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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

READ: If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a look. Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people from making rational judgements about driving. This study co-authored by @ianwalker.bsky.social looks at where this bias comes from & how it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Screetshot of study title “Why Do Cars Get A Free Ride?” #CarBrain #Motonormativity

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is good to see. If convenient and safe options are provided people will cycle.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Only a couple of days left to respond to the bus franchising consultation. www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation... There are three key ways we think this will impact cycling across the region - Integration, Safety, and Infrastructure. We're asking for your help to shape that future.

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Carfree Cities Alliance @carfree-cities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy World Carfree Day! 🚲 🚲 🚲 Here our poster and theme "Fewer Cars, Cooler City" We have this, and other posters for download on our website: www.carfreealliance.org/world-carfre... (and other fun stuff) The Carfree Cities Alliance wishes you a joyful and happy day today! :-)

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is World Car Free Day! Try walking or wheeling a journey, exploring your neighbourhood on foot and sharing your favourite people-friendly street. Every step helps build healthier, happier communities. Find out more: livingstreets.org.uk/worldcarfreeday #WorldCarFreeDay

A child wearing a pink helmet and roller skates moves along a residential street while holding hands with an adult walking beside them. Cars are parked on both sides of the road, and two other children stand near a parked vehicle in the background.

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SPACE for Heaton @spaceforheaton.com · 20/09/2026

World Car Free Day is coming up on Tuesday 22nd September. Find out what's going on in Newcastle at carfreeday.uk 🚶🏽‍♀️🚶🏻🧑🏻‍🦽👨🏻‍🦼👩🏻‍🦯🛴🚲🚌🚇

Car Free Day. Tuesday 22nd September 2026.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One year ago the Movement Strategy was adopted by the council. In March this year a motion was passed at a council meeting calling for the Implementation Plan to be published, and for monthly updates while waiting for that to happen. The plan is still not published. newcycling.org/2026/09/move...

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Movement Strategy: one year after adoption

September often feels like a turning point in the year. Summer has ended, the days are noticeably shorter and the air cooler. Across the city young children get their first taste of school while ol…

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Imagine how many more car trips could be removed if Newcastle's School Streets program had continued and the existing streets were enforced propoerly.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🚨 The link from the Freeman Hospital to Longbenton is closed for seven weeks from today. ⚠️ From Monday the main waggonway will also be closed next to the hospital. ❌ No alternative safe route has been provided for the hundreds of people who cycle past each day.

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SPACE for Heaton @spaceforheaton.com · 29/08/2026

Over 700 people cycle past this point on a weekday, and many hundreds more will walk past but don't get counted. The only alternative provided is 'walk for an extra 20 minutes'. Not good enough.

A chart showing average daily, weekday, and weekend cycle traffic at the counter on the Cox Lodge Waggonway at the point it will be closed for 7 weeks.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

⛔ From 7th Sept the Waggonway past the Freeman Hospital will be closed. ⛔ From 1st Sep (the first day of school) the link to Longbenton will be closed. ⛔ There will be no access past the hospital on the waggonway. ❌ No safe cycling alternative has been provided - the diversion is Freeman Road

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Absolutely this - but this also has to go hand in hand with place making. Make it safe AND enjoyable to cycle and walk. Make our streets nice to be in without being surrounded by a metal box www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Heatwaves show UK must do more to promote cycling and walking, campaigners say

Civil society groups argue climate crisis means transport sector needs to urgently reduce its carbon emissions

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Newcastle has a real opportunity to invest and develop this. But vocal opposition to cycle lanes is one of the biggest barriers in our way. How do we engage people who wouldnt consider themselves cyclists? How do we inspire people to move away from the car and try two wheels instead of four?

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SPACE for Heaton @spaceforheaton.com · 04/08/2026

Not acceptable. This route, as with all routes around the city, is used by people everyday. To close it with no warning isn't good enough. People going east-west could use Heaton Park View though that is a lot busier since the LTN was removed. People using Heaton Road will have no safe alternative.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Cycling infrastructure only works when it isn't used for car parking.

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space4gosforth.bsky.social @space4gosforth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Why can’t we have these in Newcastle?

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's our AGM next week. As well as the usual business we'll be hearing from Audrey Christie a Breeze ride leader who has featured in Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling list. Find out the details and register on the link. newcycling.org/2026/06/regi...

