We had a walk round and chat with one of the UoR Community Festival organisers and are so excited by what they've got running this year at the festival! It's incredible to get to be part of community events like this! Ride is at 12:00 Sat 17 May fb.me/e/9kyU6hPwl

reading.govocal.com/en-GB/projec... CONSULTATION The proposal is not perfect (fees could be higher, car size & weight could be included as a factor,...) but we think it's an important first step to push back on the scourge of motonormativity. please take a second to share your view

Given the limited resources this kind of disproportionate policing is a dereliction of duty. 2023 saw 493 pedestrians & cyclist fatalities, none of which involved an e-scooter.

There’s new more secure bike parking appearing in #rdg from @readingcouncil.bsky.social a unexpected benefit is that they make your bike more stable when it’s locked. Making getting a child on and off a bike seat much easier! We’ll share some pictures later.

Thanks to everyone who came today, Santa was delighted to be able to give some gifts out to all your awesome little cyclists. kidicalmassreading.co.uk/2024/12/01/c...

Christmas 2024 ride in Reading - Kidical Mass Reading

We had 25 happy riders today, including Santa Claus himself! 🎅 Santa was riding on a triplet, with a reindeer leading him safely in town, from the Lido to the Palmer Park. There were even gifts at the...

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If you were out today in #rdg and saw us and happened to take any photos would you mind sharing? I saw a few people take some photos of Santa on his triplet (reliable transport for when the sleigh is too wide for busy roads 😉 ) and be great to see the ride from a different perspective. #kidicalmass

Brilliant ride with some lovely kids. And B did his first ride on a pedal bike! And Santa came, should probably have led with that. #kidicalmass #safestreets

#SafeStreetsNow worldwide! Inspiring work from the people of Toronto. Do check out the thread - and great video … @safestreetsnow.bsky.social

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@hope2hope.bsky.social · 2y ago

Safe Streets Save Lives! Beautiful video of the Toronto Critical Mass bike ride tonight. (Shared with permission) #biketo @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

This should be the norm not the car ridden rat race we see in Britain.

Hackney Cyclist@hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 2y ago

Outside this primary school in Utrecht cars are restricted and there is a playground, cycle parking, greenery and seating in the square outside. Schools will have young children and parents coming and going every day so need safe, healthy streets where kids can play and parents can meet

Love these stats from Trek Bikes

Children don’t play out anymore says Boris Johnson, he blames the church and the risk of paedophiles… we think this devastating impact on our children is in part due to #cars taking over the streets. #playstreets and #kidicalmass rides help to reclaim them for a short time. But our kids deserve more

Playing Out@playingout.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Children don’t play out anymore” says ex-PM who, during covid, stopped children from playing outside whilst encouraging adults to go to pubs. Somewhere in this latest weird rant there’s a nugget of truth about children’s health - but let’s talk about the issue seriously.

‘Strikingly, people who cycled on a daily basis had 84% lower carbon emissions from all their daily travel than those who didn’t.’ #activetravel #netzero

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2y ago

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost, the air & noise pollution, the huge space difference, etc… @theconversation.bsky.social theconversation.com/cycling-is-t...

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...

How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero

After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019

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We’re sorry for mentioning the C word so early, but Santa Claus is paying #kidicalmass #rdg a very early visit. I’m informed that the big man is embracing #activetravel with bike related gifts for all the children. 2pm 1 December outside the Thames Lido www.facebook.com/share/1G3ffs...

What do you think? How can we help Emmer Green and Sonning Common.

Love the glow ride vibe

This shouldn’t be our reality, we deserve safer

Adam Tranter@adamtranter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very important line here from Transport Secretary Louise Haigh on road safety: "We treat road safety in a way as if it is somehow a natural accident. If the number of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads, were being killed in any other way, we'd be treating it as a pandemic."

Having safe routes enables our children to have freedom and practice their skills. Thanks to UoR for such a great campus. Helping all ages learn. #curbcarculture #uni #cycling #3yearold #childhood

Brilliant video from Clean Air Matters on why #cleanair matters and what you can do. Walking and cycling is obviously there but if you need to drive why not share a journey with a friend? youtu.be/78ECHEjLGvw?...

Welcome to CALM (Clean Air Living Matters)!

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Brilliant video from Clean Air Matters on why #cleanair matters and what you can do. Walking and cycling is obviously there but if you need to drive why not share a journey with a friend? youtu.be/78ECHEjLGvw?...

Welcome to CALM (Clean Air Living Matters)!

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Just 58% of UK cyclists felt that our cycle lanes are well maintained compared to an avg of 75% for other surveyed nations. According to ACO pedalling towards better cycle lanes - keeping Britain on the bike. ACO.co.uk/cyclesafety #cyclelanes #activetravel

This! Blaming people for questionable behaviour because the system they exist in forces it helps no one.

Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · 2y ago

Absolutely! I am shocked by how many apparently radical activists think it's fine to bring the full weight of our policing and legal systems down on precarious workers fulfilling the whims of middle class consumers, for poverty wages. Police and regulate the delivery companies.

We’ve been busy in our house posting the stickers to this who asked on the back of the crowdfunding. I said mid November so don’t worry if you haven’t given your details yet we kept some back. Thanks again to everyone coming together to help our wider community. #kidicalmass #safestreets #kids

Bicycle lanes, especially those with physical barriers, influence motor vehicle speeds at intersections ➡️ discerningcyclist.com/bicycle-lanes-study/

Bicycle Lanes Have a Calming Effect on Traffic – Study

A new study has found that bicycle lanes can have a calming effect on traffic. We take a look at the study and the results.

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Read all about our October Kidical Mass: kidicalmassreading.co.uk/2024/10/27/w...

Wizards, witches and wheels - Kidical Mass Reading

Kidical Mass Reading celebrated Halloween with a themed ride on Sunday 20th October (it was a little early because we have realised that running rides in the school holidays and expecting people turn ...

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We want to encourage everyone to sign this petition to introduce a graduated drivers licence to help reduce deaths and serious injuries in and by young drivers. Almost 5,000 people are killed or seriously injured by a driver aged 25 and under every year. www.change.org/p/safer-driv...

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Safer Driving Licensing for Newly Qualified 17-19 Year Olds

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The rain is very helpfully stopping for the ride tomorrow! 2pm Outside Thames Lido

Tunnels, bridges and bikes kidicalmassreading.co.uk/2024/09/21/t...

Tunnels and bridges - Kidical Mass Reading

Reading Cycle Festival is an event we will always be happy to have in our calendar. It’s full of people who agree with Kidical Mass Reading’s aims – to campaign for better cycling infrastructure, buil...

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At the back of the Byker and Heaton leg of Newcastle’s #kidicalmass ride today - lots of impressive little cyclists, lots of smiling faces, and lots of demand for better, safer streets for family cycling #safestreetsnow #streetsforkids

There are just a few days left to check out the exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology showcasing local archaeological discoveries. Cyril Fox set out on his bicycle 100 years ago to investigate and map Cambridgeshire’s past. www.cambridgefestivalofcycling.org/sessions/mus...