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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧 Reasons to ’rejoin’ the EU: 1. Filling the 55k NHS vacancies 2. Young people going Interrailing 3. Ditto applying to Maastricht uni etc ( cheaper) 4. No airport queues 5.Jobs in Europe for unemployed 6. Dublin Convention reinstated, stopping small boats And 6. Nigel Farage’s face.

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Kat @kat8655.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

We need to gaslit Americans into adopting bikes.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Plans have been unveiled for a network of cycle routes linking nearby towns and villages to Oxford, backed by county and city councils – and unusually, the University of Oxford. The Oxford Greenways would connect 200,000 residents to the city on traffic-free paths. oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-green...

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Oxford Greenways: a cure for congestion?

How far would you be prepared to cycle to work? Research suggests that, for most people, 2 to 5 miles is the sweet spot. That's 10 to 30 minutes each way. Enough for health benefits, but not too tiri...

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This looks utterly fantastic and is what other authorities should be doing.

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Bicycles Recycle @bicyclesrecycle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cycling is associated with a 30-40% lower risk of all-cause mortality, especially for individuals who are consistently active or who increase their physical activity levels. This reduction in mortality risk highlights the significant health benefits of regular cycling, present across all age groups.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shocker! a half sensible cycling article from the BBC. The biggest put off for people thinking of cycling is road danger. Hiviz means bugger all when the drivers aren't looking. The obvious routes are not always the best or safest. planners like @cycle.travel help. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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What will get unsure Suffolk cyclists back in the saddle?

The local transport authority is hoping to encourage more cycling, but some recall being hit by cars.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/09/2026

Access to culture is a right, not a privilege. Keeping museums free means millions can continue to explore, learn and be inspired, regardless of their background or income. That's good for London, and good for ensuring cost is never a barrier to discovery.

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Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain

The announcement by Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came after recent discussions of introducing admission fees for overseas visitors

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Is It A Bike Lane? @isitabikelane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

UK: “street furniture must be set back 45cm onto the pavement in case it is hit by careless drivers” France: “you’d better not drive carelessly”

Photo of a French village street. Bollards actually in the carriageway, rather than on the pavement. And they’re not even painted yellow and reflective. Although the pavement’s not exactly great for pedestrians still tbqh

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

More of these please where narrow roads are not really essential through routes.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It never fails to suprise me that councils who constantly complain that they have no money, can somehow find the cash to make streets less safe

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Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 24/09/2026

Is it Amsterdam? Copenhagen? No, it's Paris! After years of investment, the French capital has one of the best problems a city can have: bicycle congestion. So if Paris has done it, why wouldn't other cities follow? 📸 Such an amazing photo by @jbpssx.bsky.social

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I doubt whether Nigel Farage's older supporters will be happy when they learn that Reform UK plan to abolish the state pension and our NHS ... meme via Drew Flanagan

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A residential street near a highway gets blocked off to car traffic and turned into a bike route. (1re Ave, Montreal)

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When a bicycle is part of everyday life, it can provide regular physical activity while helping people stay mobile, independent and connected to their communities. momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...

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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 22/09/2026

Today, 22 September, is World Car Free Day! Car-free streets are very beneficial for cities as a whole. Events such as these also provide a unique opportunity for people to imagine new mobility futures. Wondering why and how? Follow the thread 🧵 Image: European Union/CC BY 4.0 buff.ly/HNlKOEP

Photo of a street in Brussels during a Car Free Day. A wide, 4-lane street being used by tens cyclists and pedestrians, with a single car in the distance.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We know that mobility in cities is about space. More specifically, more trips in less space. We’ve seen lots of great images reinforcing that point. This one might be my favourite, from #Santiago, because it ALSO shows the inequality of having buses run in mixed traffic. Dedicated bus-only lanes.

Side-by-side comparison of a Santiago Street, on the left with vehicles, and on the right with the people they carry, showing how much space single occupancy cars take up on our streets in cities. Noteworthy is a cluster of people in the middle where the full bus is sitting stuck in traffic among all those cars with just one person each in them.

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cycling After 60 May Help You Live Longer and Stay Independent, 10-Year Study Finds. momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...

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Martin Price-Phillips @mpricephillips.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great report and polling from @cyclinguk.bsky.social re: pluralistic ignorance - where someone supports a policy while believing their neighbours wouldn’t agree. Half support new cycle routes but believe only a third agree. Likewise for reducing speed limits. School streets greater (70% v 49%).

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The Route Forward

The people and places being transformed by cycling

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚲 Already thinking about your next ride? LCC local groups put on brilliant ones every weekend, so check out our website to see what's happening near you 👉 lcc.org.uk/events-calen...

