Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025We’re encouraging everyone that can to help an action, run a ride, organise a demo, have a play street, write a letter :) this May. #safestreetsnow #playstreets #kidicalmass 012
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 23/03/2025www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comWales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority 095
Reposted by Safe Streets NowAdam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Britain once led the world in road safety. Road collisions cost the country about £40bn ($50bn, or 1.5% of GDP) each year. In 2011, the government dropped its road safety targets altogether. The new government promises a strategy, but will it be enough? www.economist.com/britain/2025...economist.comWhy Britain has fallen behind on road safetyMore than 1,600 people still die each year in road collisions 34418
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 23/02/2025www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comIf road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean TodtDeaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development 010
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Some positive news to start our days: www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukAlmost £300 million to gear up new walking, wheeling and cycling schemesWe are making sure local authorities can provide high-quality and easily accessible active travel schemes across England. 030
Reposted by Safe Streets NowAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Great to see the North East Combined Authority have set up a consultation survey for the Local Travel Plan designed especially for young people. Please share with the children and young people you know! shout.mindofmyown.org.uk/s/NorthEastLTPshout.mindofmyown.org.ukNorth East Transport Plan ConsultationPlease take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important. 197
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Is road rage getting worse? This short piece by GCN looks at why all types of road users get angry and the impact groups like #KidicalMass are having changing that. @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social captures why these rides matter brilliantly. What’s your experience? youtu.be/wmUP8OH50E0?...youtu.beRoad Rage Is Getting Worse. Here’s What To Do About ItYouTube video by Global Cycling Network 0189
Reposted by Safe Streets NowAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 04/12/2024This ⬇️ Everyone benefits from enabling safe cycling for teenagers. 05612
Reposted by Safe Streets NowShivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 30/11/2024#SafeStreetsNow worldwide! Inspiring work from the people of Toronto. Do check out the thread - and great video … @safestreetsnow.bsky.socialsafestreetsnow.bsky.socialSafe Streets Now (@safestreetsnow.bsky.social)https://safestreetsnow.co.uk 076
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Does your school do #bikeability? If not ask them to do it. It’s funded so there’s literally no excuse not to help keep our kids safe. Research on the impact it has here: roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/researc... #safestreets #streetsforeveryone #activetravelroadsafetygb.org.ukResearch highlights the ‘critical’ role of Bikeability cycle training 054
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024There’s an all parliamentry group asking for evidence on active travel and social justice. Please take the time to respond either individually or from your groups to help. appgcw.org/2024/11/12/a... #safestreetsappgcw.orgActive Travel and Social Justice inquiry - All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & WalkingCall for evidence deadline is 16th December 2024 045
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Positive article from #Bath Kids need safe streets, wherever they live! 'Safer streets for young cyclists plea issued' 👉 buff.ly/3NzdPUn #KidicalMass #SafeStreetsNow #StreetsforEveryone #StreetsforKids #StreetsForAll #SchoolStreets #SafeRoutesToSchool #FamilyCycling #HealthyHabitsbuff.lySafer streets for young cyclists plea issuedWith thousands of speeding reports in Bath, can change finally happen 082
Reposted by Safe Streets Nowkidicalmassreading.bsky.social @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social · 27/10/2024Us 🙋♀️ Glow Ride 20 November 7pm outside Thames Lido in Reading 021
Reposted by Safe Streets NowRed Brick @redbrickblog.bsky.social · 18/10/2024📖 NEW ARTICLE | More Homes, Less Motor Traffic: Can We Have Both? Roger Geffen lays out how the government can encourage building at gentle densities to discourage car use while meeting their housing goals redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/10/more...redbrickblog.co.ukMore Homes, Less Motor Traffic: Can We Have Both? - Red BrickRoger Geffen lays out how the government can encourage building at gentle densities to discourage car use while meeting their housing goals 153
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 24/10/2024Safe streets include inclusive design that women are willing to cycle in the dark. It shouldn’t be a choose between multi lane traffic and dark, isolated ride. Are you organising a #glowride or #beatthedark ride? Share below and let’s get as many people out as possible. 142
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 24/10/2024We want to encourage everyone to sign this petition to introduce a graduated drivers licence to help reduce deaths and serious injuries in young drivers. Almost 5,000 people are killed or seriously injured by a driver aged 25 and under every year. www.change.org/p/safer-driv...change.orgSign the PetitionSafer Driving Licensing for Newly Qualified 17-19 Year Olds 014
Reposted by Safe Streets NowKirsten de Vos 🚶🏻♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 20/10/2024Hard to believe it’s a over a year since our @for-birmingham.bsky.social, @safestreetsnow.bsky.social action in Erdington. A year on, concerted campaigning has led Birmingham City Council to acknowledge we have a road safety emergency but the issues persist and the pace of change painfully slow. 2134
