A clarification that this article is incorrect The existing infrastructure built last year on Oldham Road will stay, including the CYCLOPS This scheme is building on that work to expand the cycle route into the city centre www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Great news for Salford City Centre! The Peel Green scheme has been paused, with the potential for the funds to be redirected to schemes in Salford City Centre. Great to see 'left behind' areas of Salford having their funding moved to more affluent areas www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Last call for tonight's Skill Share webinar! We'd love it if you can join us.

I just wrote a @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social letter: Demand a Better Plan for a Greater Manchester! @walkridegm.org.uk @walkriderochdale.org.uk Write one here:

Response to Carrington Relief Road - @walkridegm.org.uk

Designing parks for teenage girls does not mean taking space away from others. It means noticing who is not using parks and asking why. It’s about not assuming what teenagers want. It doesn't mean spaces just for teenage girls, it’s about designing spaces that girls, and others, want to use.

NEW FOR 2026... We're going to start running online Skill Share events on a range of different topics, starting with a general intro to Walk Ride GM (and active travel campaigning) featuring our very own @harryhamishgray.bsky.social. 🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/walkr...

There is a 94% failure rate for #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods outside London. Why is this being allowed to happen? @walkridegm.org.uk

There will be a another temporary closure/signed diversion in place on 12th/13th Feb on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 and the green footbridge for surface repairs where it is subsiding towards the river. @stockportcouncil.bsky.social @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

"Manchester named one of world's top cycling cities as Deansgate bike lane praised" – @manchestereveningnews.co.uk We think the Deansgate scheme is a massive step forward for Manchester, but is it 34th most bike-friendly city in the world? What do you reckon?

New consultation! Mersey Square in Stockport town centre is up for a revamp. New cycling facilities and improved public realm. Deadline 25 February. consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...

Enjoying the very Manc vibes of this image, @tomflood.bsky.social 🎸 (Apart from the Dunkin' Donuts coffee cup)

NEW FOR 2026... We're going to start running online Skill Share events on a range of different topics, starting with a general intro to Walk Ride GM (and active travel campaigning) featuring our very own @harryhamishgray.bsky.social. 🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/walkr...

Meanwhile, people in Greater Manchester are being killed and seriously injured at an increasing rate. Driver convenience is apparently more important than keeping people alive.

Either you're happy for people to be killed and injured to save you a couple of minutes on your journey, or you're not. The evidence that LTNs and 20mph zones save lives is overwhelming.

Good words on #Rochdale traffic from Cllr Sheerin here - there is no solution that works other than people walking, cycling or using public transport more. Now we need Rochdale to build an ambitious #ActiveTravel network @walkridegm.org.uk

And just like that, 2000 e bikes roll out across Birmingham In the 7 years we've had Beryl running our bike here we've barely lifted above 1000 bikes. @andyburnham.bsky.social we are being short changed.

And just like that, 2000 e bikes roll out across Birmingham In the 7 years we've had Beryl running our bike here we've barely lifted above 1000 bikes. @andyburnham.bsky.social we are being short changed.

There will be a temporary closure/signed diversion in place tomorrow on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 bridge and the green footbridge to allow a large unsafe tree to be felled - likely to be closed for 2 or 3 days. @stockportcouncil.bsky.social @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

Thanks to the work done by @walkridegm.org.uk members, I now have somewhere to lock my bike at @stretforduke.bsky.social’s weekly ukulele jams 👍

1 of 3 core ambitions in this @mancitycouncil.bsky.social document is ‘create a more walkable city centre’🙌 Such a positive story could be told here around changes to support us all move more and feel better. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater... @walkridegm.org.uk @gmmoving.co.uk

Simple yet ingenious electric bike hire in Caen, France. Bikes are locked together like a trolley rack. Stops theft and vandalism. If only Bee Network and @andyburnham.bsky.social would let us have such a clever and useful system

This scheme won @walkridegm.org.uk 2024 proposed scheme of the year, and is an important missing link from Irlam to the rest of Salford, continuing the existing A57 shared route. Without this scheme, the rapidly growing Port Salford will become increasingly locked into car dependency.

