Critically, we also need the public to support actions that enable older people to live great lives without having to drive for when they fail the eye tests. So the public need to get onboard with no pavement parking, pedestrian priority, denser housing, fewer out-of-town shopping centres, etc etc

A reminder to people discussing the government’s road safety strategy today, bereaved families and seriously injured crash survivors will be listening. The only goal for the numbers of people killed on the road each year is ZERO.

Some interesting ideas here, but it's not a commitment to #VisionZero. It does make some changes to sentences and fines, but does not include a lifetime driving ban for multiple offenders or for drivers who kill. Driving is a privilege, not a right. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

We need every politician to speak like this about the political commitment that is necessary to end deaths and injuries on our roads.

Joint European statement on Greenland. They moved quickly after Miller’s comments about annexation last night.

Under the Green Party's Barry Parsons, and in the first full year of a Green-led administration, Bristol City Council's housing team are smashing affordable house building records. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Putting people first: Greens promised affordable homes, and we delivered. 🏡💚 www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

2025 goes down as the ~3rd-warmest year on record (based on ERA5). Like in 2024, every single day this past year was warmer than the average of even the most recent reference period (1991-2020).

Oxford, Bristol, Sheffield, and arguably Newbury to Exeter all should have been electrified decades ago. Our continued inability to invest in public infrastructure is hard proof of the economic and social embarrassment this country has become.

Darren Jones is asked if the US bombing Venezuela & abducting its leader was lawful Jones says he won't give a view on the action & he goes on to say its not up to politicians to make judgements on international law. Phillips points out thats exactly what they've done on Ukraine

This is pantomime season. Oh yes, it is for politicians to make a judgment about whether the invasion of a sovereign country is lawful or not. Just like the UK Government has done for Ukraine.

Afterwards, he'll be speaking to the King to "find out whether the Monarchy is a good thing".

The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law. After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.

We could be looking at a least a decade before we can say the same for Bristol Temple Meads. ☹️ Electrification for the South West Railways is not a priority for this Labour Government. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

It’s easier to invade another country, depose a president and steal their oil for Donald Trump to admit that there is a climate crisis and take the necessary steps to stop the planet from dying.

“Survey after survey has shown that business owners overestimate how many customers drive to their stores vs walking or biking. In a 2012 Los Angeles study, more than half of the store owners on the bike-laned part of the boulevard thought most of their customers drove. The actual number was 15%.”

Celebrating 40 years of Spain & Portugal in the EU! 🇪🇸🇵🇹 Four decades of unprecedented progress: boosting investments, democracy, and innovation. They made the EU richer; we made them stronger. A crucial part of our story. Progress. Together. 🇪🇺

Happy New Year from your Green councillors 💚🎉🥂

This is devastating news. It's really clear how much Bolton meant to Vicki and how much she meant to Bolton. Huge condolences to Vicki's family and friends. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2572137...

Devastating news that our wonderful friend Vicki was killed by a car whilst out walking yesterday. Fighting for a better, fairer and safer world was in her bones and I feel so lucky to have known her. What a terrible loss. Heartbroken for her family and everyone who knew her 💔

Christmas Eve ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data) • about 570,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,180,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,730,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,080,000 km² below the 1980s mean ➡️ zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

You have until the 5th January to apply to join the press team at @greenparty.org.uk greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...

Another one for the “look what we could have had” file.

Europe’s holiday wish? More speed, more options, more time for YOU. While many are winding down, Europe is gearing up: a major high-speed rail plan is set to transform travel by 2040. Here’s what’s coming ↓

If you want to understand why the CRT is struggling to maintain the system then this is a good summary by @aljwhite.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

These incidents are going to become more common as the CRT struggles to maintain the network in the face of funding cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is the oldest rock ever discovered on Earth. It was found in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, Canada, and is more than 4 billion years old. 📷 NASA / Inuit Adventures

Speeding is so normalised that this article about speeding is actually a veiled advert for how Volvo cars can only go 60% over the maximum legal speed and this is apparently a great thing

An Early Christmas Present for Children in Bristol as South Purdown Play Area Opens 🎅🎄 www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Lovely to meet @zackpolanski.bsky.social tonight - got a real sense of his humanity

“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars —& halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” Less well known— driverless cars contribute to traffic congestion EVERY day.

Bad day to be a Waymo (and even worse to be inside or stuck behind one). A widespread blackout left robotaxis stalled across the city, causing traffic chaos Saturday night. Read more: sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...

If you want your city to be a great place for everyone, especially children, older and disabled people, to get around safely and conveniently, then don’t invite in a load of driverless cars. You’ll just be landed with a new source of congestion and serious extra chaos if there’s a power cut.

Greens welcome changes to EBLN bristolgreenparty.org.uk/greens-welco...

'Trying to figure out the best solution for the EBLN is a significant challenge, but we think it is worth it' www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

Every time I see someone with a bike on a BART escalator, it makes me smile - especially this rider prepared for rain. Not all policy making is so visible & tangible. Two years after we started allowing bikes on escalators, it’s worked perfectly. I haven’t heard complaints or of any big accidents.

Here’s Why Governments Should Start Paying People to Bike to Work. momentummag.com/is-it-time-g...

Cycling and walking could help deliver almost everything Brits say they want to achieve in 2026 — if we design streets to support them. Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.

£240,000 per job to temporarily safeguard 500 jobs at a firm run by the UK's 7th richest person, an ardent Brexiter worth £17 billion. Is it really worth it when firms that don't get a penny in government support collapse with greater job losses every few weeks? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.

People didn't used to live year round in vehicles around city centres before successive governments started selling off social housing and refused to give local authorities' the ability to replace them. 30+ yrs on Bristol Greens are working to find solutions. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Huge swathes of land gobbled up for new roads and intersections and, largely, nobody bats an eyelid. So, frustrating to read this excellent piece on HS2. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

A statement from Cllr Edwards, on behalf of the Green Group on Bristol City Council

Indeed, but cycling doesn't make the corporations richer so we're bombarded with media hype to make cycling out to be a bad thing.

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

Hi America: we've done the science on this bsky.app/profile/ianw...

"Conservative policies that pitted drivers against cyclists risked making the roads less safe by inflaming tensions, a minister has said, promising that the era of transport culture wars is over" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Meanwhile Robin Ince genuinely has been cancelled for daring to voice his opinions and for defending trans people. Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot? What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?