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Merton Cycling Campaign is the home of London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social in Merton. Tweets ≠ policy or advice; RT/like ≠endorsement.

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Paul Campbell @paul0campbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hi active travel fans. Please help by supporting the extension of Cycleway 9 from Syon to Hounslow. Cycleway 9 has been transformative for families in Chiswick, Hammersmith and Brentford. Let’s bring that love to more Hounslow families! haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/cycleway-9-w...
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Syon Park to Hounslow town centre walking and cycling improvements
Find out more about our plans to extend Cycleway 9 between Syon Park and Hounslow Town centre, and have your say by taking our survey.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔋🚲 Dockless hire bikes are massively popular, but their sheer popularity and rapid expansion means they're causing some issues - particularly around over-full parking bays. Mayor is absolutely right that government & DfT need to hurry up to deliver a pan-London programme that works for everyone.
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Has London’s e-bike situation gone too far?
YouTube video by BBC London
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's offensive for @london.gov.uk to have this consultation under the "Healthy Streets" section of the Transport for London consultation site. Wandsworth Town Centre gyratory where cyclists are being thrown under the bus. haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/wandsworth-i...
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Wandsworth Town Centre bus and walking improvements
Find out about TfL’s consultation on proposals about Wandsworth Town Centre Bus & Walking Improvements
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"it would begin to accelerate if a certain pedal was pressed whilst it was stationary". It's known as an accelerator pedal. Not knowing how your car works is NOT a defence, but an admission of guilt. Just a 2 year ban, but no extended retest. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Grandmother drove into nursery trapping boy, 2, under wheels
Jayne James has been given a suspended jail sentence over the incident in Ellesmere Port.
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Camcycle @camcycle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘I am not a cyclist. I am a person who rides a bike. I am by no means super-fit and I am a pensioner. I am getting exercise without hassle and doing a little to reduce pollution.’ Meet Jane, who is pedalling through her seventies. Take a look at her story: www.camcycle.org.uk/magazine/mag...
Smiling woman in a green helmet and red jacket stands with a loaded bicycle in a busy outdoor market, stalls selling baskets and goods and historic brick buildings visible behind her.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚴‍♂️🚧 With boroughs across London making changes, big and small, to their cycle networks, we thought now would be a good time to set our campaigns team the task of running through the ones you might have missed...
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The latest cycling changes in London
London's cycling infrastructure is changing all the time. Here's our breakdown of the changes out there you might have missed...
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's something amazing about being in a peloton of 40+ bikes on the cycle lane heading home. Every driver at the front of a queue of side-street traffic... every person peering out of a bus window... every passer-by gets the message: "Oh wow, yeah, people are using this stuff". Never gets old.
My view travelling home by bike: Loads of people cycling on the South City Way cycle lane on Victoria Road in Govanhill in the Southside of Glasgow, during evening rush hour. A woman in front of me wears an incredibly fetching gold coloured helmet.
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 25/09/2026
👀London's newest section of Cycleway!! This section of the Cycleway 4 extension - between Gallions Rd & Charlton Church Lane - is due to open this week. We've expanded our network of Cycleways from 90km in 2016 to 450+km today. And cycling across the capital is soaring🚲🚲🚲
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
View from 131 bus in Raynes Park. White van has parked (legally) in the loading bay & northbound lane is too narrow for bus to pull out. It has to wait for lights to change & queueing traffic to clear. Just 1 of 1000s of micro-delays around London adding up to slow&unreliable journeys for bus users.
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the last projects I set in motion before I left @wearepossible.bsky.social has finally borne fruit: the School Run Cruncher! TL;DR? YES, it does indeed look like school run traffic to private schools is disproportionately responsible for morning rush hour congestion. You’re welcome!
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Private schools, public pollution: the need to better understand school run congestion — Possible
The school run is one of the most visible sources of traffic in our towns and cities, with 25% of weekday morning car trips in London being trips to school. For many of us , it’s clear that roads that...
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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Possibly longest thread I've ever written. Once again, despite all evidence, some folks, closely related to the 'bus industry' want to blame cycling for slowing down London buses. tl;dr: this is a lie & it's cars wot done it. It is not buses v cycling v walking or wheeling. It's all of us v cars...
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Buses v cycling? A 🧵... Too often, the bus 'industry' defaults to attack cycling as cause of buses (in London) getting slower & slower. Good to see that somewhat countered here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i... by @theguardian.com data team. 1. Bus speeds dropping is a "global problem"... 1/13
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London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised
As experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for poorest in society
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... It's not like ebike hire and the problem of where to park bikes wasn't telegraphed well in advance. All levels of government mostly sat on their hands and didn't act until too late.
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Thousands of ebikes seized by London councils as anger rises over blocked paths
Operators blame lack of parking and councils bemoan lack of central regulation, as more than 3,000 badly parked bikes seized
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still last @lastnotlost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
cc @getsuttoncycling.bsky.social @croydoncyclists.bsky.social @cyclingmerton.bsky.social @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @wundelin.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/walk...
