Looking at today's Active Travel England (@ategov.bsky.social) updated funding allocations, here is the funding per person per year. I think it makes good sense to fund places that put money to best uses, I made this chart shows how that policy play out in practice. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Screenshot of a tweet from Simon Lightwood MP. Jul 21. "Everyone deserves safe, accessible transport. That’s why we’re extending e-scooter trials to 2028 and expanding them to new towns to learn how best to regulate them. We’re also looking at our mobility aid laws so disabled people can use the devices they need for independence." Accompanied with a photo, the alt text for which was "Hire escooters parked in a line in a designated parking area", image attribution Department for Transport.
Easy to miss, but important. At @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk we've been working towards this moment for years - the DfT has publicly announced that it is looking at sorting out mobility aid laws. 🎉 Our #MyCycleMyMobilityAid campaign looks like it is paying off.
Here's why we will not be doing cross pavement charging in the City of Westminster
1️⃣ We would become responsible for the safety of EV cables without the ability to verify this safety, for one because we can't know how they're connected to a domestic supply.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Yes we should celebrate the £752m settlement but I really really hope you are asking some deep questions of your officers and UA leaderships as to why it wasn't £1.3Billion.
It really is a bad settlement due to horrendous CRSTS delivery performance.
walkridebath.org.uk/2025/06/07/w...
My analysis of WECA's TCR allocation walkridebath.org.uk/2025/06/07/w...
Refreshing from a car journalist: basically “don’t buy this SUV cos it kills kids and the climate, go and buy the estate instead.”
www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...
This one that Wessex Water built links Swineford/Kelston with the B2B and Saltford. I'm so so excited for this one.
The point that @msrachelcooke.bsky.social and her fellow campaigners always chose to overlook when complaining that our traffic reduction policies lack legitimacy is that when our Dulwich scheme was put to the electorate in 2022 our majority doubled. Their campaign is profoundly undemocratic.
So after correcting the first article to clarify that the ebikers were the victims, they've now described a murder as an "e-bike crash" rather than a deliberate act of violence by the driver of a 4x4.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gl0ey4dleo.amp
Your irregular reminder of the scale of disparity between trunk/major roads and cycle funding in England. This is the five years 2018/19-2024/25
Trunk roads: £23,100,000,000 (£23.1bn)
Cycling: £732,885,226 (£733m)
(of which National Cycle Network/Sustrans: £98,207,062 [£98m])
If you're in or near Bath, please respond to this by Mon (2 Dec)!
Some excellent stuff in there, and some not-so-excellent stuff.
Walk Ride Bath has done a very thorough analysis:
walkridebath.org.uk/2024/11/26/b...
Consultation (4 parts):
www.bathnes.gov.uk/bath-walking...
For this Tuesday's @activetravelcaf.bsky.social, shall be giving the lowdown on street lighting, but I'm really pleased to be following Lucy Saunders who will be talking about the fantastic new Healthy Streets Tool.
Sign up via the website:
www.activetravelcafe.org.uk
A chart showing activity from various countries on Bluesky. The UK, in blue, is experiencing a huge spike.
Oh hello Britain 😳
That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now.
Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download
