Is this true @ntcouncilteam.bsky.social? Irony is the council owns some e-bikes (which seem permanently to be in storage, but perhaps not in council buildings).

Join us this Friday for a social cycle ride in Newcastle. Start 6.30pm outside Newcastle Civic Centre for a shortish ride We will be heading along the cycle route to Heaton. Then back through Jesmond towards the city centre for some beverages and a chat.

A busy day on the North Tyneside seafront, despite the unwelcome chill, so nice to see lots of folk using the cycleway, including small kids with their families and bigger kids with their friends. This is what it’s about. Oh, and a new bike hire spot at Tynemouth Surf Co.

FAO anyone in or around North Tyneside and in need of or considering getting a bike:

All of our mayoral candidates agreed unequivocally that all possible schools should have school streets by 2030, in the words of our new mayor, Karen Clark “something the public can get behind”. We currently have 6. We have 56 first/primary schools & 4 middle schools. That’s a lot of work to do.

Join us tonight for a leisurely spin along the Sunrise Cycleway. 6:30 start from Tynemouth Priory.

So the first real policy decision on active travel or road safety by this government is a law targeting cyclists which will do nothing for road safety, briefed to a newspaper which openly hates cycling. Whatever your hopes for active travel from current ministers, perhaps calibrate these downwards.

All the candidates responses to 3 key public transport & active travel questions now on @chroniclelive.co.uk. **All commit to safe walking & cycling routes to (all) North Tyneside schools by 2030** @northeastptug.bsky.social www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

This post has now been updated to include a response from the Reform candidate. We now have responses from all 7 mayoral candidates, giving North Tyneside voters a chance to really scrutinise the differences between them on active travel and public transport. @northeastptug.bsky.social

With the North Tyneside Public Transport Users Group (@northeastptug.bsky.social), we asked all the mayoral candidates a series of questions about public transport and active travel. We received responses from 6 out of the 7 candidates: streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/04/13/p...

Due to construction of the new Seafront Cycleway, we're postponing our next Kidical Mass ride until the summer to celebrate the launch of the route. With construction work & diversions, we can't plan a safe route for the numbers that usually join us. Join our mailing list for updates: bit.ly/3YRJ5CY

This sounds familiar round here too…

A new sculpture for our new seafront cycleway (aka NCN1) - make your views known here:

Together with the North Tyneside Public Transport Users Group @northeastptug.bsky.social, we’re sending a set of questions about public transport & active travel to all the North Tyneside mayoral candidates. We’ll publish the responses when we have them. streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/04/13/p...

Great turnout for a chilly evening. See everyone next month? 🤞for a completed cycleway!

Back by popular demand! Join us this Friday, 28th March, 6:30pm at Spanish City Plaza for a leisurely ride to Tynemouth and back for drinks. IMPORTANT: There is a short section on-road to bypass the ongoing works on the cycleway. Sunset is at 6:34 so lights are essential.

We’re part of this coalition and we wrote, with our allies across the region, to push NECA and the mayor to be more ambitious and work harder to reduce car usage.

A successful day at No Time For Waste at the Linskill today, chatting to folk about walking and cycling in North Tyneside. Issues raised around active travel links to public transport, dangerous junctions on the Coast Rd cycle path, and pavements damaged by regular & normalised vehicle parking.

Bike update, with the No Time For Waste gathering in full swing -

First bikes parked up for No Time For Waste, organised by Buy The Kilo at the Linskill Centre. We’re there sharing a stall with the North Tyneside Public Transport Users Group (@northeastptug.bsky.social), amidst many other local businesses and campaigns. Open 10-4 - come along!

SOUTH TYNESIDE Public Transport Users Group will hold its inaugural meeting on Tuesday the 18th of March, 13:00, at Ocean Road Community Centre, South Shields. All those with an interest in public transport in South Tyneside are welcome to attend. More info: neptug.org.uk/southtynesid...

We will also be at No Time For Waste, sharing a stall with North Tyneside PTUG, for all your sustainable transport needs and interests. We look forward to meeting new folk and old friends on Sunday.

I wonder how the 28 people who were vocally opposed to this scheme, on the basis they quite like where they can currently park their cars, might feel knowing that a child has been knocked off his bike where there could’ve been a safer alternative?

A young person was knocked off his bike by a hit-and-run driver this morning outside John Spence School - exactly where the abandoned Preston Rd cycle path should have delivered him safely. Who will be held responsible and who will respond, before this happens again?

Meanwhile, Preston Road is being resurfaced - we know (unlike FB commenters) that these are different budgets, but pretty galling drivers get a smoother ride while those who cycle get nothing (except fewer potholes to dodge whilst also dodging drivers)

Something is going really wrong in North Tyneside if 28 people can put a stop to a cycle lane that connects children’s homes to their school:

In a new blog, we suggest North Tyneside Council gave up on the Preston Rd, North Shields cycle path on the basis of 28 consultation responses which they say they could not reconcile with design issues, on which they sought no further expert design advice: streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/02/19/m...

