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Working for safer cycling in the London Borough of Havering

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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 22h
It's that time of year again. Why not take a look at our guide to bike lights? www.haveringcyclists.org/our-guide-to...
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The next Let’s Ride event is a music-themed ride on Sunday 11th October. Setting off at 10am from Regent's Bar & Kitchen in Regents Park on the Inner Circle, the ride will be 10 miles and take about 1hr 30mins. For more details and to register, please click below letsride.co.uk/rides/musica...
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Musical Ride - East
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Havering Cyclists will be running a Dr Bike event on Sunday the 27th September in Hornchurch Country Park opposite the Visitors Centre. Why not come along between 11am and 2pm and have your bike checked for free?
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As part of the London Cycling Festival, our friends at Cycle Confident will be running a Dr Bike event on Sunday the 20th September in Hornchurch Country Park opposite the Visitors Centre. So why not come along between 10am and 2pm and have your bike checked over for free?
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
Fun Fact: If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are just carrying coal, oil and gas.
- Bill McKibben, Climate Activist
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"If you see someone without a smile today, give 'em yours." #RIPDollyParton
Photo of Dolly Parton wearing a flowing dress astride a bicycle.
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
For the London Cycling Festival, Havering cyclists are running a family friendly, ride from the Visitor Centre in Hornchurch Country Park to the Thames and back again (9 miles in total). Join us early to get a free bike check.   More details and registration here: lcc.org.uk/events/lcf-h...
lcc.org.uk
LCF Havering: Country cycle to the Thames - London Cycling Campaign
Help us celebrate the London Cycling Festival by joining Havering Cyclists on our family-friendly bike ride! Havering cyclists are running a family friendly, marshalled ride from the Visitor Centre in...
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Havering Cyclists will be running a Dr Bike event on Sunday the 30th August in Hornchurch Country Park opposite the Visitors Centre. Why not come along between 11am and 2pm and have your bike checked for free?
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 22/08/2026
🚲 New study: cargo bike can compete with cars! In Berlin, users rate cargo bikes better than cars on price, stress, flexibility & environmental impact; cars! 80% cite environmental reasons for ditching a car.📖 Study buff.ly/JV8RRog
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It's good to see Birmingham City Council ramping up its adoption of 20mph as the urban/village norm for its roads.
bbc.co.uk
Birmingham 20mph speed limit would be 'life saving'
The West Midlands road safety commissioner backs city council plans for B and C roads.
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bikeverywhere.bsky.social @bikeverywhere.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If you build it they will come Rotterdam, NL The Netherlands is not known for his amazing weather. Yet it’s a biker’s paradise. This is because of infrastructure decisions made over the last 50 years, and a culture of biking that followed. It’s as simple as that.
Hundreds of bikes parked outside Rotterdam Centraal
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Great progress but sadly London's safe cycle network stops well short of Sunny Havering. The London Mayor is funding this but the rollout in each borough is controlled locally so we need to keep pushing our local councils for progress. Help us. Join us. www.haveringcyclists.org/join-us/
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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 14/08/2026
While Europe goes through yet another heatwave, cities are developing plans to fight the heat, yet cycling is often not part of it. What could London's Heat Ready plan look like if it included cycling? Read more: urbancyclinginstitute.substack.com/p/a-key-poli...
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Zero km in #Havering, and the A12 and A127 which the Mayor controls are poorly served and hard to cross for people walking, wheeling and cycling. Safe streets in #London is a postcode lottery.
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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 12/08/2026
Infrastructure creates demand. People don't cycle because a city is naturally "a bike city." They cycle when routes are safe, continuous, connected. Major credit to the Mayor @london.gov.uk, Transport for London, local councils, advocacy who continue to push this vision. Bravo! 👏
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We have our next Havering Cyclists meeting on Saturday 15th August. The meeting will be held in the cafe in the visitor’s centre in Hornchurch Country park. If you would like to come along, please get in touch for more details.
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
There is a new DfT Crash Map available where you can filter by many variables. See the last 5 years crashes and casualties mapped with detail on individual crashes at dft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Havering Cyclists will be running a Dr Bike event on Sunday the 2nd August in Hornchurch Country Park opposite the Visitors Centre. Why not come along between 11am and 2pm and have your bike checked for free?
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It seems that 84% of Britons can't tell whether an e-bike is legal or not and this inevitably leads to problems like the West Midlands police destroying a man's (legal) Tern e-bike. There is now an initiative called E-Bike Positive which is a 'trust mark for e-bikes. ebikepositive.co.uk
ebikepositive.co.uk
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E-Bike Positive Home
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Lovely smooth cycle lanes which are protected from the sun and the rain by a solar paneled roof. You've got to have a dream, eh?
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Not in Havering but not a million miles away either, we were asked to publicise this charity bike ride taking place on Sunday 6 September 2026. Full details and registration are here: www.nice-work.org.uk/e/greater-ha...
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
@carolinerussell.bsky.social speaking before we head off: women's safety is about more than not being crushed by a lorry, it's about not being catcalled, it's about feeling safe
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
please
Many people try to misrepresent
"We should make it better and safer for people to bike"
with
"Every person must ride a bike for every situation, everywhere, every single time"
Could we please stop this childish game?
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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
London's main north-south cycleway #C6 #CS6 in New Bridge Street north of Blackfriars Bridge 📷 @mrdannyw.bsky.social (welcome back) bsky.app/profile/mrda...
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Users of these Cyclehoop parking lockers need to be aware that the booking app is planned to be changing this week to Hooplr and access to the lockers will be via their new website at hooplr.com
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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Tues 7th, 1230pm, London's Healthy Streets Scorecard 2026 online launch: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2026-londo... Wed 8th, 930am in central LDN, free for London council officers, Scorecard / Project Centre's "Navigating the Political Landscape" post local elections: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating...
eventbrite.co.uk
2026 London Healthy Streets Scorecard launch event
Join us for this free event to find out about and celebrate action happening all around London.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🚲📣 With the Women's Freedom Ride this Sunday, here's Rachael from Islington talking about what the campaign means to her, and why she'll be riding... 🤳 Register here and we'll see you on Sunday: lcc.org.uk/events/lcc-w...
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 03/07/2026
Cycle Sundays is back 🤩 Every Sunday in summer, we’re encouraging Londoners to get on their bikes. Get a free Santander Cycles Day Pass every Sunday in July 2026: tfl.gov.uk/modes/cyclin...
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
More People Travel by Bicycle Than by Car in Paris. momentummag.com/more-people-...
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Councillors - please join us and @globalactionplan.bsky.social at Friday's lunchtime webinar to learn about #AirPollution and how you can collaborate with your communities to deliver clean air. Friday 3rd, 12:30pm for a speedy 45 minutes! Sign up here 👇.
globalactionplan.zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Local Clean Air Champions Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Global Action Plan and Mums for Lungs at a 45 minute webinar on Friday 3rd July to learn more about what it means to be a local clean air champion! This webinar will provide an opportunity for c...
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 30/06/2026
We are delighted to support the fabulous, 'Everyday Cyclist' exhibition, on the 9th of July, 4-6pm, in Brockwell Park, offering a variety of cycles for people to ride & a cycle taxi service from outside the lido next to the carpark (side-by-side and wheelchair carrying platform trike).
A poster featuring a vibrant photo of a tan skinned woman with long dark hair, in a red dress sitting, facing the camera, on the rear of a tricycle. The background is of a leafy, park setting. 

