I tried a tramper scooter today! It was great, even with top speed set to 2-3mph - “promenade” not “brisk walk”. Handled very muddy ground. Didn’t handle the kissing gate, though. Would be lovely if the places that hire these things made the walks they tell you you can go on #accessible …

After sustaining a stroke that affected his mobility, barrister Jon was looking for a tricycle to see if it could help in his rehabilitation with the end goal of being able to cycle to work as he once used to.

Julian got cycling!! Julian tried out our Van Raam Easy Rider Compact, with e-assist, comfortable seat and semi-recumbent riding position. Just one of many on our scheme! Want to find out if a cycle might suit you and loan one for free?! Get in touch today to find out more. www.wheels4me.co.uk

At the moment, the law means Disabled children and young people who use mobility aids can't run, scoot or cycle with their friends. Find out more about what you can do to help give Disabled people the same journey-making choices as non-disabled people at wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/disabled-chi...

Current rules about mobility aids are complicated, confusing & don't make much sense. These two resources look at existing rules, the consequences they have for Disabled people, & options for possible changes. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/consideratio... wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Ooh look, presentations on the really important mobility aids regulations changes consultation! The consultation, despite its name, covers all powered and unpowered aids, including all cycles and e-cycles - come along to find out more!

To help with your responses to the DfT’s consultation on powered mobility aids, we are hosting a series of free webinars to discuss mobility aid regulations and how we can ensure Disabled people have the same journey-making choices as non-disabled people

Ivan the Invacar! I’ve just splashed £2.22 on “Ivan the Invacar and the Cave” The question is, does this count as work, and should I therefore not be reading it on Saturday? Also, is that £2.22 legitimate expenses?! #Accessibilty #disability

At the moment, the law means Disabled people who use mobility aids can't carry friends or family members on our devices. Find out more about what you can do to help give Disabled people the same journey-making choices as non-disabled people at wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...

So, I just read "Life After Cars" by @thewaroncars.bsky.social. Great book, the section on care noise really struck me. I don't think we really realise how loud cars are. I recently had my second kids, so our stroller is now a twofer, with the infant near me, and my 2 year old out in front. 1/

Morning drivers, as you head to work this week, please use your speed limiter. It improves your safety and has a calming effect on surrounding traffic, reducing the impact of the irresponsible. In UK, over 15 people a week die in speed-related crashes. Guidance attached: youtube.com/shorts/NwmD4...

To support the DfT’s consultation into modernising the law for powered mobility devices in achieving the best possible outcome for Disabled people, we will be launching explainer information resources, webinars and carrying out consultation sessions.

Effective action against obstructive pavement parking is desperately needed. This was my daughter’s school run earlier this week!

My favourite wheels are still our e-tandem. It brings joy - never mind ease and predictability - to the coldest, windiest and wettest of trips. I want everyone to have the option of using mobility aids they can enjoy as much as we enjoy ours! #ActiveTravel #Accessibility

Hmm. Looks like rail booking might have gone a bit loopy this weekend ahead of the new timetable tomorrow. This was the only train Derby-B’ham this morning that wasn’t “full”. First class ticket only available. 8 carriages. Kid2 reported finding 3 other people on the train. Oh dear!

Wouldn't your festive run-up be more chilled with a cargo bike? 🎄 Ditch the car, wrap up (Santa hat optional) and feel the benefits! 📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign is pushing councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all families. 👉 Share + follow us. #londonparents

New discovery! I appear to have got away with fixing a puncture by filling the inner tube with sealant and pumping it back up again! I’m ridiculously chuffed about this. Also still slightly nervous it might not hold the whole way across London this morning…

Hoping the CWIS3 targets are altered to ones that will improve #access to #ActiveTravel for people who are presently excluded. Many of the present targets can probably be most easily achieved by worsening inclusion & scheme quality - which is not what I think the authors intend!

Here’s an open letter for Disabled people to help support using cycles as mobility aids- it’s horrible being challenged when you can’t “just get off and walk” so we hope this will help show enforcement & space managers that cycles are being used as mobility aids #disability #accessibility

Hoping this guide will help Disabled people get better access & especially help venue/public space managers put policies in place that allow cycles as mobility aids- for parks events, markets, outdoor concerts and more

This International Day of Persons with Disabilities we're celebrating the ever-increasing range of brilliant mobility aids available.

