Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...

Save Our Safer Streets - Tower Hamlets@saveoursaferstreets.org · 7mo ago

After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour. Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

duh duh 🎶

Here in the Scottish real world our present govt on election said 'Hospital parking will be free' The result is that NHS funds are spent on car park maintenance, nobody can get parked after 07.30 and everyone moans about lack of parking. Hosp estate car parks are now bigger than hospital sites:

We are told that it is impossible to reduce motor traffic in Edinburgh, but cities around the world show that a people-friendly alternative is not only possible, but improves the lives of those who live in them.

Marple’s access onto the Middlewood Way (National Cycle Network Route 55) has been given a long-fought-for redesign to modern, inclusive standards. It only took 40 years. Full story and photos of a big local cycling win!

Middlewood Way gets modern access redesign

Marple’s access onto the Middlewood Way (NCN55) has been given a long-fought-for redesign to modern, inclusive standards. Yes, those ugly, discriminatory

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The comic swap is full, the seed library is full and there are plenty of books and toys available for the Easter break! The best part? We no longer have to top most of it up ourselves. Local residents are doing that independently Creating this space has been a true joy.

Amazing news! Great work! Fantastic to see more community spaces on our streets!

Rezina Chowdhury@rezinachowdhury.bsky.social · last yr.

Lambeth residents are invited to apply now to design and maintain a local parklet that supports nature and provides a lovely outdoor space for the community to enjoy, making your area more pleasant and sustainable 🙌 Applications are open until 3 May 2025 ✅ www.lambeth.gov.uk/streets-road...

Really pleased to have the Parklet featured in @_wearepossible new Parklet toolkit Toolkit here: www.wearepossible.org/parklets-for... Case study: www.wearepossible.org/case-study-g... If you want one on your street, happy to help! #storiesfromTheE17Parklet Thanks to @labourstone.bsky.social

Susie's trike, and others, are available to loan for free through the #Wheels4Me scheme. Find out if there could be an option for you at wheels4me.co.uk Wheels4Me is generously funded by the #MotailityFoundation and delivered in partnership by us, Peddle My Wheels, and @sustrans.bsky.social

“Being able to use a recumbent trike has changed my life”

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KIDICALMASS IS BACK!!! 23rd March. 11am. National Theatre. WE WANT SPACE FOR CYCLING! Dress code: Intergalactic 🌙 💫 🚲 🚲 🚲 @ibikelondon.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...

"Kidical Mass - Spring 2025" at o/s National Theatre

Tickets are now available for Kidical Mass - Spring 2025 at o/s National Theatre, London on Sunday 23rd March 2025 at 11:00AM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

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Not only could I hire this trailer for free for a tip run from @wfcouncil but there was also a dedicated cargo bike parking space right next to where I needed at the tip. What's your local authority doing?

Very few Dutch cyclists wear helmets. Yet theirs are among the safest streets on earth. Why? They understand it’s more beneficial to calm motor traffic, build dedicated infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable users to armour up. youtu.be/P7trv9paMxA

He nails it.

"I'm surprised more plumbers aren't yet making the switch to cargo bikes" That's Amsterdam plumber Job van Oostrum, who adds that there's "No need to worry about parking spaces, you can park right outside the door without any hassle" 👨‍🔧 AT5: www.at5.nl/artikelen/23... (Dutch) #DecadeoftheCargoBike

A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times. "We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Great to see Accessibility Forum style engagement as part of this new guidance. I've been piloting these as a key part of the design process and it's been a really enlightening and positive experience.

New government guidance on how local authorities can include community engagement in the project development process for transport schemes involving walking and cycling. With a nod to @bespokejon.bsky.social for his hard work on much of this www.gov.uk/government/p...

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist #Climate

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated though other scientists disagree

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In a patriarchal, car-dominated world that rewards “masculine energy” it’s actually a wildly subversive act to be a women on a bike. I have been yelled at, pulled, told I’m risking my children’s lives, flipped off, and ignored. And yet the joy I feel out weighs it all. #bikes destroy #patriarchy.

In my column today I argue that, unbelievably, Labour are worse on environmental issues than the Conservatives. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot

Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit. Robert Burns

We are very regularly asked about e-bike battery safety, as it strikes at the heart of #ActiveTravel, #DisabilityCycling, and #RoadSafety. The Gov has recently released new statutory guidelines. Our full position statement, broadly in favour, is here: wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...

Schools with any interest in safeguarding should be refusing "road safety education programmes" and publicly naming them for the victim-blaming, accountability-dodging indoctrination exercises that they are.

David Gregory-Kumar@drdavidgk.bsky.social · 2y ago

As a result of a series of deaths the council has put in not one but two new signs and run "a road safety education programme with children" at a local school. The people in this story think that may not be enough. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2y ago

well this is fucked: i was just looking on youtube for a version of the musk nazi salute and came across this version from nbc chicago that edited it out.

One of the most important model city-building projects in the world. “Initially, everyone thought it would cause gridlock. But people adapted. Now we can’t imagine the highway ever being here.” The fantastic people-place that replaced an elevated highway, transforming a city & improving traffic.

‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream

Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city

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How much life is consumed by your phone?

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The government needs to be bolder in tackling our over-reliance on cars and trucks. The @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social alliance is urging @heidialexander.bsky.social to adopt a new #LowTraffic vision, for the sake of the nation’s health, wealth and wellbeing. lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/2025/01/13/g...

Government urged to set out new Low Traffic Vision in 2025

New Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is being urged to mark the New Year by adopting a new vision for a Low Traffic Future, for the sake of the

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Separating my media has been huge. Massive drop in screen time, better sleep, reading more and improved focus/better health. I can still do everything I could but scrolling is finished and it's improved everything.