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The 2026 AGM for the Newcastle Cycling Campaign will be held on Tuesday July 7th at 7:30pm. The event will take place at Jesmond Library, St. George’s Terrace, Newcastle NE2 2DL. Jesmond Libr…

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space4gosforth.bsky.social @space4gosforth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

These will be useful due to the distance between the station & Blyth Town Centre.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Newcastle has some very good sections of cycle lane, but if drivers block them they are useless. If you come across a situation like this you can contact Newcastle Parking Services Enforcement Officers on 0191 278 7799, all days between 8.00am and 6.30pm.

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space4gosforth.bsky.social @space4gosforth.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

As Newcastle Council is now under Lib Dem control, we look in our latest blog about Lib Dem values & how they might relate to Transport in our city. The Lib Dem values are: Liberty, Equality, Democracy, Community, Human Rights, Internationalism and Environmentalism.

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What are the Lib Dem Values, and what do they mean for transport? - SPACE for Gosforth

It’s all change at Newcastle City Council, with the Newcastle Liberal Democrats to take control having agreed a “Stability and Cooperation Agreement” with Newcastle Green Party. According to a Green [...

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Good news - more cycle lanes coming for the city centre. “long term aspirations to continue to provide cycling links through the city centre”. Let people know you support plans like this so we get the cycle network the city deserves. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

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Newcastle cycle lane plans unveiled to connect city centre to RVI and Town Moor

Newcastle City Council hopes that building a new cycle lane along Leazes Park Road can better connect the city centre to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and the Town Moor

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The North East Combined Authority has produced a survey where it wants to hear from women and girls about how safe you feel while travelling in the region. You can share your views on the link below. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/DDWYJI/?fb...

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North East Combined Authority Women and Girls' Safety Survey

Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🗓️On 7th May local elections will be taking place in Newcastle. 📋We have put together three key points that we would like to see parties back in order to improve cycling in the city. 🗣️Ask the candidates you speak to what they will be doing to improve cycling in the city after May.

Cycling is quick, cheap and healthy. More cycling means less traffic congestion, and it's good for the planet. It's good for everybody! Here are three things Newcastle City Council could do to make it better for everyone:

Connected network - join together existing cycle lanes and tracks, so the routes are safe and easy for all
School streets - keep traffic away from school gates at the start and end of the school day, so its safer for children to travel by bike
Shopping locking - every parade of shops should have some bike stands, so you can lock and leave your bike while you go shopping

Ask your candidates what they think about these.
Let them know how important they are to you, and to your vote.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Our friends in North Tyneside are having a Kidical Mass event on Sunday at 2pm. Find out all the details on their Facebook page at m.facebook.com/events/14227... Check out the safe cycling infrastructure on the sea front in the sunshine and enjoy cake at the end.

Kidical mass North Tyneside
Sunday 26th April

Meet at Northumberland Park, King Edward Road, North Shields or Churchill Playing Fields, Monkseaton at 2pm
Finishing point is Cullercoats.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We would like to see every parade of shops across the city have cycle parking available so people can leave their cycle in confidence while shopping. Ask your election candidates if they will support better cycle parking at your local shops. Good for business, good for the city, good for cycling.

A photo of a number of bikes leaning against some bollards alongside a layby for car parking on a high street in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Large parts of Newcastle are reachable from the city centre by cycle – but only where a safe, connected and convenient cycle network exists. When you speak to candidates standing in the forthcoming elections ask them if they will be working towards a safe travel network for everybody.

The image is an Isocrone showing 15 minutes and 30 minutes cycling time from the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. the 30 minute area covers the whole city.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📊 Newcastle has 1051.8km of roads, 1416.8km of footway, but only 36km of cycleway. 🚲 The city's safe cycling infrastructure is 3.42% the length of the road network. 🗣️ When you speak to candidates standing in next month's elections ask them if they support safe cycling for the whole city.

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Road: 1051.8km
Footway: 1416.8km
Cycleway: 36km

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Proposals have been put forward for safer walking and cycling facilities on Matthew Bank and Jesmond Dene Road. Respond by Sunday 12 April and let the council know you support safer cycling in the city. Details below 👇🏻 newcycling.org/2026/04/safe...

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Safer Cycling on Jesmond Dene Road and Matthew Bank

The city council is proposing to make some changes to a section of Jesmond Dene Road and Matthew Bank. You can see plans for the scheme at You can show your support and add comments online at new.n…

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

We have reported the fact the traffic lights at the end of the recently finished Pilgrim Street cycle lane at the junction with Market Street don't appear to ever turn green. If you come across traffic signals that aren't working you can report them here: envirocall.newcastle.gov.uk/Request/Form...