Where would you go? This Summer, one of our former loan recipients took herself on her first solo trike adventure on a trip up to Edinburgh with her Van Raam Easy Rider Compact.

Frustrating to have to listen to this, but the pressure has to be kept on. We need a national ban and then let council's proposed places where they wish to provide footway parking through the democratic process, including assessing the equality impacts.

If you're thinking of splashing out this Black Friday, please think about using easyfundraising.org.uk and choosing us as your beneficiary.

This is a brilliant article. Thank you Laura

Lovely interview of ⁦‪Zack Polanski ‬⁩: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Compare and contrast the Government language. £3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’. Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’. And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.

Wheels for Wellbeing are concerned by reports that the Chancellor is considering putting a maximum price for cycles allowed through the Cycle to Work scheme. We are calling for the scheme to be reformed rather than capped. Read our full statement. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...

We are concerned about recent talk about cuts to the Cycle to Work Scheme. Though the scheme has some limits, where other forms of transport present barriers to Disabled people, cycling can for some be a method of independent travel that is supported through the Cycle To Work Scheme.

Zag Daily's list of 100 Mobility Changemakers has been published. There are loads of great people on the list but it's a real shame none of the Disabled people leading accessible transport campaigns or the Disabled People's Organisations delivering change in the UK have been included. bit.ly/4pjqcor

I think it’s a lot easier to live without cooking appliances than without mobility. Yes, I’ve done both. As a carer, too. And people should have the right to homes where they can cook (or be provided with hot meals that they choose if they can’t cook) as well as the right to mobility!

We're hearing more and more cases where Disabled people are being denied the right to use safe powered mobility aids for essential mobility in their homes, workplaces, education, healthcare and transport settings. Mobility isn't nice-to-have: it's essential.

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If you like it, you could loan one of your own for a month, for FREE, delivered to your door through #Wheels4Me London! Visit wheels4me.co.uk to learn more. Wheels4Me London is delivered in partnership with @sustrans.bsky.social, @peddlemywheels.bsky.social & funded by the Motability Foundation.

Susie never got an opportunity to learn to cycle as a child, but took to it like a duck to water and was soon volunteering to share her new passion with others.

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers. Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.

Unreasonable fear of battery fires stoked by dangerous e-(motor)bike imports from online platforms is now stopping #Disabled people from using conventional mobility aids. AFAIK Powerchairs and mobility scooters are the same for highway law & product safety regulations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Susie is amazing - I’m psyching myself up to match her in journey-making adventurousness. Genuine inspiration - as in “oooh, maybe I could manage that one day, too”, none of the patronising stuff!

Sustainable drainage feature nearly finished! It’s only taken 2 years… “If we do this, the drive won’t end up as a lake when it rains & you won’t have to cycle through mud all winter” was a great excuse to motivate teens & husband to dig, but honestly I just wanted to grow pretty wet-ground flowers…

#disability, #accessibility & #ActiveTravel Bluesky: I’m looking for the source of the UK Highway Code & govt advice that powerchair & mobility scooter users should be able to read a number plate from 12.3m/20ft. It’s not law- just advice given threateningly with prosecution warnings!

Disabled people don’t just exist off-peak. Our freedom to travel shouldn’t either. Have you written to your MP to let them know why they need to #UnlockTransportAccess for everyone? Take a couple of minutes to speak out now: https://bit.ly/3VIx95C

Why has this become socially acceptable?

Figs (outside) and grapes (unheated greenhouse) still ripening. In the midlands. Climate change? What climate change?!? Aargh! (I am enjoying the fruit, but…)

"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...

No, backlash has not undercut the success of 30km/hour speed limits. They have incontrovertibly reduced death and injuries wherever they’ve been introduced. The backlash is just noise, it doesn’t change the facts.

A superb post about on-street parking and the baclkash against cycle parking here, from @maxsullivan.bsky.social movepeople.substack.com/p/bread-bin-...

British.

Turns out figs can ripen in October, in the midlands. This has not happened to us before! Good thing that having this fig tree has trained me to like figs… or something…