A clarification that this article is incorrect
The existing infrastructure built last year on Oldham Road will stay, including the CYCLOPS
This scheme is building on that work to expand the cycle route into the city centre
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Great news for Salford City Centre!
The Peel Green scheme has been paused, with the potential for the funds to be redirected to schemes in Salford City Centre.
Great to see 'left behind' areas of Salford having their funding moved to more affluent areas
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Last call for tonight's Skill Share webinar! We'd love it if you can join us.
Thanks Andy! Here's the link in case anyone's looking for it: lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/betterplanfo...
I just wrote a @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social letter: Demand a Better Plan for a Greater Manchester! @walkridegm.org.uk @walkriderochdale.org.uk Write one here:
Designing parks for teenage girls does not mean taking space away from others.
It means noticing who is not using parks and asking why.
It’s about not assuming what teenagers want.
It doesn't mean spaces just for teenage girls, it’s about designing spaces that girls, and others, want to use.
Walk Ride GM Skill Share. Intro to Walk Ride GM, 8pm, Tue 24th Feb, online.
NEW FOR 2026...
We're going to start running online Skill Share events on a range of different topics, starting with a general intro to Walk Ride GM (and active travel campaigning) featuring our very own @harryhamishgray.bsky.social.
🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/walkr...
There is a 94% failure rate for #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods outside London.
Why is this being allowed to happen?
@walkridegm.org.uk
Map of TPT between the Pyramid and the M60 to the west of Stockport Town Centre. Red line is section that will be closed. Green line is the diversion route.
There will be a another temporary closure/signed diversion in place on 12th/13th Feb on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 and the green footbridge for surface repairs where it is subsiding towards the river.
@stockportcouncil.bsky.social
@walkridestocky.bsky.social
@walkridegm.org.uk
"Manchester named one of world's top cycling cities as Deansgate bike lane praised" – @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
We think the Deansgate scheme is a massive step forward for Manchester, but is it 34th most bike-friendly city in the world? What do you reckon?
An illustration of the Mersey Square proposals, which include a new play area in the area nearest the river.
A view of the proposals looking west, which shows the cycleway snaking through new greenery.
New consultation!
Mersey Square in Stockport town centre is up for a revamp. New cycling facilities and improved public realm.
Deadline 25 February.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
Enjoying the very Manc vibes of this image, @tomflood.bsky.social 🎸
(Apart from the Dunkin' Donuts coffee cup)
Walk Ride GM Skill Share. Intro to Walk Ride GM, 8pm, Tue 24th Feb, online.
NEW FOR 2026...
We're going to start running online Skill Share events on a range of different topics, starting with a general intro to Walk Ride GM (and active travel campaigning) featuring our very own @harryhamishgray.bsky.social.
🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/walkr...
Meanwhile, people in Greater Manchester are being killed and seriously injured at an increasing rate.
Driver convenience is apparently more important than keeping people alive.
LTNs cut road casualties in half, campaigners say
Either you're happy for people to be killed and injured to save you a couple of minutes on your journey, or you're not. The evidence that LTNs and 20mph zones save lives is overwhelming.
Good words on #Rochdale traffic from Cllr Sheerin here - there is no solution that works other than people walking, cycling or using public transport more.
Now we need Rochdale to build an ambitious #ActiveTravel network @walkridegm.org.uk
Lime to run West Midlands cycle and e-scooter hire Published: Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 More than 2,000 new bikes and e-scooters are set to hit the streets this April following the appointment of Lime as the region’s latest cycle hire provider. Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has selected Lime, a global leader in micromobility (the collective term for bikes and scooters), to take on management of the official regional hire scheme following a competitive bidding process. The agreement means that for the first time the scheme will operate at no cost to the taxpayer. Until now cycle hire has cost £1.4m a year to run. Lime is introducing a new fare structure but has committed to maintain existing overall price levels for the first two years to make sure sustainable travel remains affordable.
And just like that, 2000 e bikes roll out across Birmingham
In the 7 years we've had Beryl running our bike here we've barely lifted above 1000 bikes.
@andyburnham.bsky.social we are being short changed.
Lime to run West Midlands cycle and e-scooter hire Published: Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 More than 2,000 new bikes and e-scooters are set to hit the streets this April following the appointment of Lime as the region’s latest cycle hire provider. Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has selected Lime, a global leader in micromobility (the collective term for bikes and scooters), to take on management of the official regional hire scheme following a competitive bidding process. The agreement means that for the first time the scheme will operate at no cost to the taxpayer. Until now cycle hire has cost £1.4m a year to run. Lime is introducing a new fare structure but has committed to maintain existing overall price levels for the first two years to make sure sustainable travel remains affordable.
And just like that, 2000 e bikes roll out across Birmingham
In the 7 years we've had Beryl running our bike here we've barely lifted above 1000 bikes.
@andyburnham.bsky.social we are being short changed.
Map of TPT in Stockport showing diversion route in blue, whilst the section in black is closed in order to fell a large unsafe tree.
Photo of large mossy tree trunk with River Mersey in background. The tree trunk has a large split in it and is unsafe.
There will be a temporary closure/signed diversion in place tomorrow on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 bridge and the green footbridge to allow a large unsafe tree to be felled - likely to be closed for 2 or 3 days. @stockportcouncil.bsky.social @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk
Love it!
Bike at the new Sheffield stands on Barton Road, Stretford
Thanks to the work done by @walkridegm.org.uk members, I now have somewhere to lock my bike at @stretforduke.bsky.social’s weekly ukulele jams 👍
1 of 3 core ambitions in this @mancitycouncil.bsky.social document is ‘create a more walkable city centre’🙌
Such a positive story could be told here around changes to support us all move more and feel better.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
@walkridegm.org.uk @gmmoving.co.uk
Simple yet ingenious electric bike hire in Caen, France.
Bikes are locked together like a trolley rack. Stops theft and vandalism.
If only Bee Network and @andyburnham.bsky.social would let us have such a clever and useful system
Strava heatmap showing importance of the Liverpool Rd section from stadium to M60 junction
This scheme won @walkridegm.org.uk 2024 proposed scheme of the year, and is an important missing link from Irlam to the rest of Salford, continuing the existing A57 shared route.
Without this scheme, the rapidly growing Port Salford will become increasingly locked into car dependency.
Footfall up 22%! Nobody can (reasonably) argue with those numbers.
Promising initial data from the #Oxford - city centre footfall up, city centre traffic and bus journeys down. Yet more evidence that if you want to make #PublicTransport work, it's not if you need a #CongestionCharge but when. We need this in Greater Manchester.
@walkridegm.org.uk
The #CWIS3 backlash continues - multiple organisations petitioning for clearer targets, strategy and funding, brining #ActiveTravel in line with driving & rail
If you’ve not done so, respond to the consultation @cyclinguk.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk
We've signed a letter to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 with 50+ other groups across the country
