New job! We're looking for a qualitative researcher to work with us on two projects, a participatory project on urban greening and a mixed-methods study on impacts of cycle infrastructure. 0.9 FTE for 8 months (combined maternity cover role). More info: vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/Hrvacancies/...

Our paper (@davefev.bsky.social + others) out today shows London LTNs have led to est. 613 fewer road injuries (-100 Killed or Seriously Injured). No significant impact (with benefits for cyclists/motorcyclists) on boundary roads. injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... (Open access soon!)

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024)

Background Between 2015 and 2024, 113 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) were implemented across Greater London, with 27 subsequently removed. We investigated their impacts on road traffic injuries ins...

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Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Excited to be starting our new project looking at impacts and experiences of new cycling infrastructure outside London! Read more here: www.westminster.ac.uk/news/westmin...

Westminster’s Active Travel Academy to explore impact of new cycling infrastructure on diverse communities

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Unable to drive because of a health condition, this couple in Wales ended up paying £81 on taxis to/from the hospital because the bus journey would take 2hours and multiple changes. This is why we are so passionate about everyone having good travel options www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2512365...

Poor public transport putting people at risk, says Caerphilly woman

A Caerphilly couple are concerned that poor public transport is putting vulnerable people at risk.

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Fascinating talk by @shanewriter.bsky.social at "New Perspectives on #Walking & #Wheeling in the City" conference run by @active-ata.bsky.social. Focus was on how walking is great for the brain - though I didn't expect something on the genetic markers for evolution of walking!

This is just a selection of the photos I’ve taken on Tyneside. It’s clear to see the kinds of spaces they are erected in - green & grey spaces on post-war estates, spaces that afford easy doorstep playing & hanging out, in communities experiencing disinvestment with few other accessible facilities.

Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · last yr.

“Children … play right outside where they live … It’s a completely different way of playing than going to a park with an adult.” “No ball games signs” deter doorstep play, of all kinds, indicating that play is not welcome in these spaces. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Our last info sheet on dropped kerbs raised a whole lot of questions - thanks everyone who asked! To answer some of those questions, here's a new sheet on common kerb profiles, including how they can affect #Disabled people when walking/wheeling & #Cycling: wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/common-kerb-...

Common kerb profiles

Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.

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NEW: chief executive of Citizen's Advice warns that cutting benefits for disabled people will push more people into poverty and make it harder for them to get into work, in a rare intervention for the organisation. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Benefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice boss

Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour’s plan as ‘short-term action’ with ‘long-term consequences’ in rare intervention

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The latest by me, for CityLab : How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Is Being Built www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built

Planners of the Waterbeach development near Cambridge designed the new housing complex with abundant cycling infrastructure to support car-free living.

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Join the @activetravelcaf.bsky.social tomorrow evening as two of our Research Fellows present qualitative findings from our NİHR-funded 'LTNs in London' project.

Active Travel Cafe@activetravelcaf.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us tomorrow at 5pm to hear @tricyclemayor.bsky.social and @ersiliav.bsky.social from @active-ata.bsky.social share research into disabled people’s experiences of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. New sign ups via our website activetravelcafe.org.uk

Heading over to my first @active-ata.bsky.social Walking @ Teatime in a while. Tonight's theme is "pedestrians, pavements and hire e-bikes: the way forward" I'm designing quite a lot of hire cycle parking bays just now and so this is timely.

Upcoming event from us: Walking@Tea-time - pedestrians, pavements and e-hire bikes: the way forward Thursday 27th February, 17:00 to 18:30 Room 4.10B (4th floor), University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7BY. www.ticketsource.co.uk/active-trave... 1/

Always fantastic to see our work being used to support policy and practice on active travel. Work led by @eleanorroaf.bsky.social, PhD Researcher at the University of Manchester, with @tricyclemayor.bsky.social from the ATA, and Emma Lawlor from the University of Glasgow.

Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer@tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Delighted @activetraveleng.bsky.social used our systematic review of AT interventions to highlight centrality of infrastructure, with additional behavioural interventions, to increase levels of walking, wheeling, & cycling. Article: doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... @eleanorroaf.bsky.social Emma Lawlor

Deadline for abstracts 31/01/2025 For those in and beyond academia, working and volunteering on or having experience of, disability and cycling.

Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer@tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Deadline approaching for our call for papers on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org 200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025 More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk @active-ata.bsky.social 1/

Our work to enable equality in cycling, mobility justice, and #ActiveTravel is never over, but here’s what we achieved in 2024 with your help! #Wrapped2024 #BeyondTheBicycle youtu.be/O5NGZ63566g?...

