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Charlotte Baker

@cb123456.bsky.social
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Climate, health and transport comms. Usually found cycling or walking somewhere.

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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I happened to capture this photo while cycling to the nearest town to me in the New Forest. It’s a quiet back route between small villages & hamlets - and a great example of what can happen on low-traffic rural lanes. ✅ Walking ✅ Horse-riding/walking ✅ Cycling ✅ Driving - carefully as a ‘guest’
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
My ‘office’ for today is a TGV train from Paris to Milan - via stunning scenery of mountains, waterfalls, lakes and forests 🌲🗻 I gave up short-haul flying 4 years ago for climate reasons - but I genuinely just prefer this way of travelling now. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Stunning cycle commute to a work meeting today 🚲 After a year back in the New Forest, I am off *all* asthma medication, and am enjoying much better health and wellbeing ☀️
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Robert Knight @rupertairbear.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It's amazing how much of a difference the congestion charge in Oxford has made. The roads are much quieter, it's so easy driving around the city centre now and being able to keep to time. My job has become less stressful.
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 30/10/2025
Every death & serious injury on the roads brings devastating pain & trauma to victims, family, friends, communities & colleagues. Our powerful new road safety campaign is shaped by real stories of loss - massive thanks to RoadPeace for working with us. #VisionZeroLDN
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways. Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
independent.co.uk
UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat
In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Good morning London 👋 amazing to see so many people walking and cycling to work, as I head to the @cleancitiescampaign.org Carspreading Conference on the bus 🚌 jealous that a running injury means I can’t join them!
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/08/2025
The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
washingtonpost.com
Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it.
Bigger cars, distracted drivers and worried parents mean fewer kids are roaming freely.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Two different views of the future of deliveries in Oxford. Both have their place - a zero emission van on the left, and a cargo trike max on the right. Great innovation from the university to have bulk of internal mail delivered by cargo trike 🙌
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Another child tragically killed by a driver who got behind the wheel under the influence of drugs/ alcohol. We have technology to stop people driving in this state. But as a society we’ve decided such deaths are acceptable collateral damage from car-domination. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pedestrian, 14, killed in village collision near Waterlooville
Hampshire police say a pedestrian and a car towing a trailer were involved in a collision on Monday.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Southampton is not always the most beautiful city from a public realm perspective - it’s a busy port city that’s often car dominated 🚗 But this piece of public realm design is genuinely very nice 👌 And great to see it being used by kids, playing with friends on a summer’s eve ☀️
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Some personal news! 👇
After almost a decade working in large organisations, I’m delighted to share that I’ve taken the plunge and set up my own consultancy - Charlotte Baker Communications & Strategy 🎉

Really pleased to be offering my experience in strategic communications, stakeholder engagement and policy development to clients across the public health, environment and transport space - with some exciting projects in the works already ☺️

Drop me a message if you’d like to connect about a project or strategy need! 📧
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Need to take your parents’ suitcases home from the station? No car? No problem! 😌 As ever, our @ternbicycles.com cargo bike doing the heavy lifting 💪 #bikeisbest
Photo shows a man on a green bike outside a railway station. There is a large pink suitcase strapped to the front of the bike, and a large pink suitcase strapped to the rear rack, with a small black case on top.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 01/07/2025
I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Now in the Commons committee stage there are proposed amendments and new clauses which, if passed, would ban the use of floating bus stops and end cycling as transport for most people in England. Clauses 30, 31 & 32 are key here 3/n publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Cycling is a joyful, practical and fun way to move from A to B ❤️ Love this photo I snapped in Toulouse on Saturday, which just encompasses everything cycling can and should be ☺️ #bikeisbest
Photo shows a street in Toulouse, with a man cycling a bike with a woman riding in the basket
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A lower speed limit was imposed on this road after a fatal crash. It's now going to be raised again because impatient drivers overtake others dangerously. Probably until some other poor soul is killed. It's absolute insanity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Speed limit to be increased at Ilkley fatal crash site - BBC News
The council plans to increase the limit from 30mph to 40mph on a stretch of Moor Road in Ilkley.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Toulouse is alive tonight for the national rugby final, which features the home side 🏉 People are walking, cycling, scooting and wheeling everywhere. Cars just don’t feature. Fantastic vibrant, liveable city 🌆 💚
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Lac de la Cavayere, just outside Carcassonne, has a protected bike lane running almost all the way to this popular local attraction, connecting to nearby quiet ways 👌 This is incredibly rare in rural attractions near small towns in the U.K. - but should be the norm!
Photo shows a bike lane with a clear sign designating it as such, and bollards and raised concrete. There are trees in the background and hedges on the left hand side.Photo shows a lake with a beach in the foreground, trees either side, and an inflatables course in the distance.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Loved seeing this cool micro mobility option in Carcassonne ‘new town’ today 🤩 It’s electric, free to use and takes people from the traffic-calmed centre to drop off points around the perimeter, usually bus stops 🚌 Saw lots of older people using it to shop today! 🛒
Photo shows a small vehicle with four seats in the back, with a small wheelbase that says ‘Navette Gratuite’ on the back. It’s stopped on a street corner.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
From June to September every year, the Pont St-Pierre in Toulouse is transformed for walking, cycling and wheeling, with shady seating areas and colourful street design 🚴‍♀️ 🚶🏽 🦽 Amazing and inspiring to see 💚
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Good morning from Toulouse - where streets are for people, cargo bikes are everywhere, and cars are guests. 💚💚💚
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Big week for us, as it’s the first full week that our new solar panels have been operational ☀️ For the past week, we have imported virtually *nothing* from the grid, using exclusively solar, either directly or via our battery 👌 Heat pump coming next month - excited for the impact on our bills! 🙂
Photo shows a roof with 6 solar panels, reflecting sunlight.
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
⚡⚡High #AirPollution tomorrow in London ⚡⚡ London is experiencing high levels of particulate matter. Please don't drive or burn. londonair.org.uk/LondonAir/Fo... Join our London schools #AirPollution alert system if you'd like us to send you info on high pollution days: bit.ly/pollutionalert
A high air pollution alert for Thursday 20th March, issued by Imperial College London. The text explains that a further rise in particulate pollution is expected due to a build-up of imported pollution from the continent.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🫖 REFRESHMENTS AT KEW ECOFAIR 🥣 Joining us at St Luke’s Church, Kew this Saturday 22nd March? We’ve got a host of delicious refreshments, from soup and jacket potatoes, to tea, coffee and cake 🍰 See you there! 👋 kewecofair.my.canva.site
We have a range of refreshments to keep you going!