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 21/10/2024The AA estimated that introducing a graduated driving licence (GDL) would save at least 58 lives and prevent 934 people being seriously injured in road crashes each year. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...theguardian.comAA calls for ban on new drivers under 21 carrying passengers of similar age in UKMotoring organisation estimates introduction of graduated driving licences would save at least 58 lives a year 064
Reposted by Safe Streets NowAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 05/10/2024And this is, of course, the result of decades (centuries!) of building transport infrastructure by and for men - 093
Reposted by Safe Streets NowActive Travel @activetravel.bsky.social · 08/01/2024In the debate over whether shopping strips should be directly accessible by cars, importantly, vehicular access can still occur, but priority is given to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. Cars are given access as a guest, or subject to everyone else’s safety. #activetravel #copenhagen 021
Reposted by Safe Streets NowElle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 29/09/2024The lack of any charges yet is disturbing. I know the system is to blame, that there never should have been four lanes of cars speeding right next to a sidewalk of pedestrians, cyclists and babies in strollers. But there needs to be some kind of accountability for drivers who KILL people. 2193
Reposted by Safe Streets NowMartin Wheatley @martinhwheatley.bsky.social · 24/09/2024Shocking graphic from Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance of child casualties on Cambridge's roads. Should be at the forefront of current debate about extending 20mph limits. 1153
Reposted by Safe Streets NowTim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 18/09/2024There was a stunned silence and numerous double takes when #ChrisBoardman spoke at @activetravelcaf.bsky.social yesterday evening. A wake up call for Highways Authorities and councillors everywhere. @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @safestreetsnow.bsky.social #murderstrips 66746
Reposted by Safe Streets NowTim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 18/09/2024This Sunday is #WorldCarFreeDay and @safestreetsnow.bsky.social have called another Day of Action. 134
Reposted by Safe Streets NowAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 15/09/2024We have #kidicalmass rides in Newcastle and North Tyneside next weekend, but there are (at least) 17 other rides across the UK (and hundreds across Europe too) - 1000s and 1000s of families riding for #SafeStreetsNow #StreetsForKids @safestreetsnow.bsky.social 162
Reposted by Safe Streets NowSam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Join the action for Safe Streets Now in Sheffield: Walkley Road, 2pm Sunday 22 Sept. Bring a sign and share the invite. 053
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Remember to join Active Travel Cafe today at 5pm Sign up here activetravelcafe.org.ukactivetravelcafe.org.ukZoom in, 5pm Tuesdays! | Active Travel Cafe 132
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 16/09/2024Are you fed up with ever increasing congestion on our roads? Join us on 22 September to demand #safestreetsnow. safestreetsnow.co.uk Don’t want to organise a demo? it’s #worldcarfreeday so take advantage of what your council is offering! Get your friends into a bus or bike to combat #curculture.safestreetsnow.co.ukGet Involved - Safe Streets Now Standing up for safety is not a war on anyone. 044
Reposted by Safe Streets NowTim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 14/09/2024What do #SafeStreets mean to me? Cycling with my grandson on a sunny day meeting a bus coming the other way, he’s not fazed, neither am I and neither is the bus driver. That’s why I support @safestreetsnow.bsky.social on #WorldCarFreeDay 22/9/24 www.safestreetsnow.co.uk 16815
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 12/09/2024What do #safestreets mean for you? For Saskia from Bath Safe Streets means not having to worry when we walk to the local shops. The pavements are narrow and vehicles whiz by at high speed. Join us on 22.09 to demand better for our children. 1135
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 11/09/2024What do safe streets mean to you? For Kat in Reading, it means having a less anxious relationship on the streets with her son. ‘I’m constantly on such high alert for traffic that I can’t relax with him to play. Journeys from a to b are about keeping him safe, not having fun exploring and playing’ 062
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 11/09/2024More than half a million people have been killed on our roads since records began in 1926. Nearly a century on, more than 5 people are dying every day in road traffic collisions. Communities across the county are calling for change. Add your voice. #SafeStreetsNow 033
Reposted by Safe Streets NowAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Sharing for Newcastle (upon Tyne) #kidicalmass folk, the day before our North Tyneside ride. 5 starting points including Elswick and Byker for the first time, all finishing at Exhibition Park. 166
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Wonder why Safe Streets are important? Here’s what we think What will your action be on 22 September? youtu.be/yb_PyOxGB9I?...youtu.beSafe Streets Now - 22nd September 2024YouTube video by Safe Streets Now 099
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 08/09/2024Scared of what might happen if you let your children play out in the street? Angry at the deaths and life changing injuries that arise every day in preventable traffic collisions? We need you to join our call for change 22.09.24 safestreetsnow.co.uksafestreetsnow.co.ukGet Involved - Safe Streets Now Standing up for safety is not a war on anyone. 01514
Safe Streets Now @safestreetsnow.bsky.social · 08/09/2024Join us for another #safestreets demonstration on 22 Sept. Tell us why you want streets that are safe for our families and friends. 002
