"With sustainability comes empathy and compassion. These are all traits that you get when you decide to take care of the place that gives you life.” The top footballer who pulls up to his club's training ground on a bicycle. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Let’s hope this is the tipping point. The phrase ‘I don’t have time to take the car’ is slowly dawning on many people as they sit and watch everyone else zip past them on their bikes. www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...

Interesting finding on the impact of London’s ULEZ expansion. “… [it] led to increased footfall on local high streets, particularly in deprived areas, where the policy may have heightened reliance on nearby commercial hubs” Argues creates new need/opportunity to invest in local town centres.

A bit of paint does not make a cycle lane ‘safe’ as claimed by some politicians. “Painted cycle lanes and shared bus lanes tended to increase the likelihood of injury, compared to there being no such infrastructure.” www.westminster.ac.uk/news/typical...

A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design. "A lot of factors contributed to this, but speed limits are one of the most important". There were 277 injury-causing traffic accidents - in contrast to ~1,000 accidents annually in the 1980s. yle.fi/a/74-20174831

Here’s the “elephant in the room” with the outstanding (and FAST) growth in urban biking here in Paris — the tension between 2 NATURAL ALLIES, people on bikes and people walking, needs work, lest it become a political wedge issue. City Hall reminds everyone that pedestrians have priority EVERYWHERE.

FACT: The more people choosing to walk, bike & take public transit to get around cities, the better cities work for EVERYONE, including DRIVERS. Anyone claiming that less car dependency is a “war on cars” doesn’t understand how cities (or geometry) work. It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.

📍 From Enfield to Wandsworth, the London Cycling Festival, supported by Lime, is taking place across the capital, and you won't want to miss out! 🤳 Book onto an event today and we'll see you there: bit.ly/4lIuhBu

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out and made the 2025 WBR Spring Fayre such a joyful, buzzing celebration! The sun was shining, the music was pumping, the kids were beaming and the vibes were unbeatable. Thank you to the community that supports local and brings this amazing street to life.

‘British self-identity that says “we can’t have nice things like this”, as though it’s “not our way”. I don’t think there is any truth to that: social habits are quickly learned and unlearned. Build a street-dining culture and people will take the seats on offer’. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Priority bus lanes, wider pavements, clean air zones, 20mph limits, cycle lanes and phasing out diesel… could all help address these concerns, stop traffic or pollution from rising, and give people more choice in how they get around. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Change is possible.

JUST 1 WEEK TO GO!! The countdown is ON for the 2025 SPRING FAYRE — next Sun 11th May! The bunting is up, the banners are hung, and the buzz is building all along WBR! 160+ street traders, FREE kids activities, Food & Drink and more - right here in South Fulham! wbrassociation.org.uk/spring-fayre/

Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.” Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried. This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership. Cities are a result of choices.

The SPRING FAYRE is back! Sun 11 May! Bring family & friends, grab your shopping bags, whet your appetites & put on your dancing shoes. 160+ stalls: Food, Drink, FREE kid's Activities, live music, Maypole dancing, Cycling Zone & more! wbrassociation.org.uk/spring-fayre

An old article from 2014 and still true today. “Making driving easier also means that people take more trips in the car than they otherwise would. … As long as driving on the roads remains easy and cheap, people have an almost unlimited desire to use them.” www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt...

🚆+🚲 = The ultimate travel duo. The Dutch model shows what’s possible when cities design for multimodal travel. Trains run like clockwork, and bikes are everywhere—waiting at stations, in guarded parking garages, and zipping people to their final destinations.

Why is there ANY debate? 🤦‍♀️ 20mph in Wales meant about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured in a year. “There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

“It’s ecological!” Chalamet said about his decision to ride an electric bike to the premiere of “A Complete Unknown.” The actor admitted it all came down to beating traffic. In order to make it to the premiere on time, he hopped on a bike instead of taking a car. 👏👏👏 variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Great to see so much happening behind the scenes. There is no doubt that more cycling and LTNs are coming for London in 2025 which will make this a more liveable city for everyone.

NEW EPISODE: "How Cars Change Us with Tara Goddard." Why do people behave so badly behind the wheel of a car? Why do reporters use passive language to describe traffic violence? @drtaragoddard.bsky.social joins us to talk about her fascinating research. thewaroncars.org/2024/12/17/1...

Sheffield’s first ‘Dutch-style’ roundabout has opened. Compared to installing traffic signals, the design is safer for pedestrians and cyclists, causes less delay to people driving, and creates more green space. www.facebook.com/share/v/18e3...

“I don’t understand it. Every day I drive from my home near Lawrence subway station to my office at King & Yonge & the traffic just keeps getting worse.” “Move! GET OUT OF THE WAY,” he then shouted from his solo occupied SUV at a bus carrying 85 people. Funny. www.thebeaverton.com/2024/12/why-...

An annual U.S. Thanksgiving reminder that you’re not “stuck in traffic,” you ARE traffic. Happy #Thanksgiving.

“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.” Leadership. #Paris www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...

Sharing from @hfcouncil.bsky.social: Lead the change you want to see in H&F. Apply now to become a H&F Climate Champion and get free expert training, project support, and mentoring to launch your own environmental initiative. Apply by Dec 5: www.lbhf.gov.uk/environment/... 🧵1/2

Children see streets differently onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "children + young people are often most at risk from car dominance, as they are especially vulnerable to road violence, pollution + the erosion of public space... all the more true in marginalised + disadvantaged communities"

Really interesting report from @livingstreets.bsky.social that shows pedestrianised town centres have higher sales. Pedestrians spend more money in local shops than people arriving by car. You only have to look at towns and cities in the Netherlands to see this in action.

'We need to challenge the unquestioned status of the car and the violence that it generates. It threatens kids rights to independently roam public spaces. This directly threatens their long-term health & wellbeing’ The Fietsprofessor & Hulya Gilbert write on #SaferStreets Re-evaluating #CarCulture

Very important line here from Transport Secretary Louise Haigh on road safety: "We treat road safety in a way as if it is somehow a natural accident. If the number of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads, were being killed in any other way, we'd be treating it as a pandemic."

The Government has said it will launch the first road safety strategy for over 10 years and will look at best practice on vision zero from around the world, and from cities who have committed to it in the UK. I really hope this plan is ambitious and challenges the status quo.

The "Hill of Hysteria". Why do changes to our urban environment generate so much anxiety & hostility even though we know the present status quo is failing us? Yet decades of research shows once changes are in people love them and do not want to go back! wbrassociation.org.uk/why-changing....