We fully support your desire for pavements free of wheelie bin obstructions. Unfortunately @brighton-hove.gov.uk has never enforced the Highways Act 1980 so thousands of bins block pavements 24/7. @rnib.bsky.social

It’s crazy that children walking and cycling to school need protecting from adult drivers but it’s the sad reality so it’s good that our Council plans proper enforcement of School Streets. @livingstreets.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...

It’s crazy that children walking and cycling to school need protecting from adult drivers but it’s the sad reality so it’s good that our Council plans proper enforcement of School Streets. @livingstreets.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...

#NationalWalkingMonth starts tomorrow when we begin celebrating the #MagicOfWalking, but today's news is a harsh reminder of the dangers we can face while trying to enjoy something as simple as walking and wheeling. uk.news.yahoo.com/suvs-more-da...

It really is in our power to protect our planet 🌍 Read more👇 buff.ly/SZLO3yj

"I think about how much I’ve saved on fares, petrol & parking & it feels like a win." For Annette, 39, cycling brings freedom, fitness and a voice for change. Through #MyRideOurRight, she’s highlighting how small changes can make a big difference. ✊ cyclinguk.org/annette-my-ride-our-right

Wonderful to see all these #KidicalMass rides taking place across the country. Let our kids ride their bikes safely! 🚲🚲🚲

Huge congratulations to @brighton-hove.gov.uk for helping to make the city the most walkable city in the country! Now you can make it the best in the whole wide world by completing the long-delayed seafront #activetravel scheme. @livingstreets.bsky.social www.msn.com/en-gb/travel...

#KidicalMass in Brighton & Hove today set new records - hundreds of children and adults came along, to call on the council to make everyday cycling easier across the city. @canseengland.bsky.social @bricycles.org.uk @cyclinguk.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social

Join today’s free, huge, family-friendly, city-centre cycle ride. #KidicalMass takes to the streets of Brighton & Hove. Start at 2pm for the feeder rides and all join wheels at 2.45pm at the Peace Statue for the main ride. Whoooooosh!!!!

Get your skates on. #KidicalMass hits Brighton & Hove tomorrow, Sunday.

The boost for active travel is one good thing that has come out of the terrible COVID pandemic. Here’s an interesting reflection by @ibikebrighton.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/markss...

Breaking news! @sportengland.bsky.social's #ActiveLivesSurvey shows that walking for leisure has increased by 6.8%. That's over 3 million adults in England who are walking more! But there’s clearly a need for safer, more pleasant streets, as fewer people are walking for travel. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

When pavements are blocked, pedestrians are forced into the road, which isn't safe. Living Streets Groups campaign for clear pathways and better places for walking. Could you help them with a gift today? Until 29 April every donation is match-funded! livingstreets.org.uk/greenmatchfund

Two days to go

So the first real policy decision on active travel or road safety by this government is a law targeting cyclists which will do nothing for road safety, briefed to a newspaper which openly hates cycling. Whatever your hopes for active travel from current ministers, perhaps calibrate these downwards.

What’s good for London can ve even better for Little London by the Sea - when people get more support to travel by foot, bicycle and public transport.

Come down to Brighton & Hove in three days to see how many people are having fun while asking our council to make the city safer for active travel.

Children rely on safe pavements to get to school www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Right now in Parliament: @heidialexander.bsky.social tells the Transport Select Committee she’s committed to publishing the pavement parking report “in coming months”. She says pavement parking is a big concern of @liliangreenwood.bsky.social (Future of Roads minister)

Ok, who knows where and when this was taken?

Help needed. Make the South Downs better for active travel. Complete the national park’s consultation. Tell them everything that will make it better for 🚶‍♀️🦽 & 🚴🏽‍♀️ . For example, easier ways to get to the Downs without using a car. experience.arcgis.com/experience/8...

Fundamentally the issue is clear: if I leave my home and choose the most polluting and antisocial form of transport my local authority makes this easy; if I try to be responsible, pro-social and healthy, my local authority makes this hard

Happy 5th Birthday to Madeira Drive - the seafront road was made open only to people travelling actively exactly 5 years ago today. Motor vehicles were excluded and now it’s a wonderful place to enjoy. Photo by Simon Dack.

