idea. Do you need to drive?

I’m watching Face The Music on BBC Four and goodness it’s balm for the soul. Also Joyce Grenfell really reminds me of my mum.

Having had to run a load of little erands around Brum recently (especially into the city centre) I think a bicycle is the only way to get around town with any speed these days.

Absolute gridlock outside the station in Shrewsbury 8.15am.

Rokin, Amsterdam in 1979 and today

Bought a new suitcase. Frankly if I’d been in a car I’d still be stuck in Brum gridlock

Wait. A council can do this?!

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Best day ever!

Maeve won the battle for the rear seat today. Sunglasses model’s own.

Fascinating.

I’m guess Tesco feels while working on the store cyclists magically no longer need a safe place to lock up their bikes.

Wondering what leverage in negotiations looks like? Australia's new FTA with the EU provides 16,830 tonnes of tariff free access for beef. Australia's FTA with the UK, completed with a desperate Johnson administration, provided 35,000 tonnes tariff free, rising to unlimited over 15 years.

I'd forgotten quite how lethal the Dynasty staircase was (and props for Joan's mugging towards the end as she plummets)

If you want to see what true accessibility looks like, look at Van Raam. The Dutch have already solved this. We just need them to bring these mobility options to the North American market so people of all ages can stay independently mobile. www.vanraam.com/en-gb

Was genuinely shocked to discover Stevenage near where I grew up was designed as a cycling town and it failed as an idea.