The poster reads, 'Free exhibitions of The Everyday Cyclist by Becky Mursell Photographt, 8th July- 31st August 2026, Brockwell Hall and Brockwell Park (outdoors by the lido). '

It also provides details of a 'Celebration event' on July 9th, between 4-6pm at the Stables Courtyard, Brockwell Hall, featuring free 'Try a Cycle' sessions with Wheels for Wellbeing and a free 'Wooden Bike Build activity with upCYCLE LDN, alll free to attend with no need to book.

At the base, the logos of Wheels for Wellbeing, Brockwell Park and the Heritage fund are visible.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
politico.eu
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
You don't have to pave over paradise to build a bike path. Bicycles can coexist with nature in a way that cars simply never will.
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 25/06/2026
The further a journey is, the more barriers Disabled people will usually face to completing it. Moving about in our own homes is usually much easier than making a longer trip around our own communities. Her are some of the barriers many Disabled people experience. What barriers do you face?
A very busy graphic showing, from top to bottom, increasing distance required for activities from tens to hundreds to thousands of metres per trip and a range of the cumulative barriers likely to be encountered on increasing length trips.  

From shortest to longest, activities are moving around own home, moving from home to car/taxi, getting to a bus stop, getting to/around a supermarket/hospital, attending work/education - moving within organisation sites plus commute using public transport, taking children out to nursery/school/activities and play including carrying tired/Disabled children, taking part in local democracy, eg. Standing for election, canvassing, walkabouts, campaigning. 