This Cullercoats roundabout is so hostile for pedestrians and cyclists, with necessarily wide arms, all at odd angles, and just one zebra. With a busy shop, the seafront, the metro, and cafes all accessible via the different arms, it really does need a redesign.

Very pleased to see North Tyneside Council are finally starting work repairing this footbridge - with a right of way - that they wanted to demolish. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

We’ve just uploaded our response to the North East Combined Authority’s Local Travel Plan to our blog, calling for the prioritisation of active travel and public transport infrastructure across the region and highlighting key issues for North Tyneside: streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/02/17/o...

Meanwhile, in Whitley Bay, work to repurpose the 1930s era cycle track as part of the new ‘Seafront Sustainable Travel Route’ is underway. Looks like the old concrete is being left in situ, though it will presumably be covered with asphalt. @carltonreid.com

Front Street, Tynemouth. This car can legally be parked here - on what appears itself to be private land, not public highway. But it shouldn’t be able to get there, and only can because a bollard is missing.

Seatonville Road always come to mind for us when we see this kind of transformation of a wide, local road. And perhaps also Preston Road North, where apparently delivering safe cycling infrastructure is too (politically?) difficult to deliver. Any other North Tyneside examples?

Listen to @cyclingadams.bsky.social from @sustrans.bsky.social talk about the tranche of Active Travel England money coming to the NE, and how we’ll need consistent funding for decades to build a region-wide, safe, connected network for walking, wheeling and cycling. www.facebook.com/share/v/14iS...

The next North Tyneside Transport Forum, a chance to speak to bus companies and Nexus about services in North Tyneside, is happening online on 26th Feb at 6.30. Details for how to sign up in poster below. @northeastptug.bsky.social

Love cycling? 😍 Our next social ride is this Friday 14th Feb. Meet at 6.30 by the River God at the Civic Centre for a an easy pootle around Newcastle finishing at a pub for a chat. Everyone welcome. What else could you possibly have on 😉

Our NORTH TYNESIDE Public Transport Users Group next meet: Sat 8th Feb, 10:30-12:00 at ‘Big Local Community Centre’, 158 Whitley Road, Whitley Bay. Go North East will be attending to consult on upcoming service changes. All welcome! For more info, visit: neptug.org.uk/north-tynesi...

Good to see the new Northumberland Line advertising for cycle-train journeys. Though if the carriages were really cycle-friendly you might not need a Brompton…

Just a reminder that this is tomorrow night - hope you can make it, and don't forget to share!

Our first social ride of 2025 is this Friday! 🗓️ Friday 31st January ⏰ 18:30 ride 📍 Spanish City plaza > Tynemouth > Whitley Bay via NCN1 🍻 Drinks location tbc by popular demand! 💡 Remember bike lights! We're a friendly bunch, and it's a slow, socially-paced ride so please do pop along! Pls share!

Not too late to comment on the unreliability of the newly-opened, long-awaited inclined lifts at the Tyne Pedestrian and Cycle Tunnels…

Got a quiet Sunday evening? Why not spend a bit of time responding to the North East Local Travel Plan? You have until midnight tonight 🕛 All details below.

To add to this morning’s post, the North East Combined Authority have also set up a dedicated survey on the North East Local Travel Plan for children and young people: shout.mindofmyown.org.uk/s/NorthEastLTP

Don’t forget to respond to the North East Combined Authority’s Local Travel Plan consultation. You can complete on online survey or email comments. All details and links here: www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/localtranspo...

It’s difficult to understand how this could happen here without the driver going at excessive speed. It’s also adjacent to a busy junction with a steady flow of pedestrians. Lucky no one was hurt. And, the @chroniclelive.co.uk makes no mention of a driver. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

“It needs people with courage to stand up &say: ‘This is not in the public interest. I want my kids to be able to get to school under their own steam” If you want to do this in Newcastle, join us, @spaceforheaton.com, @newcycling.bsky.social, @northeastptug.bsky.social or SPACEs for Fenham/Jesmond.

This: “It needs people with courage to stand up and say: ‘This is not in the public interest. I want my kids to be able to get to school under their own steam.’” (www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...) Most recently in North Tyneside: streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2024/10/31/n...

This is the excerpt for this stretch from the plans - difficult to assess the actual widths, but it suggests: - cycle path was planned to be wider than footpath - cycle path was planned to be as wide as each half of the carriageway In reality, neither of those things is true.

This path gets extremely busy with pedestrians - which is great! When it was a shared use path, I avoided riding on it when it was very busy, but still sometimes experienced hostility and once even a threat of physical violence from pedestrians. I hope but doubt this will resolve that conflict.

A better bit (phase 1)