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Report a problem with a Traffic Signal - Your Local Services

To ensure your report is completed, please read the following information:

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space4gosforth.bsky.social @space4gosforth.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our annual blog on traffic crash injury in #Newcastle. In 2025 there were 3 fatalities, 114 serious injuries and 414 slight injuries on Newcastle’s roads, an average of 10 people injured every week. This is too high - we need action to create a Safe Pedestrian And Cycling Environment in Newcastle.

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Traffic Crash Injury 2025 - SPACE for Gosforth

In 2025 there were 3 fatalities, 114 serious injuries and 414 slight injuries on Newcastle’s roads, an average of 10 people injured every week.

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Tom Bailey @tynetom.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Can you help on 26th April? Sign up NOW to HELP forms.gle/MLqGjfv1UbqB... North Tyneside Kidical Mass..... it's back, before they set the routes need to get an idea of what help will be available. There's cake in it for you. (either marshalling on the day or helping distribute fliers and posters)

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨 Kidical Mass is returning to North Tyneside next month. 📅 Put Sunday 26 April at 2pm in your diary. 📢 Follow www.facebook.com/KidicalMassNT for the latest updates.

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Kidical Mass North Tyneside

Kidical Mass North Tyneside. 302 likes · 8 talking about this. Kidical Mass North Tyneside organises family-friendly rides with a message in North Tyneside.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

There's a few days left to send in your support for proposals to make Fenham Hall Drive a safer street for people walking and cycling. The consultation ends at 11:59pm on Sunday. You can read our response on the link below. newcycling.org/2026/03/impr...

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Improvements for active travel proposed for Fenham Hall Drive

The council is proposing changes to Fenham Hall Drive between Grandstand Road and Two Ball Lonnen that could see the street becoming much safer for cycling. Proposals include 1.5km of protected cyc…

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📢 The council is proposing changes to Fenham Hall Drive that could see the street becoming much safer for cycling. ✅ Proposals include 1.5km of protected cycle lane and better crossing points. 📖 Read the full details and see all the plans at new.newcastle.gov.uk/travel/impro...

Image shows a section of some plans for a new separated cycle lane on Fenham Hall Drive

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A really good piece from #GCN here and especially the discussions at the end and the final point about needing some visions and plans - that really is the thing lacking in the UK. youtu.be/y4pO1vS0gkc?...

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This Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream Of

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

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SPACE for Heaton @spaceforheaton.com · 23/01/2026

Good news for anybody for cycles along the city stadium cycle path. 👇

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

At last night's council meeting there was a motion on winter maintenance. An amendment to 'Investigate gritting those parts of major arterial pedestrian/cycle routes susceptible to freezing' was not passed, as more than half of those councillors present voted against it.

A screen capture of the electronic voting results at a meeting of Newcastle City Council showing 22 Yes, 28 No.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The city council recently release a master plan for Forth Yards, a future development west of the city centre. We have taken a look and considered the impact on cycling facilities. Read what we found and find out how to contribute on the link below. newcycling.org/2025/12/fort...

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Forth Yards Masterplan Out For Consultation

The city council recently released a master plan for Forth Yards, a future development on land surrounding the current location of the arena, west of the city centre. The plan looks at the potentia…

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.

Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail

Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3)

Dear Secretary of State,

Active travel directly advances all five of the Government’s missions — improving health, creating opportunity, delivering safer streets, driving economic growth and meeting our decarbonisation commitments. To realise this potential, the forthcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) must move from good intentions to a clear, long-term, fully deliverable national plan comparable to other strategic transport programmes. Currently, CWIS3’s proposed objectives, “ensuring people are safe to travel actively” and “ensuring people feel it is an easy choice”, are open to interpretation and not measurable.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

In conjunction with @northeastptug.bsky.social we recently wrote to the city council to urge it to work towards making New Bridge Street and Blackett Street match the vision that has been sold to residents. newcycling.org/2025/10/the-...

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The future of New Bridge Street and Blackett Street

As the completion of the new Government building on New Bridge Street nears the public realm surrounding the development is starting to take shape. Image on hoardings around the building site, as w…

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Lots of people joined SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill on their Glow ride last night as part of the @cyclinguk.bsky.social "My ride. Our right" campaign to call for safer streets. See pictures from the event and a video explaining what it was about in the gallery below.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This is our work! Nice to see it getting picked up

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