Wheels for Wellbeing #Wrapped2024

YouTube video by Wheels For Wellbeing

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“A process evaluation of the UK Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delivery of walking and cycling schemes in England.” 💯

Insufficient funding and timeframes undermine England's active travel schemes, says evaluation | CiTTi Magazine

A process evaluation of the UK Department for Transport’s (DfT) Active Travel Fund (ATF) has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delive

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Process evaluation of the UK DfT Active Travel Fund (ATF) by us @active-ata.bsky.social has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delivery of walking and cycling schemes in England. www.cittimagazine.co.uk/news/active-...

Insufficient funding and timeframes undermine England's active travel schemes, says evaluation | CiTTi Magazine

A process evaluation of the UK Department for Transport’s (DfT) Active Travel Fund (ATF) has identified insufficient funding and short implementation timeframes as key challenges limiting the delive

cittimagazine.co.uk

The UK’s Active Travel Academy is calling for papers to feature in the ‘Disability and Cycling’ Special Issue of its Active Travel Studies Journal. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/activ...

Please consider submitting your work for this special issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in our open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Active Travel Studies. Open to academics and researchers as well as non-academics, recognising disabled people as experts by experience on the topic.

Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer@tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org 200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025 More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk @active-ata.bsky.social 1/

Rare and exciting opportunity to submit a paper for consideration to an Active Travel Studies Journal special issue on 'Disability and Cycling'. Submissions are warmly welcomed in academic and non-traditional formats. Deadline: 31/01/2025

Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer@tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org 200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025 More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk @active-ata.bsky.social 1/

Already looking forwards to reading this special Active Travel Studies issue on #Disability and #Cycling and it’s not even been written yet! - Call for submissions below:

Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer@tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org 200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025 More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk @active-ata.bsky.social 1/

Call for papers for our Special Issue on 'Disability and Cycling' in Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org 200 word abstracts for proposed submissions due 31/01/2025 More info in thread & on google docs: shorturl.at/XAzGZ @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk @active-ata.bsky.social 1/

Thanks for including me in this sustainable transport starter pack, @sfrost.bsky.social ! Great company. go.bsky.app/GobsdFY

Transport is vital for living a healthy life. This new paper shows improving public transport is central to health equity by promoting active travel to work and reducing emissions. www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...

Transport’s role in creating a fairer, healthier country - Institute of Health Equity

Transport’s role in creating a fairer, healthier country

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On how children experience streets & why play is important, I suggest this piece by @alisonstenning.bsky.social & @salawatson.bsky.social (I think about this a lot - I used to play on streets that are now completely full of cars) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... bsky.app/profile/sala...

Sally Watson@salawatson.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘Children see streets differently: Making space for children’s play and mobility’ - pleased to see this new article by @alisonstenning.bsky.social and I out today in the IPPR Progressive Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This article covers: 🚌 the crucial role of bus networks, particularly to those on a low income who don’t have access to a car 🏥 how lack of access to local services can leave people isolated and lonely 😷the impact of poor air quality 👨‍🦽🚶‍♀️🚲 active travel’s role in improving physical & mental health

Stephen Frost@sfrost.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dr Angela Donkin, senior consultant at the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), Mike Childs, Friends of the Earth, and Sir Michael Marmot (@michaelmarmot.bsky.social), director of IHE: Transport's role in creating a fairer, healthier country - A social determinants of health perspective

📣 Delighted to launch @ippr.bsky.social's transport issue of Progressive Review today Many thanks to the authors who have provided such diverse and timely perspectives on transport's impact on our lives, the places we live and the environment The below 🧵 has the direct links to the articles

The great enabler: Transport’s role in tackling environmental crises and delivering progressive change: IPPR Progressive Review: Vol 31, No 3

Click on the title to browse this issue

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🚴 How can we build a transport system that's healthier, greener, and more inclusive? Our latest issue of the Progressive Review brings together leading voices to reimagine Britain’s transport for a sustainable future. 📖 Read it for free: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...

Our transport issue of Progressive Review went live today! We've got an amazing array of authors who've covered everything from transport decarb, to the impact of transport on wildlife, to how finance is holding back a just transition The full issue is here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...

Institute for Public Policy Research@ippr.org · 2y ago

🚴 How can we build a transport system that's healthier, greener, and more inclusive? Our latest issue of the Progressive Review brings together leading voices to reimagine Britain’s transport for a sustainable future. 📖 Read it for free: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...

"Proximity is a feature of all these plans, but it is not the sole principle at work: care, equity, representation & justice are central. It is these principles that have the potential to create a truly feminist city." - Leslie Kern genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/are-15-minut...

Are 15-Minute Cities Feminist Cities? - Gender Policy Report

Can the “15-minute city” solve the challenges faced by women? Feminist urban planning interventions offer a wealth of solutions to contemporary urban problems.

genderpolicyreport.umn.edu