Promising initial data from the #Oxford - city centre footfall up, city centre traffic and bus journeys down. Yet more evidence that if you want to make #PublicTransport work, it's not if you need a #CongestionCharge but when. We need this in Greater Manchester. @walkridegm.org.uk

The #CWIS3 backlash continues - multiple organisations petitioning for clearer targets, strategy and funding, brining #ActiveTravel in line with driving & rail If you’ve not done so, respond to the consultation @cyclinguk.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

We've signed a letter to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 with 50+ other groups across the country

The 2025 Walk Ride GM Awards celebrated council, local volunteer and community efforts to progress active travel across Greater Manchester.

Good interview between @LauraLaker.bsky.social and @ChristianWolmar.bsky.social about #CWIS3 @callingallstations.bsky.social The deadline for the consultation is 15 Dec - if #ActiveTravel is important to you, please respond ASAP using the @cyclinguk.bsky.social guidance @walkridegm.org.uk

City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it! Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling. City: No, we'll lose parking spots.

Coronation Street-themed Kidical Mass, anyone?

Fab night at the @walkridegm.org.uk awards tonight, with Cllr Anthony. Manchester won Best Council and Best Scheme (Deansgate)..amazing. Thanks to brilliant officers ...sorry Cllr Tracey couldn't be there . And thanks to WalkRideChorlton for the peleton home along the Floop..

Tonight!

Manchester next? @walkridegm.org.uk

Have you booked your ticket for our annual awards night yet? Don't miss your chance to have some fun and celebrate our hard-earned successes over the past year 🎉

The Walk Ride GM Awards return! Grab your seat now for the most anticipated night of the year 🎊

For all three questions I will select Strongly Disagree. I will detail the points above. You can fill in the consultation (see link) or email [email protected] Include your name and postcode. If you live nearby, please also email your councillors with your objections. Thank you!

The consultation closes TODAY. And I’ll be responding as follows. If you agree with my points, it would be great if you could also respond.

Back in 2020, Stockport Council consulted on a walking and cycling scheme along (or occasionally parallel to) the A34. It was a mixed bag, but local campaigners supported it with several caveats. It’s back for another consultation – because part of the scheme is being dropped.

Today we rode to demand safer streets for women cycling in winter. Cycling is joyous but many women feel left out of our movement. It's time that changed.

A wonderful “Lights Up 2025” #glowride Disco On Wheels cycle in Manchester this evening. Many parks & quiet routes feel unsafe to women & girls in the dark nights. About 200 cyclists with music+lights. Empowering ✊🚦💡🚲 Thanks organisers & ride leaders. @walkridegm.org.uk @stationsouth.bsky.social

The #Oxford #CongestionCharge is already having a positive effect because its political leaders had the bravery to see it through. The evidence is that this works & make public transport more attractive. All councils should have powers to implement congestion charging @walkridegm.org.uk

*manifesting a world where this much money is spent advertising bikes and walking*

Seven years into #MadeToMove very little of this vision has been delivered. This will go down as a huge missed opportunity to make travel cheaper and improve health and air quality in #GreaterManchester. We call upon the city’s politicians to restore the vision #BeeNetwork @walkridegm.org.uk

Oh, oh my @cyclinguk.bsky.social @rideleicester.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

Last year I realised something that has changed my perspective on advocacy At @walkridegm.org.uk we noticed social media wasn’t having a meaningful impact on active travel delivery, so we shifted our focus to more constructive spaces

Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?

📯Huge Opportunity for Public Space Improvement Do you want to see a joined-up #BeeNetwork in #GreaterManchester? Then have your say on this impressive proposal for Seymour Grove. It's ambitious on paper, but local Councillors need confidence that there's public backing to approve it.

Nice blog here from @walkridegm.org.uk on nitrogen dioxide levels in Greater Manchester. www.walkridegm.org.uk/2025/09/03/l...

Want to know the story behind the UK's biggest @kidicalmass.bsky.social? Layla Siebert shares her story on how she started Kidical Mass in our latest podcast 👇🏻

Want to know the story behind the UK's biggest @kidicalmass.bsky.social? Layla Siebert shares her story on how she started Kidical Mass in our latest podcast 👇🏻