🚨 Event incoming! 🗓️ Thursday 16th Oct 2025. 8–9pm Stuck in the Slow Lane: Tackling Car Dependency 🚗↘️ Join us and Izzy from @wearepossible.bsky.social where we explore the art of communicating the case for reducing car dependence 🔗 Register now (it's free!) actionnetwork.org/events/commu...

Cargo bikes. They're not for everyone, but for a lot of people they can and do replace a lot of car trips. Good news for people that want less traffic. Must watch video on cargo bike research 😎

£1 bus fare for young people in Wales 😍https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93dvw0dp2yo

School is back in session! 🎓 We’re already excited about our #WOWTopTen Autumn challenge, which begins in October. Step up to the challenge and walk, wheel, cycle or scoot this school term. Find out how you can get involved here: www.livingstreets.org.uk/walk-to-scho...

Happy to read this! We need a better 603 In London to cut school traffic as well!

Two new bus routes aim to help ease school traffic in Brighton and Hove 🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Paradise Square, Sheffield.

Enroute is proud to work with @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social‬ and the wider alliance to campaign for better local transport and shape a more sustainable future by reducing traffic and shifting journeys to active travel and public transport.‍️ 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3HL9AFV

Who is ready for the congestion the new school year will bring? 😔

The "massively expensive" public transport options in the UK and the state of the country's roads are prompting thousands to go on "extreme day trips" 😟😟😟😟 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What needs to change before you'd consider buying an e-bike? www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/uk-...

"We envisage a town where e-cargo bikes are the norm for retail and business deliveries." - Paul Carvell, Big Town Plan Partnership www.shropshirestar.com/news/2025/08...

“… private car ownership uses space very inefficiently: individual cars are parked perhaps 95% of the time, and roads and parking mainly used by cars has been shown to occupy as much as 41% of space in some localities.” Interesting discussion piece considering whether ‘things have to be like this.’

Here's our response to the news that RPI hit 4.8% last month, the figure the Government usually uses to set the following year's annual rail fare rise. This year the fare rise was RPI+1%...could a 5.8% fare rise be on the cards for 2026?

Labour promised to be the ‘builders not the blockers’, yet by agreeing to permanently seal up the disused Queensbury (railway) Tunnel near Bradford, it is blocking the development of a new greenway that would be a huge regional asset actionnetwork.org/letters/save...

Personal experience of this, 5 mile commute in hilly Sheffield several times per week, current Bosch battery on my Raleigh Motus about to hit 7k miles over the 4 years I’ve had it #bikeisbest

Physical inactivity is estimated to cost the UK £7.4 billion annually (including £0.9 billion to the NHS alone). Active travel is one of the best return on investment decisions governments can make. Yet people are still having to campaign for better infrastructure and funding.

Kidical Mass is run by informal local groups with no significant funding or charitable status. They do fantastic grassroots cycling advocacy in a way which is difficult for the usual cycling opponents to attack. Unglamorous crowdfunder but necessary - please contribute!

With the new Premier League season in full flow, our guest blog asks: can football shrink its carbon footprint by helping fans travel more sustainably? bettertransport.org.uk/blog/fan-tra...

44 long-term bike storage lockers to be installed in Plymouth 🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a bold and positive report with some great recommendations, including things we called for: • Gaps in bus provision should be identified & filled • Government should publish guidance on minimum service levels • A national standard for bus stops: committees.parliament.uk/committee/15...

No one should die just trying to get from A to B. Our research shows that the public want action to make roads safer, and the majority of drivers would accept delays to get there. Read the blog here: ippr.org/articles/everyday-concerns-what-people-want-from-transport

Heidi Alexander is expected to make the Northern Powerhouse Rail project a key theme of her conference speech... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

When will more people wake up and smell the coffee 🙃 bsky.app/profile/lowt...

Cycling: - lowers personal travel costs - helps to cut carbon emissions - reduces inner city travel time - has proven mental and physical health benefits Great article by Dr Zakiyya Adam, University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk www.ox.ac.uk/news/feature...

