I happened to capture this photo while cycling to the nearest town to me in the New Forest. It’s a quiet back route between small villages & hamlets - and a great example of what can happen on low-traffic rural lanes. ✅ Walking ✅ Horse-riding/walking ✅ Cycling ✅ Driving - carefully as a ‘guest’

My ‘office’ for today is a TGV train from Paris to Milan - via stunning scenery of mountains, waterfalls, lakes and forests 🌲🗻 I gave up short-haul flying 4 years ago for climate reasons - but I genuinely just prefer this way of travelling now. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

Stunning cycle commute to a work meeting today 🚲 After a year back in the New Forest, I am off *all* asthma medication, and am enjoying much better health and wellbeing ☀️

It's amazing how much of a difference the congestion charge in Oxford has made. The roads are much quieter, it's so easy driving around the city centre now and being able to keep to time. My job has become less stressful.

Every death & serious injury on the roads brings devastating pain & trauma to victims, family, friends, communities & colleagues. Our powerful new road safety campaign is shaped by real stories of loss - massive thanks to RoadPeace for working with us. #VisionZeroLDN

“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways. Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat

In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.

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Good morning London 👋 amazing to see so many people walking and cycling to work, as I head to the @cleancitiescampaign.org Carspreading Conference on the bus 🚌 jealous that a running injury means I can’t join them!

The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.

Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it.

Bigger cars, distracted drivers and worried parents mean fewer kids are roaming freely.

washingtonpost.com

Two different views of the future of deliveries in Oxford. Both have their place - a zero emission van on the left, and a cargo trike max on the right. Great innovation from the university to have bulk of internal mail delivered by cargo trike 🙌

Another child tragically killed by a driver who got behind the wheel under the influence of drugs/ alcohol. We have technology to stop people driving in this state. But as a society we’ve decided such deaths are acceptable collateral damage from car-domination. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pedestrian, 14, killed in village collision near Waterlooville

Hampshire police say a pedestrian and a car towing a trailer were involved in a collision on Monday.

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Southampton is not always the most beautiful city from a public realm perspective - it’s a busy port city that’s often car dominated 🚗 But this piece of public realm design is genuinely very nice 👌 And great to see it being used by kids, playing with friends on a summer’s eve ☀️

Some personal news! 👇

Need to take your parents’ suitcases home from the station? No car? No problem! 😌 As ever, our @ternbicycles.com cargo bike doing the heavy lifting 💪 #bikeisbest

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

Now in the Commons committee stage there are proposed amendments and new clauses which, if passed, would ban the use of floating bus stops and end cycling as transport for most people in England. Clauses 30, 31 & 32 are key here 3/n publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

Cycling is a joyful, practical and fun way to move from A to B ❤️ Love this photo I snapped in Toulouse on Saturday, which just encompasses everything cycling can and should be ☺️ #bikeisbest

A lower speed limit was imposed on this road after a fatal crash. It's now going to be raised again because impatient drivers overtake others dangerously. Probably until some other poor soul is killed. It's absolute insanity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Speed limit to be increased at Ilkley fatal crash site - BBC News

The council plans to increase the limit from 30mph to 40mph on a stretch of Moor Road in Ilkley.

bbc.co.uk

Toulouse is alive tonight for the national rugby final, which features the home side 🏉 People are walking, cycling, scooting and wheeling everywhere. Cars just don’t feature. Fantastic vibrant, liveable city 🌆 💚

Lac de la Cavayere, just outside Carcassonne, has a protected bike lane running almost all the way to this popular local attraction, connecting to nearby quiet ways 👌 This is incredibly rare in rural attractions near small towns in the U.K. - but should be the norm!

Loved seeing this cool micro mobility option in Carcassonne ‘new town’ today 🤩 It’s electric, free to use and takes people from the traffic-calmed centre to drop off points around the perimeter, usually bus stops 🚌 Saw lots of older people using it to shop today! 🛒

From June to September every year, the Pont St-Pierre in Toulouse is transformed for walking, cycling and wheeling, with shady seating areas and colourful street design 🚴‍♀️ 🚶🏽 🦽 Amazing and inspiring to see 💚

Good morning from Toulouse - where streets are for people, cargo bikes are everywhere, and cars are guests. 💚💚💚

Big week for us, as it’s the first full week that our new solar panels have been operational ☀️ For the past week, we have imported virtually *nothing* from the grid, using exclusively solar, either directly or via our battery 👌 Heat pump coming next month - excited for the impact on our bills! 🙂

⚡⚡High #AirPollution tomorrow in London ⚡⚡ London is experiencing high levels of particulate matter. Please don't drive or burn. londonair.org.uk/LondonAir/Fo... Join our London schools #AirPollution alert system if you'd like us to send you info on high pollution days: bit.ly/pollutionalert

🫖 REFRESHMENTS AT KEW ECOFAIR 🥣 Joining us at St Luke’s Church, Kew this Saturday 22nd March? We’ve got a host of delicious refreshments, from soup and jacket potatoes, to tea, coffee and cake 🍰 See you there! 👋 kewecofair.my.canva.site

🚲 KEW ECOFAIR BIKE FESTIVAL 🚴‍♀️ Come to Kew EcoFair *this Sat 22nd March* at St Luke’s Church, Kew 🙌 💚 Free bike health checks from London Cycle Workshop💚 Cargo bikes to try from Cycle Race 💚 @richmondcycling.bsky.social w/ local cycling tips! And @jeremyvine.bsky.social with his Pennyfarthing! 🤩

🔧 NEED SOMETHING REPAIRING? 👨‍🔧 Come along to Kew EcoFair this Saturday 22nd March at St Luke’s Church, Kew! We’ve got a Repair Cafe with @kewtransition.bsky.social - they’ll be people on-hand to patch up your clothes, fix your small electrical and furniture! 🪑 See you there 👋

🎙️ KEW ECOFAIR SCHEDULE 💚 NEW for 2025 - we’ve got a wonderful set of inspiring talks! 🗣️ Feat. @jeremyvine.bsky.social @alexanderehmann.bsky.social @crisortunity.bsky.social @habsandheritage.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @kewtransition.bsky.social! Sat 22nd March - St Luke’s Church, Kew👇

💚 KEW ECOFAIR - 2 WEEKS TO GO! 💚 So excited for the return of our award-winning event - with something for all the family, including free kids activities, inspiring talks, eco shopping, repair cafe and more! 🌎 With our patron @jeremyvine.bsky.social 👋 kewecofair.my.canva.site

ULEZ works - it’s that simple 💚 I grew up on London’s South Circular and developed severe asthma as a child - putting me in hospital on many occasions 🫁 This stuff matters. Bold action matters. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds

Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas

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