#GreaterManchester, would you like a calmer, safer, less polluted journey to school? #SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution around schools and encourage walking, cycling & scooting. Get in touch with our GM Co-ordinator Liz at [email protected] if you want this at your school!

We so need to have people-friendly pavements here in Congleton. It has been done in London so when here? @cheshire-east.bsky.social

How do you know your city is a healthy habitat for people? A decent place to start is whether children can play freely in their neighbourhoods and get around independently. This is an excellent introduction to Tim’s work and the benefits of shifting away from car centric urban spaces.

Good episode of @thewaroncars.bsky.social - who *did* decide that all our public space would be given over to cars? #LiveableNeighbourhoods

Good evidence of the effect of building safe #ActiveTravel infrastructure - aside from the health and environmental benefits, it builds in transport resilience

Bus strike mania has hit Manchester This week Oxford Road saw the most cyclists in a single day EVER Nearly 4000 people used the route on Monday

Good to see an MP speaking up on #PavementParking - five years after the consultation closed there is public appetite for action. Councils need the powers to enforce (including retention of fines to pay for other road safety initiative)

Excellent work in Oxford #CongestionCharge

"Looking at the entire British population, 90% of citizens live in areas which breach World Health Organization guidelines." New analysis by @healthequals.bsky.social emphasises the inequities of exposure and vulnerability to #AirPollution, & shows how far we still have to go to clean up our air.

Disappointing that the Government’s strategy for the #InactivityPandemic is to encourage people to go for a run (which people with busy lives will find hard to make time for) rather than building in ‘incidental exercise’ by making it easier to walk to the shops or school #ActiveTravel

As the schools go back, the additional traffic from the school run will be obvious. For a substantial proportion, especially primary, the distance to school is less than a mile so walking, wheeling or cycling would be feasible if it felt safer to do so #SchoolStreets @solveschoolrun.bsky.social

A good read on why we need to reverse the trend towards ever bigger cars. Children are 82% more likely to be killed in a collision with an SUV rather than a small car. #Carspreading

Trigger Warning for Road Violence. I found out last night that this video forms part of the induction for new students at Jesmond Park Academy. Accompanied by a warning to pupils to look both ways, even when the green man / red light is on, because drivers can't be trusted to stop🚦. Cont.

Today is #CycleToWorkDay Contact your councillors and ask for safe infrastructure to give more people the choice to cycle to work, school or the shops in safety - ⅔ of adults would cycle instead of driving with the health benefits this brings if they didn't have to mix with traffic. #DemandBetter

Today is National Cycle to Work Day! 🚲 Cycling means cleaner air, less congestion, and a healthier you. It’s good for our planet and our wellbeing: boosting fitness, lowering stress, and lifting your mood before the workday even begins. Let’s make active travel the norm. #CycleToWorkDay

Please consider signing this petition to help ensure alternative long-distance walking and cycling routes are provided when existing ones are lost to major transport schemes #ActiveTravel @cyclinguk.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social

“What is an acceptable death toll that justifies getting to work two minutes faster?” #20sPlenty @walkridegm.org.uk

Me, trying to work out how Newcastle managed to solve its traffic problems overnight. Oh yeah, it's the start of the 6 weeks summer holidays. Which demonstrates that an awful lot of our traffic in the mornings is School Run. Why did the Council abandon it's #SchoolStreets programme?

This is good work from @vikkislademp.bsky.social - #IllegalParking is a danger to people walking, wheeling and cycling and councils should be properly empowered to enforce it (including using #ANPR cameras) and keep the fines to subsidise enforcement and other transport measures.

After raising the issue of illegal parking with the Minister yesterday, I’ve sent a letter seeking clarity on the Government’s plans for enforcing parking fines. Also I have requested a meeting with the Minister and affected councils to discuss the next steps.

Please sign if you can #ActiveTravel

The benefits of #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods keep building, whether that’s health, air quality or (as in this) road safety. Our politicians must have the courage to do the right thing and expand these.

What’s true in London will be true in our other towns and cities. The benefits of #ActiveNeighbourhoods are becoming overwhelming, and we need action, and now. Reinstate the #MilkstoneAndDeeplish trial. #StopDeKindermoord @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

#ActiveTravel is a public health intervention as much as anything else, and our political leaders must make the case for this - reduced illness, and reduced demand for social care.

This is an excellent piece by @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social explaining in detail why poorly considered and unnecessary legislation on #BusStopBypasses is a major threat to cycling for transport and the health, air quality and environmental benefits #ActiveTravel brings

@lauralaker.bsky.social @adamtranter.bsky.social @podstreetsahead.bsky.social Hi guys ! By coincidence, @pedalme.bsky.social the bike courier people are running a citizen science project into substitution in the food delivery industry. You should check it out: www.pedalme.co.uk/whos-doing-t...

The political dial is shifting on #SubstitutionClauses - write to your MP today asking them to support measures to close this #GigEconomy loophole, as recommended in the recent @appgcw.bsky.social report on #eBikes @walkriderochdale.org.uk @walkridegm.org.uk

Oxford trying out a congestion charge is worth a shot in 2025 I am quite honestly fed up with the negativity and hypocrisy around it. It's time to make the positive case 👇 [10 minutes and a ☕ may be needed] cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/from-city-...

In the same week Government figures suggest that ⅓ children are obese, we are simply not doing enough to enable health #ActiveLifestyles

As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...

Good stuff from the @appgcw.bsky.social on illegal e-motorcycles here (recommending better enforcement of existing rules, but also closure of loopholes and a recognition that unregulated e-bikes are damaging #ActiveTravel)

DM me if you want to join the Cheshire Active Travel Syndicate. Our next Zoom meeting will have a speaker on School Streets.

This looks like a really quick win, particularly where it’s too expensive to rebuild a continuous footway across the side road entrance. #SideRoadZebras should be supported by the DfT and made much easier to install.

Sustrans response to the Spending Review 2025

It was another busy week last week both in Westminster and across the constituency

This is a great example of how greenways can connect communities.

This is excellent work by the London Assembly - #CarBloat is a danger to vulnerable road users and the environment

Let’s build the infrastructure to give everyone the choice to walk, wheel or cycle instead of driving short distances - any activity helps #ActiveTravel

Thank you for supporting active travel initiatives, @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social

We applaud the new Dutch-style roundabout in Westgate, Chichester. We need more such #ActiveTravel initiatives in Chichester District and throughout West Sussex.

Happy #WorldBicycleDay!

Impressive what can be done with the poltical will #LiveableCities

Good work by @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social

Framing is important - describing neighbourhoods where it’s safe to walk, wheel and cycle as #ChildSafeZones is powerful, and if it’s safe enough for children to play out and travel to and from activities, it’s safe enough for everyone else too @chrisboardman.bsky.social

As if you needed another reason to vote @libdems.org.uk this Thursday. 🔶 Lib Dems have a strong track record on climate & the environment 🌍 Our candidates are ready to deliver real action, not just words. Vote for a greener, fairer future. #LibDems #ClimateandNature

A timely and interesting article on how our approach to streets is failing children

Olly Glover, MP for Didcot and Wantage, led a debate in Parliament to highlight the benefits of encouraging children to walk and cycle to school and to urge the government to prioritise active travel in its Road Safety Strategy. The debate received lively cross party support. 🧵

Yesterday, I spoke in a debate on active travel. I'm proud to be Oxford's MP, home to the country's no.1 cycling school, Cherwell, where 58% of students cycle. Segregated cycle lanes are just one part of the Lib Dem effort to get 1 million people cycling in Oxfordshire by 2031.