Here's another new study our councillors should read before deciding next week how to spend millions on transport

Latest National Travel Survey estimates are out for year ending June 2024, available here: www.gov.uk/government/s... My favourite chart shows that walking is up on 2019 levels. There's been a 7% increase in walking trips compared to pre-pandemic levels and an 8% increase in distance travelled

Our councillors should read this before deciding next week how to spend millions on transport www.jrf.org.uk/climate-chan...

Our Council will soon be discussing how much to spend on active travel for the year ahead. It will cost nothing if it applies the Highways Act 1980 to rid the pavements of wheelie bins and recycling boxes that obstruct pedestrians 24/7.

Hey, let’s trial a few in Brighton & Hove.

If it can happen in Reading, why not Brighton & Hove? It’s all down to the courage of the leader of each Council - Liz Terry in Reading setting an example that Bella Sankey could follow here.

"Cycling, wheeling and walking need to be prioritised for the health of us all." - Caroline

At Birling Gap, coaches get banned but cars are welcomed. At Ditching Beacon, the bus service gets blocked because car park restrictions aren’t enforced. Both sites are managed by car-dependent @nationaltrust.org.uk www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Carla Clegg, an NHS nurse has started a petition for a safe cycle route from Haywards Heath to Burgess Hill. Please support her, here: www.change.org/p/please-bui...

Nice. @trevmu10.bsky.social

Wouldn’t it be great if our council uses tech like this to assess the potential for making walking, wheeling and cycling easier.

Such a good way to reduce potential conflict and make our city easier for walking and wheeling.

This could happen here. First Paris, next Brighton & Hove 🤞

Doh! Some councils try to make safer the air breathed by its residents by increasing the cost for drivers whose cars pollute more but our council boasts about reducing the fees for its car parks 🤦🏽‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...

The selfish, the self entitled and never any enforcement #adur #brighton @wsccnews.bsky.social @batbrighton.bsky.social @activetraveleng.bsky.social

Carla Clegg, and NHS nurse from the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath calls for a safe cycle route so people can get to work. www.change.org/p/please-bui...

We take our challenge to the active travel funding cuts in England to the Court of Appeal later this month. Please donate and share if you can (we still need to raise another £10,000) crowdjustice.com/case/stop-th...

When our city council makes it easier for people to walk, wheel and ride bicycles for everyday journeys (active travel), there would be less need for it to fund special events so over-50s can “Stay Strong, Steady and Independent”. But they know that. www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/lo...

Katy Bourne, Police & Crime commissioner and Helena Dollimore, the MP for Hastings & Rye, James MacCleary MP for Lewes and Bill Wright of Reform UK, discuss potholes and cycling starting at 20:33 at the link: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... An NHS nurse from Princess Royal Hospital in video footage.

🚴‍♀️ When cycling is safe for women, it’s safe for everyone. Agustina found freedom cycling in Belfast—but unsafe roads and intimidation hold her back. Let’s change this together. Her ride is our right. #MyRideOurRight ✊ cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right-agustina

Agreed. Society benefits a lot from people walking, cycling! Figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Health show that we save: 🚲 2,8 EUR for every km people cycle- fx to🚄 🚶‍♀️ 4,2 EUR for every km people walk- fx to 🚌 This is compared to people not being physically active, fx if they drive a car

they could do something about #carspreading which is crowding out safe cycling infrastructure. Local politicians can discourage massive SUVs through parking policy and put pressure on govt to adjust vehicle tax cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/

Local politicians are going to discuss what could be done to increase safe cycle routes on the BBC TV Politics South East show at 10am this Sunday, 6 April. @canseengland.bsky.social @bricycles.org.uk @trevmu10.bsky.social @bexon.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social

Oooh. Marine Parade will be closed to vehicles for the very busy Pride weekend. If that can happen, it must be feasible to install a protected cycle lane there 24/7. www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/pr...