The 19th-century poet and artist Taras Shevchenko was born on March 9, 1814.
His life is defined by his long struggle against injustice. Born a serf and only freed at almost 30 years of age, he faced arrest and exile for his works of art that have shaped the modern Ukrainian identity.
A woman in a yellow jumper smiles as she cycles on a protected cycle lane.
A group of people on bikes wait to cross the road on a protected cycle lane, with one bike pictured with a child carrier seat on the rear.
Two women cycle together on a shared-use path in Stirling in the rain.
On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate all the women who enjoy the freedom, joy and independence that cycling can bring. It's vital that we continue tackling barriers to cycling, and make it possible for more girls and women to get on their bikes.
Dog walking along path through long grass. Blue sky
5 years on, always missed, his kindness and love of the outdoors always remembered.
#WalkforIan
Sea levels already ‘much higher’ than many scientists had estimated ft.trib.al/Fu0eKeu
Our President, Zahrah Mahmood, is stepping down after the maximum 3 years in the role. She's had a huge impact:
🥾 Walking with members, volunteers & Community Champions
🏆 Judging for Britain’s Favourite Path competition
🎖️ Gaining an MBE
🗺️ Breaking down barriers to walking
Thank you, Zahrah! 👏🏽
Also worth reading this new academic summary of the arguments made to justify inaction by elite sports on climate change mitigation: [Open Access article]: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Radical proposal to permanently close M8 in Glasgow among Scottish Government's options for ageing 55-year motorway viaducts www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard “key energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian “attack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election
apnews.com/article/hung...
Key report extract 2: "The Scottish Government's 2023 Cycling Framework will be reviewed in 2026 to assess progress and refresh actions." #cycling
Key report extract 1: "The Scottish Government has made good progress in delivering several promising interventions to encourage modal shift but most of these are too recent to attribute any sustained changes in travel behaviour" #cycling
Priority Recommendation in report:
Improve Scotland’s public transport services and active travel infrastructure through strategic investment in integrated networks, enhanced services, and dedicated walking and cycling routes, supported by long-term funding and powers for local councils 👏🚲👏🚶♂️👏🧑🦽👏🚌👏🚆👏
"Tricky though the journey on Sunday was at times, it’s a lot better than it used to be thanks to the proliferation of bike lanes...there’s no doubt what the lanes have done: they have changed my behaviour and the behaviour of thousands of other people too"
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2587...
Scotland to help Ukraine with nets
Scotland is sending fishing nets to Ukraine to help them repel drones. More than 280 tonnes of used fishing nets will be sent from Scotland to Ukraine to help the nation defend itself against deadly Russian drone attacks. These will be added to the nets provided…
A @cyclingscotland.bsky.social finding that "wouldn’t look out of place on a Dutch or Danish street": Bikes outnumber cars in Scotland-first commuting milestone on route into city centre www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
People travelling by bike on a new protected cycle lane on Garscube Road in the north of Glasgow - including a mother cycling with young children.
📰🧵 NEWS: Latest traffic survey data and cycle counter analysis shows thousands of people cycling at locations across Scotland, where new protected routes are being provided.
Explore the data, showing how safe infrastructure is helping more people to travel by bike: buff.ly/rIm5wDM
89-year-old Edinburgh resident Michael Owen, pictured parking his bike at his local supermarket.
Michael Owen, an 89-year-old Edinburgh resident, shared: "I'm very supportive of improvements for cycling. I'm approaching 90, and I use my bike to get local shopping most days. I've always used my bike to keep fit - it's my main way of looking after myself. It keeps me more mobile than otherwise."
Square graphic with a purple border. Text reads: "Scotland 2026 Election. Our manifesto asks". Beneath the text and to the right is a green ripple graphic that looks like wheel.
Today we launch our charity’s manifesto for the 2026 Scotland election.
