Boombox Barry! The man, the myth, the legend - spills all on bike and scooter hire in Manchester.

A letter to the leader of Manchester City Council Bev Craig sent after May's remarkable local election results. The full letter can be read here: www.walkridegm.org.uk/2026/05/20/l...

Here's the situation. You're in a rush to catch a train at Oxford Road. You're already late and only have a minute or so to lock up. You push the bike into the stand and the lock fails - you can't seem to get the front lock into place. You miss the train. Seems familiar?

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I was really pleased on cycling a route I've not taken in a couple of years to see that Stockport and Manchester Councils have removed all the restrictive gates and A-frames. Well done! Mersey Valley entrances today & 2025/2020

Sharing this excellent and thought-provoking #GCN video again. “A disconnected cycle network is almost as bad as no cycle lane at all” Ask your #LocalElections2026 candidates to support #ActiveTravel

*cries in Dutch*

#PetrolPrices are up 30p/litre and it's no wonder nearly 1:3 drivers is considering switching to cycling for short journeys. Building #ActiveTravel infrastructure enables people to make cheaper and healthier transport choices #CostOfLiving @walkridegm.org.uk @cyclinguk.bsky.social

Love this sign!

this was the second piece in this back to school campaign. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

the reality of road safety campaigns @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Excellent piece on #Greenways by @lauralaker.bsky.social - rural areas need #ActiveTravel routes connecting towns and villages just as much as urban areas do and it's important that barriers to building these are minimised @walkridegm.org.uk

Local elections are three weeks away! Now is a great time to open up a conversation on active travel with your future councillors – here's @slowbikeiain.bsky.social's top tips. ⚡️ Tip 1: When communicating with candidates, keep it quick.

Local elections are three weeks away! Now is a great time to open up a conversation on active travel with your future councillors – here's @slowbikeiain.bsky.social's top tips. ⚡️ Tip 1: When communicating with candidates, keep it quick.

"Driving is actually quite a wealthy person's game. The more money people have, the more they drive." - @ianwalker.bsky.social Anyone running for office should be shown this video and asked for their position on it.

This is quite an interesting tool for comparing towns and cities when it comes to #ActiveTravel provision @walkridegm.org.uk

Choose Choice. Don't wake up in 6 months to learn that the proposal to give people genuine transport choice along this North Manchester corridor has cancelled in favour of car-choked roads and unreliable bus times. Have your say by 29 March and Choose Choice: www.walkridegm.org.uk/2026/03/24/s...

I used to live just off Oldham Road in Ancoats, and it was truly a horrid swathe of tarmac. The proposed walking and cycling improvements really look good. Have a read of what @walkridegm.org.uk are saying about it and respond to the consultation if you can. www.walkridegm.org.uk/2026/03/24/s...

Speak up for the #OldhamRoad scheme - this is exactly the kind of high quality infrastructure the city region needs! #ActiveTravel @walkridegm.org.uk

Thank you to @walkridegm.org.uk for inviting me to talk about how best for campaigners to approach local election candidates during the campaign. youtu.be/UXPWizfzN2w?...

Do you want to see more investment in North Manchester's health? Read more via our blog and have your say by Sunday 29 March to avoid missing out: www.walkridegm.org.uk/2026/03/24/s...

Active travel job available in Trafford and Manchester!

#TheMiraclePill @walkridegm.org.uk

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We're recruiting a Walking and Cycling Bus Coordinator and Administrator 📯📯📯 Join our team! Apply now lnkd.in/ekhTE7br

We're recruiting a Walking and Cycling Bus Coordinator and Administrator 📯📯📯 Join our team! Apply now lnkd.in/ekhTE7br

Imagine, letting your kids cycle to school, thinking there's dedicated cycling infrastructure for them use. Only for them to have to negotiate cycle lane closures with no alternatives and construction traffic blocking the way. Trafford Council should be insisting on better at construction sites.

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.