"Enabling people to get about under their own steam (active travel) will help reduce pressure on the NHS, all while boosting local economies and the environment – it’s one of the most vital interventions we can make.” - @chrisboardman.bsky.social www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...

"Our findings show how small changes - like improving path surfaces - can help enable more active lifestyles, particularly for those with mobility challenges." Dr Jack Benton, @manchester.ac.uk www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...

Road traffic deaths are not inevitable!

An important read: things the UK could learn from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo: - You need political will, but that alone will not get you there - The car is “not just a vehicle” - Health is the most persuasive argument we have micromobilitybiz.com/five-things-...

I’ve listened to this podcast twice, and want to listen again to take notes - so many fascinating insights from @ianwalker.bsky.social and @edwardlamb.bsky.social about the strange psychology of car driving and #motornormativity open.spotify.com/episode/2Yxn... @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social

One for our East Midlands contacts: "Tell the Mayor to fund sustainable travel not roads" actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Understanding the financial cost of too much traffic is a key part of our work. It's great to see local leaders working hard to reduce traffic 😎

We were delighted to attend this event! 🚌

In a Jam: Five ideas to get Lewes moving Some great sessions coming up here from @lewesclimatehub.bsky.social! If you are nearby, get involved 😎 lewesclimatehub.org

We find out the decision from the Court of Appeal on our Active Travel legal challenge tomorrow - the day before the Spending Review!

*things we wish we'd made* 👇

walkable places when? 🚶‍♀️🤸👨‍🦽🚴

"Dorset Council's Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) aims to improve transport links across North Dorset with more frequent bus services, stronger connections to rail, and improved accessibility for rural communities." uk.news.yahoo.com/bus-plan-boo...

Really enjoyed this conversation, with examples of how our behaviours are so often shaped not by what we know or believe but are shaped by the environment and options around us. We DO things (which are made easy for us by our environment) and THEN we believe they are worth doing.

“The thing you have to understand about why people speed through the junction at the end of our street IS THE GLOBAL FINANCE SYSTEM” That and a lot more 🔥 from our latest podcast with Ian Walker. Tune in! We'll paste the Apple/Spotify links below as well lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/2025/05/09/t...

“The reason why people are speeding past the end of your road is because of the global car finance system.” Interesting perspective from @ianwalker.bsky.social in conversation with @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2Yxn...

This is a really good chat! You should definitely have a listen if you're interested in active travel or urbanism

“Tell me what you care about and I’ll tell you the answer is less cars." JUST PUBLISHED! Our latest podcast episode, which features the magnificent @ianwalker.bsky.social. There's a lot to go at in this one. The psychology of transport is endlessly fascinating. Have a listen 🔊

"What if there were a vision that as well as just being able to get places by car, which is the sole choice in many parts of Britain, there were options like, say, cycling and walking, to the train station or even the whole journey?" Lovely piece by @lauralaker.bsky.social 😎

Induced demand, but for trains. You love to see it 😎 "A newly reopened railway line has attracted so many passengers that carriages may have to be added to trains to avoid people having to stand, a council said." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Because safer, healthier streets shouldn’t be controversial. They should be common sense." New post! Why Local Election Candidates Should Be Bold About Reducing Traffic 👇 lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/2025/04/11/w...

🚦 Introducing: #VoteLowTraffic 🚦 We’ve launched a new campaign ahead of the local elections in England this May — to put traffic reduction and sustainable transport at the heart of the conversation. 🧵(1/5) 👉 lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/vote-low-tra...

Very important video (including lots of research) from GCN

We'll be launching our #VoteLocal campaign on Monday but this looks fantastic to get your walking and cycling campaign head on. Grab a seat while you can!

If you haven't yet seen or heard about the work being done in Shrewsbury then we strongly recommend you take a look. Traffic reduction combined with a huge effort to improve the liveability of what is already a wonderfully walkable town 👏 www.shrewsburymoves.com