Tesla has been convicted at least 18 times and ordered to pay more than £20,000 for repeatedly failing to co-operate with UK police forces. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Really interesting episode about how car dependency ruins kids' lives. Personally, growing up in a car-only place was a prison. Worse I didn't quite realize how bad it was while in it. #carsruincities

@yonahfreemark.com reviews "all of the urban transit projects around the globe that are planned for 2026—and list those that were completed in 2025." www.thetransportpolitic.com/2026/01/20/t...

📢 new paper out with @debbiehopkins.bsky.social and @ianloader.bsky.social, on different notions of freedom linked to driving and flying. Available open access at journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I have to point to our recent work where most of the people we spoke to favoured car-reduction policies, but thought they were unusual for doing so. This is one reason why consultations, as currently enacted, won't work to gauge support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Where is transit expansion happening around the world? Basically everywhere! Brand new on The Transport Politic: The hundreds of metro, light rail, bus, & aerial tram projects planned to open in 2026. 🛤️ 🚋 🚌 www.thetransportpolitic.com/2026/01/20/t...

Illinois recently announced an increase in the age at which seniors must pass an on-road driving test from 79 to 87 www.ft.com/content/ad8c...

Here is How to Bike in Deep Winter from one of the coldest places in Canada. momentummag.com/how-to-bike-...

Free bus travel for under 22s is just one step to help support those areas devastated by years of austerity. KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5. news.sky.com/story/green-...

There were more than 1 million larger cars - SUVs - sold in 2023. This is around 60% of sales and is projected to be 75% of sales in coming years*. 🚸 We believe children should be safe travelling to and from school. * Stats @cleancitiescampaign #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun

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

As always, a fantastic response from @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk : wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/response-to-...

There were over 15,000 responses to the Government's consultation on pavement parking in 2020 - and now we have the data 📉 How does pavement parking affect you? https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/45tiHnx

None of these vehicles fit inside on street parking spaces and consequently they should not be being issued with residents’ parking permits. This seems very obvious to me.

Love that this paper documents how: "Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences" Thinking about bike journeys as playful and connecting seems pretty powerful to me.

TAX. THESE. OUT. OF. EXISTENCE! These monstrosities should be illegal! Large vehicles are markedly deadlier for pedestrians. Being struck by a large SUV raises the risk of death by around 40 per cent compared with a smaller car; for children, the risk is up to eight times higher..."

Camden has a new mobility hub. What is a mobility hub? Watch the video to find out.

Quality, Safety and Comfort

Today, @transportgovuk announced plans to tackle pavement parking This problem affects everyone, with a big impact on vulnerable people inc. those who use wheelchairs or mobility aids, parents with pushchairs and people who are visually impaired Quote from our CEO, Xavier Brice

Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually works. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/c...

Survey about priorities for Great British Railways bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...

Want to get more involved in making our streets safer and greener? We have the perfect way to kick things off! Join us and @sfrost.bsky.social on Monday 12th Jan for our free webinar, Everyday Concerns: What People Want From Transport actionnetwork.org/events/every...

Technology has moved on. The law hasn’t. This consultation is an important chance to make sure the rules work for people who use powered mobility devices.

A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

I really welcome the new National Road Safety Strategy. With 28,000 people killed or serious injured on GB roads each year, it's astonishing there's been no new strategy since 2011. The plan's ambitious with policies that'll help save lives in London too. 👏 @transportgovuk.bsky.social

We can't talk about Americans' empty wallets without talking about our empty buses and sidewalks.

As we've known for a long time, the current car-first/car-only approach to UK urban planning is hostile to everyone except men. All of these things talked about would make towns and cities better for everyone; especially embedding the need for "eyes on the street", as espoused by Jane Jacobs.

Road safety: No extra laws will work unless there is a better resourced system for enforcing them. At the moment it’s like the Wild West on our roads - across speeding, parking, illegal vehicles and drivers as well as drink driving. #r4today

Critically, we also need the public to support actions that enable older people to live great lives without having to drive for when they fail the eye tests. So the public need to get onboard with no pavement parking, pedestrian priority, denser housing, fewer out-of-town shopping centres, etc etc

The only target for the number of people killed on the road should be zero. With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.