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

😂 So true, and TV programmes

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mandatory speed limiters would save lives. Why is the UK not legislating for them? How many more lives have to be sacrificed? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Declan Berry drove 'at about 90mph' before fatal Wisbech crash

An inquest into the teenager's death hears about the moments leading up to the incident.

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“In the last decade, about three people every week have been killed by drivers on your roads. In that time, the only people you’ve asked to be courteous are cyclists. Make it make sense”

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Anger as “tone-deaf” Traffic Scotland tells cycling groups “courtesy goes a long way” and to “be mindful of traffic behind you”, days after cyclist killed by driver during club ride; The most stylish ...

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ed Davey. Not a friend of the climate. Even after record breaking heatwaves and exces summer deaths. We need to be getting people to drive less and burn less fuel, not making it cheaper. Christ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ed Davey calls for immediate 10p cut to fuel duty

Sir Ed blamed Donald Trump's war with Iran for damaging the UK economy and pushing fuel prices up.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gas is too cheap as long as people still: - insist on flooring it and then slamming on the brakes between every intersection - drive single occupancy monster trucks in perfect weather for trips less than 2 miles - block crosswalks and bike lanes in idling vehicles

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Cllr John Morris @plaistovian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I snapped this photo on Earlham Grove in Forest Gate the other day. Before Newham Council introduced the Atherton LTN, this street was a heavily used rat run. Today, it’s safe enough for parents to cycle home with their children. Trading a driver's shortcut for safe, everyday school runs.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

READ THIS: How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world. In the 1960s, Dutch cities saw cars as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths —and fierce activism— to turn #Amsterdam into the urban biking nirvana of today. It took vision and leadership.

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How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world

In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to t...

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"The good news is that according to the latest IPCC report, if we enact aggressive emissions limits now, we could hold the warming to 2°C. That's only HALF an ice age unit, which is probably no big deal." 🙃 www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.p...

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1379:_4.5_Degrees

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📢 This weekend the London Cycling Festival is taking over the capitals streets, and we want you to be a part of it! 🛒 Grab your free tickets and we'll see you there: buff.ly/yrUmaHG

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week Green-led Bristol City Council have voted to ban advertising for high-carbon products and services including flights, cruise holidays, and non-electric cars but also, in a first for a UK local authority, adverts for fast fashion too. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Bristol bans ads for fast fashion, flights, and non-electric cars

It’s the first city in the UK to introduce restrictions on advertising fast fashion

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 17/09/2026

Designing infrastructure for all ages and abilities includes couples on their sunset tandem rides.

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One flaw with this idea is that airlines are only profitable due to their highly prejudicial tax treatment: aviation fuel is untaxed, and flights would be wildly more expensive if it were taxed like other liquid hydrocarbon fuels. There are many plausible futures in which airlines end up broke

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lübecker Altstadt, the 800-year-old central core of the city of Lübeck in Northern Germany could be a model for active travel in the UK. Here's lesson one: Build a network of cycleways, linking places people want to go. These primary routes make cycling locally easy and safe. 1/4

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bravo Bristol. The ban covers advertising of petrol, diesel and hybrid-electric vehicles and SUV’s, flights, airports, cruise holidays and travel agents, firms and lobbying related to the fossil fuel industry, and marketing that encourages excessive consumption of fashion products or trends.

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Council bans advertising of fast fashion, flights and cars

Adverts for high carbon products will no longer appear on council-owned ad spaces

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

my salary in bayern was like 70% of my salary in seattle and we had a higher quality of life not needing a car - and having safe and affordable ways to get around (train, bike) was a massive part of that

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.

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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me, in @bloomberg.com : In Singapore, residents need to bid $100k+ for a 10-year "right" to own a car. Draconian? Maybe. But the country's Vehicle Quota System has ensured that transit—not cars— is the top travel mode. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Right To Buy a Car? In Singapore, It Will Cost You.

The city-state’s unique vehicle quota system has made it one of the world’s most expensive places to buy a new car. Here’s how it works — and why it’s unlikely to succeed elsewhere.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Currently about 2/3rds of all Dutch children walk or bike to school, with 75% of secondary school kids cycling to school. By enabling safe and active travel, #Dutch cities prevent an estimated one million car journeys to school each morning.” — @modacitylife.bsky.social in book #CurbingTraffic

Teens riding bikes on Copenhagen bike infrastructure. #LetKidsBike #LetKidsWalk

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/09/2026

The biggest change on the school run isn't what's there - it's what's not. On average, there are now 73,915 fewer car journeys on school days in the capital. That means healthier, greener choices, and cleaner air for our kids.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

thanks doug.

ripping out bike lanes
is premeditated road violence

overtop of an image of Doug Ford

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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you believe in a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine Conflict, if you believe in a Palestinian State, then it is time to act now. I urge you to write to your MP and ask them to write to the government to ban all trade with illegal settlements.

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