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Wandsworth Cycling Campaign @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Wandle Trail is a popular walking and cycling route in Wandsworth and Merton. It is mostly traffic free, but it is interrupted in Earlsfield, where you are forced onto busy roads Email your Councillors via writetothem.com to ask for a riverside path beneath the Earlsfield railway bridge
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📣 LCC and Osbornes Law present: Innovations in Urban Cycling from Europe. 🎟️ We're pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for this unique event, featuring speakers from across Europe, presenting on their cities latest cycling developments. Head to our website to find out more... 👇
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LCC and Osbornes Law Presents - Innovations in Urban Cycling from Europe - London Cycling Campaign
LCC and Osbornes Law present: Innovations in Urban Cycling from Europe, a PechaKucha-style event. Date: Thursday 22nd October Time: doors open at 6:30pm Location: NLA – The London Centre, 3 […]
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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You cannot expect TfL & Londoners to pay councils to install safety & active travel schemes, then pay to rip them out, or even to pay for rubbish schemes that ignore or actively worsen active travel, road danger reduction, climate emissions reductions. This is a council leadership gone rogue...
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We'll be at Merton Big Sports Day this Sunday 11- 4, come by and say hello! Our friends at Fullcycle will be offering a Dr Bike service and leading a short 5.6km family ride at 4pm. Register here lcc.org.uk/events/merto...
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In which the #Havering Refukers get all authoritarian and propose a borough-wide PSPO (*spits on the ground*) which of course includes "Anti-Social Use of Bicycles, Mopeds, E-Scooters or E-Bikes" but not a sausage about anti-social driving. consultation.havering.gov.uk/neighbourhoo...
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Consultation on a Proposed Borough-Wide Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) - London Borough of Havering Council - Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by London Borough of Havering Council
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trouble with the Superloop services is: they're as good as the bus priority on the roads they use. Need aggressive bus priority to make them a viable alternative to cars
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This Times editorial opinion calls for more traffic police on the roads and action to curb social media glorification of joyriding. It does not mention what would be by far the easiest, cheapest and most effective remedy: speed limiters on cars.
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tragic that it's taken this incident causing deaths of 7 people to create momentum to address dangerous driving. 5 ppl die daily in UK road crashes. Not all involve such recklessness, but many caused by distracted/careless driving, speeding, poor observation, all tolerated as normal.
Newspaper headline - "Time to halt the hellriders - PMs please over reprehensible car videos"
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
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TfL failed to build a single new protected cycle track on road network last year
The Transport for London Road Network accounts for about five per cent of London’s roads by length and handles about 30 per cent of its traffic
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fatalities and casualties reduced by 34% on London roads after the speed limit was lowered to 20 mph. Are drivers just more obedient in London than elsewhere? No! It’s the speed cameras!
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'20mph roads are working in London - they should be England's default'
TfL's Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer has told government ministers they are being too "hesitant" and should take inspiration from Sadiq Khan
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“As all people using these roads are still being exposed to illegal levels of pollution, why is it that only people walking and cycling are prevented from using the road?”
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“It’s perverse”: National Highways closing cycle paths – because the roads beside them are too heavily polluted
National Highways has been accused of “perversely penalising” cyclists and pedestrians after it was revealed that a number of shared-use paths have been closed due to heavy pollution on adjacent roads...
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Their aim is simply to reduce the number of non-motorists killed or seriously injured... This creates a perverse incentive. The easiest way to reduce the death toll of pedestrians and cyclists is to discourage people from walking or cycling in the first place"
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Wandsworth Cycling Campaign @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The newly elected Wandsworth Council is removing protective cycling infrastructure as it tries to address Putney's congestion issues - we don't think this is the solution. Londoners are more likely to cycle instead of drive when they feel safe on the roads.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles and endangering pedestrians. Like ever-hungry teenagers, cars in Europe are growing on average a centimetre wider every year.” Don’t repeat North America’s mistake, Europe.
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Edinburgh Festival of Cycling @edfoc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Cycling again declared London’s fastest transport in new data www.cyclingelectric.com/news/cycling... At this time of year, cycling is the quickest way to get around Edinburgh too
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Cycling again declared London’s fastest transport in new data
New data analysis from health data experts Terra and triathlon icon Alistair Brownlee has provided fresh evidence that cycling is
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Raynes Park. Who authorised an unnecessary road sign that takes up half the shared- use footway at a high traffic location?
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Yes I acknowledge it makes sense in context but “I need my car to meet criminals” is now my favourite basis for an attempted exceptional hardship plea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Best-selling crime author Lynda La Plante has been disqualified from driving for six months, despite tearfully telling the court a ban would end her writing career.
The 83-year-old author and screenwriter told Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court she needed her car to meet criminals and sources for research into her next works of fiction.
