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@rivierarider.bsky.social
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All about active travel, reducing road danger and eliminating car-centrism and dependency 🚲🚶🚇 (Yes, I do drive)

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AZB @azb2019.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Car brains will look at this image & tell you that the problem is those 2 hire bikes on the pavement. What do you mean you can’t see them? Next to the HGV that’s parked on the pavement. No! Not that HGV on the pavement. The other HGV that’s on the pavement. Yes!! Those hire bikes are the problem.
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
When compared to Wonford ward (where the route is), only 23% of the population supported this via the consulation. Looking as St. Leonards, Heavitree, Middlemoor and Wonford wards (pop. 40k), only 5.3% responded with support. Shockingly poor decision that prioritises short local car-trips.
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Tech companies: Our pavement robots are safe for pedestrians and don't get in their way! The robots:
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thought I was going to be squashed today by yet another driver not looking or slowing down at the junction of Titchbourne Row and Oxford Square in Bayswater today. This junction seems rife for rat-running drivers not giving way – had many similar close calls @westminster-lcc.bsky.social
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Miss Omar @auntiekayadventure.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This is the best cycling advert ever, especially because I’m in it. It beautifully shows that cycling is for everyone, no matter who you are or where you come from. Bikes bring people together and remind us that cycling is one of the best ways to improve our health and wellbeing.
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
So sad that these desperately needed schemes will probably be binned off now Westminster Council is controlled by the Tories ☹️
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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
We initially designed the protected cycle infrastructure to include the RBKC side of Bayswater Road. Not surprising but nonetheless a depressing reply came back: "Stepped tracks and bus stop by-passes are just not something that is supported in RBKC currently." 1/
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Duchess T @duchessteapot.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are in a genitocracy. Tax cuts and free healthcare and welfare (in the form of pensions) for old people. No incentives for young people. We can’t afford homes which are horded by the old. We are mercilessly taxed to pay for their lives. This is just another stealth tax on the young.
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The strategic road network is managed by a charity and relies on the goodwill of land owners for access. Some motorways will be muddy and flooded each winter. Also The strategic road network stops randomly at council boundaries and investment is where councils are willing. (UK edition).
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
"City doing one more study - hopeful this one will conclude that doing nothing about the car-centric status quo is the best way forward." creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
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City doing one more study - hopeful this one will conclude that doing nothing about the carcentric status quo is the best way forward.
HAMILTON, ON - After reviewing every recorded study, all of which state that "frequent and reliable transit, safe active transportation options, and fewer cars improve cities,"
'a few city councillors in the
Hammer, as it's known, is pretty sure there is new information on YouTube and other social media channels that hasn't yet been included.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
We call these pieces "Shared Responsibility".
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Neill J @neillj.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It takes a bit of working out that two women were killed by a driver, the composition is horrendous.
bbc.co.uk
Mum's death on walk leaves family with 'huge hole in our hearts'
Vicki Attenborough was one of two women who died when they were hit by a car in Bolton on Monday.
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Martyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
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Austrian Fietser #klimafreak @woemi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
One of the biggest tricks of the car industry was convincing us that parking private cars is a public responsibility, turning shared space into free storage for personal vehicles.
Parking spots
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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Over the 7 days Thurs 11 - Weds 17 Dec'25, the cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter recorded 56,636 cycle journeys (higher than the last full week of November!) Very wet Thursday 18th's AM scores courtesy of @westcountrytim.bsky.social 👇 bsky.app/profile/west...
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
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Cycleway, my arse! @issaddlethereis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Congestion costs £7.5bn a year and c.£17bn is needed to fix the worn out road network. In the last 30 years, the UK population has grown by 19%, but the number of cars has exploded by 56%. Outside of London, 81% of British households own at least one car! theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
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How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
...Research undertaken here in the UK found that 'paint-only' cycle lanes are actually worse (less safe) than nothing, and that to be better than nothing, a cycle lane needs wands or a kerb/curb. road.cc/content/news...
road.cc
Painted advisory cycle lanes increase risk of cyclist casualties, study finds
Research into London commutes also reveals stepped cycle tracks are more effective than kerb protected lanes in reducing injury odds
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/11/2025
Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️ 📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips 📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019 This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Great example of motornormativity on Cycleway 4 in Deptford  – one of London's key cycle routes. Non-existent motor traffic gets a default green while cyclists (& probs pedestrians) have to wait ~1 min for the lights to change. We can do better! @willnorman.co.uk @ianwalker.bsky.social
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Feel free to use this video as a counter argument for "cyclists always jump red lights"! One of the most egregious examples I've ever witnessed. Slightly too dark for the camera to pick up the reg though.
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Greenwich Cyclists @greenwichcyclists.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Southwark Council is consulting on the Lower Road cycleway scheme – part of Cycleway 4 and a vital safe cycling route for us in Greenwich. engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projec... Survey closes 14 December.
People cycling safely in Southwark on Cycleway 4.
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Maybe it’s time for Putney’s politicians to grow up, find some political courage and own some more reality-based traffic reduction solutions for their blighted town centre - even if car drivists do wail and gnash their teeth about them?
