Our friends at SPACE for Fenham have written an article that addresses some of the points heard in opposition to the proposed changes to Fenham Hall Drive.
space4fenham.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/f...
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 26-02-2026: 24.21. 27-02-2026: 31.18. 28-02-2026: 32.94. 01-03-2026: 29.06. 02-03-2026: 26.37. 03-03-2026: 40.99. 04-03-2026: 40.22.
The pleasant spring weather this week is very welcome, unless you want clean air to breathe near busy roads.
Image shows a section of some plans for a new separated cycle lane on Fenham Hall Drive
📢 The council is proposing changes to Fenham Hall Drive that could see the street becoming much safer for cycling.
✅ Proposals include 1.5km of protected cycle lane and better crossing points.
📖 Read the full details and see all the plans at new.newcastle.gov.uk/travel/impro...
Graph showing car park occupancy.
#NUFC home match tonight.
Still lots of spaces in the Car Parks in town.
The majority of fans must be travelling by means other than the private car?
Thanks to @spaceforheaton.com for the data.
There's no safe level of air pollution.
You can find details about changes in traffic on on blog.
www.spaceforheaton.com/traffic-retu...
📉 This street saw a drop of 500 vehicles per day when the Safer Heaton trial scheme was in place.
📈 The scheme was removed, traffic volumes returned.
💥Now drivers are having crashes on the pavement.
It's fortunate there was nobody trying to walk along the pavement at the time.
This street leads directly from Heaton Road where a scheme to make things safer has been half build, despite being designed and consulted on in a process leading back to 2016. Making streets safer for school pupils requires decisions to be made and action taken now with no more decade long delays.
Almost everything could be better here. This should be a street that prioritises people over vehicles. Huge parts of the street are hatched off to make things easier for drivers. There’s nothing that makes things easier for pedestrians and the thousands of people attending the school.
This street passes a school with over 2000 students and prioritises vehicles. People are hemmed in to narrow pavements which are blocked by bus shelters, side roads have fast, sweeping entrances, crossing points have tiny islands, and the cycle lane is narrow, painted and has a rough surface.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 22-01-2026: 21.46. 23-01-2026: 22.27. 24-01-2026: 22.58. 25-01-2026: 16.52. 26-01-2026: 25.35. 27-01-2026: 13.39. 28-01-2026: 42.82.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 22-01-2026: 22.45. 23-01-2026: 21.33. 24-01-2026: 23.04. 25-01-2026: 19.24. 26-01-2026: 35.24. 27-01-2026: 19.37. 28-01-2026: 50.1.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 22-01-2026: 22.38. 23-01-2026: 22.53. 24-01-2026: 22.12. 25-01-2026: 16.74. 26-01-2026: 26.3. 27-01-2026: 12.01. 28-01-2026: 41.41.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 22-01-2026: 38.5. 23-01-2026: 33.85. 24-01-2026: 38.42. 25-01-2026: 47.55. 26-01-2026: 52.81. 27-01-2026: 56.48. 28-01-2026: 86.43.
24h average NO2 readings for Wed 28th Jan 2026
Gosforth: 42.82µg/m³
Coast Road: 50.1µg/m³
Tyne Bridge: 41.41µg/m³
Chillingham Rd School: 86.43µg/m³
https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com
I've gone through the numbers to work out what the new Tyne and Wear Metro £2.50 fare cap will actually mean for you.
Some big savings on longer journeys, but passengers only going 1/2 zones will actually see day ticket prices going up 6-7%.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
This type of vehicle is regularly causing problems on Heaton's streets and there's no sign on anything being done to tackle it.
The first image shows pavement that has been broken by vehicles replaced with concrete to better support them parking on the pavement.
Good news for anybody for cycles along the city stadium cycle path. 👇
A screen capture of the electronic voting results at a meeting of Newcastle City Council showing 22 Yes, 28 No.
At last night's council meeting there was a motion on winter maintenance.
An amendment to 'Investigate gritting those parts of major arterial pedestrian/cycle routes susceptible to freezing' was not passed, as more than half of those councillors present voted against it.
📣 Parents. If cars make your walk or cycle to school feel unsafe, that's not okay.
We need your photos of the school run! The more people can see how awful it is out there - and how unsafe it is for our children - the more power we have. DM pix or tag us in a post.