Our 5 asks:
💰 boost investment in #ActiveTravel
🚸 enable active journeys to school
♿ empower Access Panels
👣 set up a Pavement Fund
🔀 connect Scotland via the #NationalCycleNetwork
#Holyrood26
The Dawlish - Teignmouth railway line feels like the absolute front line of climate adaptation in Britain (a test we are not passing so far).
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
Start of election hustings article... Spokes/CUK Election Hustings #Holyrood2026 Spokes and Cycling UK are holding a joint election hustings, on Monday 16 March, for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, to hear from Holyrood candidates on cycling and related policies. Rather than the usual hustings approach, which can be rather boring, our meeting will comprise several sections, with speakers undertaking Initiation, Interrogation, Combination, Clarification and Education, as in the agenda below.
#Hustings #Holyrood2026
#SpokesMtg ✔️🚲🚲
March 16 --> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/02/spok...
@edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @kate-c.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @ianmurraymp.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @sw20.info @keithirving.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @jennycooper.bsky.social
£4bn is a rounding error in an economy the size of the UK’s and in return the UK would get a leadership position in booming global industries, enhanced climate resilience and energy security, and multiple co-benefits. It’s a very good deal.
⚡️'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
Image of a man in a blue rain jacket cycling alongside the River Tay in Perth. Overlaid white text reads: "Cycling Scotland Conference, 16th September 2026".
Save the date for the 2026 #CyclingScotlandConf!
⏰ 16 Sept 2026
📍 Perth
🚴♀️ Join us and others from across Scotland supporting more people to cycle for everyday journeys
Find out more and sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know when registration opens: cycling.scot/about/confer...
This is truly sad news. Jim Wallace was respected and liked across politics in Scotland, and a genuinely principled politician. He will be sadly missed.
Edinburgh Council deserves credit for implementing the pavement parking ban quicker than any other Scottish council - and no streets are exempt. We're proud to have played a significant role.
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Graphic using photos of people walking and cycling, The text reads: Investing in Scotland's future. A joint active travel manifesto for 2026. Thriving places, healthier communities, and saving lives.
📢 We’re one of more than 60 organisations supporting the Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026.
It calls on all political parties to support 5 commitments 👇
Front page of 'A Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026', featuring the logos of 68 signatory organisations. The cover features images of people walking and cycling, with the subtitle: "Thriving places, healthier communities, and saving lives". A full list of signatory organisations and more information about the manifesto can be found via the associated link in this post.
Page two of the Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026. A full text version is available via the link. This page includes several paragraphs of text introducing the manifesto's aims, followed by a list calling on all parties in the next Holyrood election to support these five commitments: 1. Investment: Provide long-term investment to transform our local high streets and communities, committing at least 10% of the transport budget to active travel funding. 2. Long term commitment: Multi-year budgets will accelerate delivery of national strategies on walking/wheeling and cycling, offer better value-for-money and give more people access regardless of income and background. 3. Infrastructure: Transform our communities, enabling anyone, especially younger people to travel safely on foot or by bike, including through well maintained, accessible networks of walking or cycling routes and reorganised street space, creating better, greener local spaces. 4. Link active and public transport: Integrate walking and cycling infrastructure with public transport in rural areas especially, to provide alternatives to the car, reduce congestion for all, and effortlessly link longer journeys together. 5. Safety: Reduce road danger by reducing traffic speeds in our communities, taking dangerous drivers off the road and by creating more accessible streets for all, implementing the pavement parking ban, reinforcing the new highway code and making welcoming spaces everyone can use and enjoy. A full text version of the manifes to document can be found via the link in the post.
We’re one of more than 60 organisations supporting the Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026.
It calls on all political parties to support key commitments, on long-term investment, infrastructure, linking active and public transport, and creating safer streets:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
A large group of people, including children, on bikes of all sizes cycle through a green space. The text reads: Pedal on Parliament - Save the date: 30th May 2026, 11.30am - #PoP26 - Meadows to Holyrood on closed roads, for a cycle-friendly Scotland
We’re back - Save the Date! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads.
#ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26