Tea and coffee
Soup & roll lunch, with cheese 
Jacket potatoes, with cheese and beans
Vegan bakery stall, with cookies, brownies etc.
Home produce, including savouries, bakes, jams, chutneys and more!
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🚲 KEW ECOFAIR BIKE FESTIVAL 🚴‍♀️ Come to Kew EcoFair *this Sat 22nd March* at St Luke’s Church, Kew 🙌 💚 Free bike health checks from London Cycle Workshop💚 Cargo bikes to try from Cycle Race 💚 @richmondcycling.bsky.social w/ local cycling tips! And @jeremyvine.bsky.social with his Pennyfarthing! 🤩
Man in black top repairs a green child’s bike on a bike stand. Other bikes are visible in the background and there is a table with bike maintenance kit on the left.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🔧 NEED SOMETHING REPAIRING? 👨‍🔧 Come along to Kew EcoFair this Saturday 22nd March at St Luke’s Church, Kew! We’ve got a Repair Cafe with @kewtransition.bsky.social - they’ll be people on-hand to patch up your clothes, fix your small electrical and furniture! 🪑 See you there 👋
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
🎙️ KEW ECOFAIR SCHEDULE 💚 NEW for 2025 - we’ve got a wonderful set of inspiring talks! 🗣️ Feat. @jeremyvine.bsky.social @alexanderehmann.bsky.social @crisortunity.bsky.social @habsandheritage.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @kewtransition.bsky.social! Sat 22nd March - St Luke’s Church, Kew👇
Programme

11am: Jeremy Vine - the joy of the Pennyfarthing 

11:45am: Luke Gosling, Flight-Free UK - how to see the world without flying

12:15pm: Paul Jennings, Habitats and Heritage - nurturing nature on our doorstep

12:45pm: Leo Murray - a greener future for Hammersmith Bridge

1:15pm: Cllr Alex Ehmann, Transport Lead at Richmond Council - Richmond’s sustainable transport priorities

1:45pm: Lisa McGovern, Mary’s Living and Giving - how to avoid the fast fashion trap

2:15pm: Caitlin Mackesy Davies, Kew Transition - repairing our way to a better future
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
💚 KEW ECOFAIR - 2 WEEKS TO GO! 💚 So excited for the return of our award-winning event - with something for all the family, including free kids activities, inspiring talks, eco shopping, repair cafe and more! 🌎 With our patron @jeremyvine.bsky.social 👋 kewecofair.my.canva.site
Kew EcoFair

Saturday 22nd March 2025

10am - 3pm

St Luke’s Church, The Avenue

‘Bringing the community together to inspire action on climate change’

- Inspiring talks
- Free bike health checks
- ‘Good as New’ clothes sale
- Repair Cafe
- Eco Shopping
- Free kids activities 