#streetsforkids #schoolrun
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 02-01-2026: 7.42. 03-01-2026: 7.49. 04-01-2026: 10.83. 05-01-2026: 13.29. 06-01-2026: 27.63. 07-01-2026: 9.19. 08-01-2026: 42.94.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 02-01-2026: 15.48. 03-01-2026: 10.5. 04-01-2026: 20.74. 05-01-2026: 19.55. 06-01-2026: 48. 07-01-2026: 16.02. 08-01-2026: 49.21.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 02-01-2026: 12.91. 03-01-2026: 13.87. 04-01-2026: 12.78. 05-01-2026: 22.7. 06-01-2026: 35.45. 07-01-2026: 16.01. 08-01-2026: 54.56.
24h average NO2 readings for Thu 8th Jan 2026
Gosforth: 42.94µg/m³
Coast Road: 49.21µg/m³
Tyne Bridge: 54.56µg/m³
https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com
Big spikes in air pollution readings across the city yesterday.
Can you spare a few minutes to share your views on snow clearance to help Alex's research? 👇
A photo of a pavement covered in snow with clear car tyre tracks on it.
A photo of a pavement covered in snow with clear car tyre tracks on it.
A photo of a pavement covered in snow with clear car tyre tracks on it.
A photo of a pavement covered in snow with clear car tyre tracks on it.
When there's snow on the ground it's clear to see how often people drive on the pavement.
26,826 drivers caught breaking just one traffic law in Newcastle this year.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
A CCTV image of traffic queues heading towards city centre car parks
A graphic showing car park utilisation. Most car parks at Metro stations are under half full.
Long queues of people are starting to form on roads towards carparks in town.
Meanwhile, the main park and ride Metro stations are not even half full.
Pavements and cycle lanes all flowing freely.
A map of Heaton showing a number of buses not on their usual route.
A CCTV image of Chillingham Road showing fire engines and an arial platform.
Buses in Heaton are not where they should be due to a fire on Chillingham Road this evening.
You can find where yours is at sensors.spaceforheaton.com/bustracker
A map showing bus S09 about to start its journey.
The Go North East Santa Bus has started it's journey through Newcastle and North Tyneside. Follow S09 on our tracker to see its progress sensors.spaceforheaton.com/bustracker
The full route can be found at www.gonortheast.co.uk/services/GNE...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) Dear Secretary of State, Active travel directly advances all five of the Government’s missions — improving health, creating opportunity, delivering safer streets, driving economic growth and meeting our decarbonisation commitments. To realise this potential, the forthcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) must move from good intentions to a clear, long-term, fully deliverable national plan comparable to other strategic transport programmes. Currently, CWIS3’s proposed objectives, “ensuring people are safe to travel actively” and “ensuring people feel it is an easy choice”, are open to interpretation and not measurable.
List of signatories
NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
The government’s cycling and walking investment strategy does NOT mention pavement parking.
Respond to the consultation (which ends midnight 15 December) and highlight this important issue.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Retweeting as the police are appealing for witnesses.
Our thoughts are with the victims and their families.
Four different vehicles parked improperly: a van on a sidewalk, a Mercedes blocking a garage, a blue van over a pedestrian crossing, and an SUV partially blocking a narrow street.
Look away now 🫣
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 06-11-2025: 20.92. 07-11-2025: 36.92. 08-11-2025: 21.99. 09-11-2025: 19.49. 10-11-2025: 22.84. 11-11-2025: 21.87. 12-11-2025: 23.46.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 06-11-2025: 14.58. 07-11-2025: 41.93. 08-11-2025: 31.71. 09-11-2025: 26.68. 10-11-2025: 30.83. 11-11-2025: 29.99. 12-11-2025: 34.43.
The image is a chart of nitrogen dioxide on specific dates, with the values in micrograms per metre cubed. The data is as follows. 06-11-2025: 32.13. 07-11-2025: 35.12. 08-11-2025: 38.68. 09-11-2025: 30.63. 10-11-2025: 45.61. 11-11-2025: 51.07. 12-11-2025: 64.82.
24h average NO2 readings for Wed 12th Nov 2025
Gosforth: 23.46µg/m³
Coast Road: 34.43µg/m³
Chillingham Rd School: 64.82µg/m³
https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com
Our latest blog looks at the resurfacing at the Regent Centre #Gosforth:
www.spaceforgosforth.com/regent-farm-...