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Solve the School Run @solveschoolrun.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Kids should be out exploring, cycling to the park, and enjoying the longer days during the #summerholidays. And we should feel they are safe doing so. 🚸Instead, as our streets fill with larger vehicles, that sense of safety is being eroded. 👉 Follow us to learn the issues around #carspreading
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Honestly, I’m professionally embarrassed we’re still calling for action on road safety. There’s evidence of progress but it’s slow, and nowhere near ambitious enough. Meanwhile, people keep dying needlessly. That’s why I’m running for Brake. More on why 👇 www.northants.police.uk/news/northan...
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Andy Cox takes on 200km challenge for road safety charity Brake
Andy Cox is nearing the halfway point of a gruelling 200km running challenge to raise awareness of road danger and support the road safety charity, Brake.
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Newham Cyclists @newhamcyclists.uk · 31/07/2026
Bus lanes are not safe cycling infra, because buses have to pull in front of those cycling. Dangerous & stressful even when everyone is careful & follows the rules. Protected cycleways with floating bus stops make this kind of near miss impossible. (Video from Old Street—thankfully not in Newham!)
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’m running 200km over 7 days to demand safer roads. On average, 30 people are killed every week on UK roads — deaths that are preventable. I’m raising funds for the charity Brake, who support bereaved families & crash victims. Please donate if you can. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/andy-co...
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Andy's fundraiser for Brake, the road safety charity
Help Andy Cox raise money to support Brake, the road safety charity
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
2026 Healthy Streets Scorecard results out: www.healthystreetsscorecard.london The winners? Active travel star Waltham Forest climbed 4 places in rankings, way ahead of every outer London borough & 1/2 inner London boroughs & Islington (& City) topped overall scores. Also for 1st time ever...
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Healthy Streets Scorecard – Promoting the delivery of healthy streets in London
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Scorecard measured TfL on 'red route' performance. www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/tlrn/ The results? Despite TfL repeatedly saying London needs a 'step change' in active travel delivery, near 60% of TfL's junctions have missing pedestrian signals & cycle track rollout isn't happening.
Slide showing 57.2% of signalised junctions in London under TfL control feature missing pedestrian phases and that that has not changed in the last year.Slide showing that ony 13.6% of TfL controlled TLRN red route roads feature cycle tracks and that this has not changed in the last year.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Fascinating findings from this survey behind the negative headline Are dockless e-bikes closing the gender gap in cycling, with women and men riding them in almost equal numbers?! 👀 fortiainsight.com/news/one-in-...
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1 in 3 users admit running red lights, UK
A survey conducted by Fortia Insight and BMG Research. One in three shared bike and e-scooter users admits running red lights, UK survey.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🤔 Fancy a ride around your borough? Or maybe you're keen to try out a cargo bike? Or you're after a fun day out for the family? 💫 Whatever you're after, London Cycling Festival has you covered: buff.ly/I6KLeBX
Women with her dog, cycling at the London Cycling Festival 2025. Graphic reads 'London Cycling Festival, Sunday 20th September 2026'.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Last chance to get walking & cycling improvements on City's Fleet Street scheme! ✅ Support Option 1: Reduced motor traffic & *some* protected cycle tracks ❌ Reject Option 2: Not great for cycling Act by 29 July 👇 transformingfleetstreet.commonplace.is
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Transforming Fleet Street
Let us know what you think about our plans to transform Fleet Street.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🎪 🚲️ The London Cycling Festival, in partnership with Lime and Voi, is back! 🙌 Taking place on Sunday 20th of September, it's already shaping up to be bigger and better than ever, with rides and events taking place across the capital... 👨‍💻 Book your FREE tickets today: buff.ly/I6KLeBX
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🗺️ Keen to explore more of your area by bike, but not sure where to start? Check out our advice on how to plan a safe route for everyone 👇️
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Planning Safe Cycle Routes
How to plan new cycle routes in London for your commute, cycle to school, shopping or just to explore London.
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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Westminster West End councillor Tim Barnes bemoaning how difficult and expensive it would be to provide Lime Bike parking. Westminster has >40k motor parking bays >5k motorbike parking bays. It has 200 bays for bikeshare. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Emily Unia @emilyunia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... I've been looking at all the places pavement parking is actually encouraged 👇🏽 @emilykerr36.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @nationalfedblinduk.bsky.social @guidedogsuk.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social
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Should pavement parking be banned?
Half of all councils in England actively encourage parking on pavements through marked bays or signage, BBC research has found.
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un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Cargo bikes on Sunday morning in Paris; a mix of professional deliveries & personal use #paris #cargobike #bike #vélo #15minutecity #urbanism #france
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Merton Cycling Campaign @cyclingmerton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... So poor health is costs not just misery and NHS time& money, it also hugely impacts GDP. Sedentary lifestyles are a big contributor to bad health. Any "pro-growth" government needs to recognise that!
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Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says
Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public finances
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 15/07/2026
The UK's June heatwave caused a £2.4bn hit to productivity, says a new report It says the cost of extreme heat could reach £6bn/yr by 2030 Interesting, bc we tend to focus on the cost of cutting emissions, rather than cost of failing to do so… www.verdantthinking....
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