With our patron, broadcaster Jeremy Vine
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
ULEZ works - it’s that simple 💚 I grew up on London’s South Circular and developed severe asthma as a child - putting me in hospital on many occasions 🫁 This stuff matters. Bold action matters. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
📆 Just 3 weeks to go until Kew EcoFair! Thanks Richmond Council for featuring us in your Richmond Card roundup as ‘Event of the Week’ 💚 We’re looking forward to welcoming 100s of people on Sat 22nd March! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKL...
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Kew EcoFair Returns | 20% off Bingham Riverhouse | £0 Joining Fee
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Richmond and Twickenham Friends of the Earth @rtfoe.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We will be there - hope to see you there too. #Kew #Ecofair
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
📢 ONE MONTH TO GO 📢 @KewEcofair is back for 2025! 🎉 Bringing the community together to inspire action on climate change - with our patron @jeremyvine.bsky.social and @metecoban92.bsky.social ! Full details here 👇 kewecofair.my.canva.site
Kew EcoFair, St Luke’s Church on The Avenue, Kew - Sat 22nd March, 10am to 3pm

Bringing the community together to inspire action on climate change

- Inspiring talks
- Free bike health checks
- Kids craft and nature activities 
- Repair Cafe
- Eco shopping
- Lunch and treats
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Great day in the City today, despite the rain 🌧️ Stop 3 on the Big Community Transport Tour complete ✅
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Bike need a tune up? 🚲 Bring it to Kew EcoFair on Sat 22nd March & get it checked for *free* by Simon from The London Cycle Workshop! 🔧 @richmondcycling.bsky.social will also be here, chatting all things cycling in the borough & there will be bike parking! 🅿️ See you at St Luke’s Church, Kew!
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
📢 SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ Kew EcoFair is back on Sat 22nd March! 🎉 Bringing the community together to inspire action on climate change - with our patron @jeremyvine.bsky.social and London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment @metecoban92.bsky.social 🌎 See you there 👋
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22/01/2025
Many Londoners aren’t aware that wood burning can be harmful to our health. This Clean Air Night, learn more about the effects of wood burning and its impact on air pollution and the planet: www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni...
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Still the best wait to commute 🚠
Photo shows a light blue Brompton bike inside a purple cable car cabin, midway over the Thames, with city skyline in the background.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
So pleased to get this off the ground today! 🎉 We'll be visiting every London borough this year, connecting with communities on what their transport needs are - exciting 2025 ahead!
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Richmond and Twickenham Friends of the Earth @rtfoe.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
One for your diaries #Kew Thanks @cb123456.bsky.social‬ for organising.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ Kew EcoFair is back for 2025! 🎉 Bringing the community together to inspire action on climate change - with our patron @jeremyvine.bsky.social 🌳🌍 Sat 22nd March, 10am-3pm at St Luke’s Church, Kew - see you there! 👋
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
My husband’s family opened a time capsule today, which was packed in Jan 2000 for the Millenium. This section from The Express is surprisingly upfront about car culture…’most of us realise that current car culture is unsustainable’ Since then, we’ve gone from 27 million cars to 32 million…🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
Most of us realise, deep down, that the car culture is unsustainable. We shy away from any controls as a brake on our personal freedom but we know that we cannot go on like this forever
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 28/11/2024
💥London’s cycling boom continues💥 📈New data shows bike journeys in the capital are up 26% since 2019 to 1.33m every day 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🥳💚💚 We’ll keep work with boroughs to make more streets safer and enable even more Londoners to get around on 2 (or 3) wheels 🚲🙂🚲
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
📢 SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ Kew EcoFair is back for 2025! 🎉 Bringing the community together to inspire action on climate change - with our wonderful patron @jeremyvine.bsky.social 🌎 Stall applications now open for local sustainability orgs and businesses - email kewecofair@gmail.com 📧
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RaphaelZY 🇪🇺 @raphaelzy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It’s an Audi TT which have a reputation for flipping over when losing control at 40/50mph… on a 20mph road last night in #Barnes #SW13
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Great to see latest edition of Living Streets’ Pedestrian Pound report 🚶🏼‍♀️🪙 We know that people stay longer and spend more when public realm is improved 👍 Good for business, good for people, good for safety!
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 14/11/2024
New report shows people walking spend more in UK shops than motorists. And that pedestrianised town centres have higher sales. #PedestrianPound Pedestrianising Oxford St will give the UK's most famous high street a much needed new lease of life. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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People Walking Spend More In U.K. Shops Than Motorists, Finds ‘Pedestrian Pound’ Research
The third iteration of The Pedestrian Pound shows that people on foot spend more money than people arriving by car.
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Charlotte Baker @cb123456.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Travelled to work the fun way this week - by Cable Car! 🚡 Stunning views ☀️ and free with a bike before 0930!
Grey Brompton bicycle with a bag on the front is shown in the IFS Cloud cable car in East London, with an urban skyline and the River Thames behind A scene of the East London skyline, with cable car pods to the left, the O2 arena in the centre and Canary Wharf skyscrapers to the right. River Thames in the mid ground and road in the foreground
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 13/11/2024
Good news! Our consultation on extending Cycleway 9 between Brentford & Syon Park shows the vast majority of people think it'll enable more people to cycle in the area. We're now working with @LBofHounslow to update the plans following your feedback.
CGI of new Cycleway in London
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