Associated with the activities cumulative from top to bottom are stairs, broken lift, narrow doors, limited manoeuvring space, need to make trips in tight timeframes, narrow/obstructed paths, need to be supported &/or support others, few fixed supports, difficult weather- wind/ice/heat/rain, poor/uneven surfaces, injury risk from drivers, need to carry items/equipment longer distances, risk of harassment/abuse, inaccessible bus stop, inaccessible bus, risk of falling on moving public transport, noise, crowds, need to address workplace inaccessibility conflicting with need to maintain good relationships with those in power, organisational expectations including timings, personal appearance etc, support needs of children, moving on unmade surfaces (grass, bark, gravel, mud), need to approach many private, often inaccessible homes, increased risk of harassment/abuse.
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highpoh.bsky.social @highpoh.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hace demasiado calor. No me gusta. But it's good for cycling numbers. That's the busiest I've seen it outside Tube Stroke days. Even if the counter says just north of 12k for the day. Think that's maybe 2.5k too low.... @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Embankment counter showing 12,758 cyclists today and 637,840 since the restart in April.
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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🤯 (7x10 secs traffic cam footage 1705-1815 with peloton after peloton (after peloton) of folk on their bikes on the C6 cycleway south of Blackfriars Bridge, waiting to cross the Stamford St junction)
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Just to make you aware of this Repair Cafe event in Harold Hill on Sunday ...
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Havering Cyclists will be running a Dr Bike event on Sunday the 28th June in Hornchurch Country Park opposite the Visitors Centre. Why not come along between 11am and 2pm and have your bike checked for free?
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Trying to find a route with cleaner air? cleanairroutes.org
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Regret to report that those pencil-necked do-nothing desk jockeys at the Environment Agency are at it again. May the only water they get to drink is sparkling.
mylondon.news
Man facing up to 2 years in prison for clearing rubbish from East London river
Paul Powlesland, 40, and a group of volunteers filled over 200 bags of rubbish from the River Roding in Barking, East London
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 16/06/2026
London’s latest stretch of cycle lane - Clerkenwell Road in Camden. As we expand our network of Cycleways, the number of journeys by bike has soared to 1.5 million every day. … but there’s much more to do!
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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
In under two months since the counter was restarted, 539,697 cycle journeys along the Embankment have been recorded as of 8:36 am this morning. Safe cycle infrastructure = more people cycling = less congestion @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It's 10 days till #CleanAirDay, the UK's largest air pollution campaign. Find out more about the campaign at the link - including an easy way to contact your councillor about being a clean air champion 😍 .
actionforcleanair.org.uk
Clean Air Day | Action for Clean Air
Clean Air Day is the UK's largest air pollution campaign. Clean Air Day has helped increase levels of air pollution busting behaviours.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Good infrastructure changes who gets to be a "cyclist".
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Great to see young kids independently cycling home from school on segregated cycle tracks, with floating bus stops keeping them safe
Teenager cycle home from school on CS2 through a floating bus stop
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Low Traffic Hackney @lowtraffichackney.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our latest blogpost on how car-dominated streets are contributing to a public health crisis, and what we can do about it in Hackney www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/...
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Why Hackney LTNs are vital for public health and environmental justice
People tend to think of LTNs as a policy to make local streets nicer or better to walk or cycle, or perhaps if they oppose them, how they can make driving less convenient.  But most people don’t...
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We have our next Havering Cyclists meeting on Saturday 20th June. The meeting will be held in the cafe in the visitor's centre in Hornchurch Country park. If you would like to come along, please get in touch by DM for more details.
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Good to see new (or refurbished) "Havering" Cycle Stands in Upminster. These replace old "Sheffield" stands and the ones outside Roots Cafe are also re-sited so as to reduce obstruction to pedestrian traffic. Well done Havering Council!
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Havering Cyclists @cyclehavering.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Havering Cyclists will be running a Dr Bike event on Sunday the 31st May in Hornchurch Country Park opposite the Visitors Centre. Why not come along between 11am and 2pm and have your bike checked for free?
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 16/05/2026
The Dutch landscape hides an engineering marvel in plain sight: thousands of miles of smooth, signed, scenic cycling paths connecting every remote corner of the country. The payoff? A cycle tourism economy worth €2 billion each year. Proof that when you build for bikes, people (and places) prosper.
A man and woman in casual spring attire ride blue and yellow shared bicycles side by side on a dedicated cycling path lined with trees and sand dunes in Scheveningen, The Hague.
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