Oh boo hoo I can't drink my neuro toxin then get behind the wheel of my ten ton murder machine. (Obviously I'm being a bit facetious here, but come on, this is the absolute peak of entitlement as an argument.

Great stuff here from @soozaphone.bsky.social about the flimsiness of arguments being trotted out today against lowering the drink drive limit in England & Wales open.substack.com/pub/suzigage... I might be one of the cynics complaining about enforcement though...

The Road Safety Strategy is expected to be published tomorrow and likely to include plans to reduce the drink drive limit in England and Wales to match Scotland's (and most European countries). However, it is crucial that enforcement is significantly... www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...

Drivers over the age of 70 will have to have their vision checked every three years, under plans to reform driving laws in Britain. The changes are part of the government's new road safety strategy, which will be published on Wednesday.

Everyone should have the freedom to travel. But 16 million disabled people in the UK are blocked from that. Transport for All exists to break down barriers, so we can all make the journeys we want to, easily and confidently. Learn more on our website: https://bit.ly/4rZowmd

This finding of "hidden" public support for green policies strongly echoes our work on pluralistic ignorance when it comes to non-car travel: most people support non-car travel more than car travel, but at the same time they believe this is a minority view

🚨Event! Tackling Car-dependent New Housing 🚨 Join us and @sfrost.bsky.social, former head of transport policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research as we discuss the public’s views on transport and what it means. 🚗🚌 🗓️ Register now (it's free!) actionnetwork.org/events/every...

Cars account for 29% of journeys in Brussels down from 38% in 2010. Car infrastructure occupies 53% of public space vs 4% dedicated to public transport and bikes (study). www.lesoir.be/720441/artic...

guess what happens when that transit dependent rider decides the shitty service ain’t worth it, gives up and buys a car, locking them into years of monthly car payments? Well, they don’t go back to riding the bus, even if service is restored. can’t just toggle switch transit service on and off

It's not as if we weren't warned.

“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment. Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵 In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).

The stand out success of 2025 in Wales is that the roll out of 20mph as the default speed limit for urban areas has resulted in a significant drop in casualties, saving lives and reducing pressure on the NHS. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/2025-transpo... #2025Review

These global stories of urban transformation didn’t happen by accident; they’re driven by new styles of leadership willing to push back against the status quo. Learn more in our new book, ‘Women Changing Cities,’ which is available wherever fine books are sold: www.modacitylife.com/women-changi... 🔚

🔟 In Sydney, Lord Mayor Clover Moore has focused on design, innovation and sustainability to shape a beautiful and liveable city for the twenty-first century. On her watch, cycling rates have increased by 163%—and the number of women biking by 15%—with over 40,000 residents riding in a typical week.

Good morning to the anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union, & all who celebrate. Here's to a country that had no staplers, put pay phones in elevators & never mastered toilet paper in decent quantity despite being forested. But, damn, they got subways right. www.smh.com.au/traveller/in...

Should self-driven cars be programmed to violate traffic laws? AV companies think the answer is yes – and they should decide when and where. (In fact, they’re already doing it.) That complicates their claims about improving street safety.

Self-driving cars are the most transformative transportation tech in a century. In 2025, I wrote a slew of stories exploring their effects. 🧵 In @vox.com, I explained why the convenience of self-driven rides could bring crippling congestion. Cities should act now to mitigate the risks.

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today, Dec 26th at 2 pm Eastern for my final podcast episode of the year, a conversation with Jamie Sabbach, Founder & Principal of 110 Percent, about municipal finances and the sustainability of our parks & recreation programs and facilities. youtu.be/IBGCdrGl1xc

Honored that @IslandPress has named my book "Human Transit" as one of their top 10 Built Environment books from their 40 years of publishing. It's a friendly, readable guide to help you think about public transportation issues. www.planetizen.com/features/136...