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
3 drivers complain = the entire community is against it 20 cyclists express support = the bike mafia has hijacked the meeting
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it! Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling. City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Love how much energy we all spend circle jerking over classes of ebikes while car culture runs around with metrics of multiple tons, hundreds of horsepower, and top speeds only limited in triple digits.
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Was going through old footage and noticed just how much TfL have narrowed the cycle lane (~30cm) on Clapham High Street after the summer resurfacing works. They also removed the wands segregating the cycle lane. Why??? @londoncycling.bsky.social @lambethcyclists.bsky.social @psimonk.bsky.social
An image of CS7 on Clapham High Street in August 2023, with a manhole cover highlighted for reference for the cycle lane width.An image of CS7 on Clapham High Street in September 2025, with the same manhole cover highlighted for reference for the cycle lane width. The cycle lane has been reduced in width, with blue paint and wands removed.
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
CS7. A "high-quality cycle route" according to TfL. Is this what a "high-quality cycle route" that should be suitable for all ages and abilities should look like?
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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Cycling won't work here; we're not the Netherlands! Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark! Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland! Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris! Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow! Cycling won't work here - we're not London! Or maybe....
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I want to like Bluesky, but my feed is just a stream of bad news, doom-laden takes and “someone needs to fix this” messages despite only following urbanism/cycling accounts. I came for active-travel info & news but come away from the app feeling miserable 🫩
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Littlebigfred 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @littlebigfred.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
cultmtl.com
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Meanwhile editors and journalists *still* claim they can’t state e.g. “driver crashes into X” because it somehow “risks apportioning blame and prejudicing any investigation” 💩 Reach PLC is just anti-cyclist rubbish most of the time
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Great thread. It really does feel like progress in London is glacial outside of some bight-spots like Camden, Islington and Hackney, and seems to be getting slower. C7 is going backwards! The demand for cycling is clearly there given ridership growing annually, but it’s being suppressed by inaction.
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
RIP some of the few wands TfL did reinstall on Clapham High Street. Whilst locking my bike up, I saw: 1. Motorcyclist riding the entire length of the cycle lane 2. A car driver cut into the lane here to go around another driver waiting to turn right 3. A bus straddle the lane
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Haarlemmerstraat, Amsterdam in 1971 and today, now a cycling and walking only route
Top shows a wide street filled with cars, driving in multiple lanes. People walk along narrow sidewalks, and a few cyclists ride cautiously among the traffic. 

Bottom: The same view today shows a cycle only route including a parent riding with a child in a cargo bike.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
“The city isn’t quite at Copenhagen or Amsterdam levels, but it’s closing in. Over 40 percent of locals commute by bike — about ten times the rate of a typical North American city — and you feel it immediately.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social Antwerp has come a long way since I worked there in 2019.
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Antwerp is an Effortlessly Cool City Toured Best by Bicycle
It’s no wonder Antwerp now ranks among the top ten most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, according to the Copenhagenize Index.
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 24/10/2025
In 2024/5 @mayoroflondon.bsky.social's TfL/borough partnerships delivered: 🚲51km new bike routes 🦓400 new ped crossings 🚲12000 bike parking spaces 🚲65000+ cycle training sessions 🚸150 new school streets 💈7 new LTNs ☔️50000sqm SUDS
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
A human on a bicycle is nature's most efficient traveller. A version of this graph went on to inspire Steve Jobs of Apple, who used it in a 1980 presentation describing the personal computer as "the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds."
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Massive thanks to @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social for showing me the problem of traffic cutting across Upper Tooting Rd from side street to side street, barging in front of people crossing the road and bullying people riding bikes along CS7 out of the way. My heart was in my mouth 🫣
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Great quote from Cllr Sullivan: `Cllr Sullivan put to Cllr Mitchell that while he claimed not to be against cycleways in principle, “I would challenge you to tell me where in practice you’re in favour of cycle lanes, because so far I haven’t heard any of that”.`
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
@psimonk.bsky.social Just wondering if there has been any discussion between LCC and TfL/Will Norman about this? The blue paint over the junctions is still missing, too!
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
In the whole of 2024, one pedestrian was killed in a collision with a pedal cycle.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
More than a quarter of Londoners say they are now more likely to cycle following the recent Tube strike disruption
road.cc
In the aftermath of tube strike chaos, 28% of Londoners say they are now more likely to cycle in future
Bike hire firms admit spike in cycle traffic "exceeded expectations", as campaigners urge politicians to deliver on cycling's "huge untapped potential as a safe, healthy transport mode"
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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Avant / Après Rue de Rivoli à 50 ans de différence. Photo 1976 par LM1948 sur Wikimedia Commons. A l'époque, la Rue de Rivoli était pavée, et servait le long des Tuileries de parking à autocars de touristes.
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
More words on that, here substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
A seven week miracle
50 volunteers, some contractors, risk and years of diplomacy for a mile of path
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Safe Cycle Infra Enjoyer 😎 @rivierarider.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
And people ask me why I don’t want kids 😐
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