Sign in

Sam Wakeling

@samwake.bsky.social
3.2K followers 445 following 934 posts

Loves streets. Make them safe. Set them free. Sheffield. Abolition. Works at Living Streets. Free free 🍉 🔗 sam.wakeling.me

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
775285744855
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tactical paint job extending the decorative tile pattern 😍 Quick doesn’t have to mean dirty.
010
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“These choices were made for you. But you were never part of them” We can make better choices about our streets, because most of us never chose the way they are now.
030
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bumped into my local @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social candidate Seb this morning st school drop off. Good luck in the by-election today! Polls are open until 10pm.
Two men squinting my into the sun with green vote geeen sign beside them and sunny grassy neighbourhood behind
031
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
142104032158
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Few people put it as clearly this. “The public needs to be able to make the decisions as to who gets what.”
02910
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you Rachel. Such courage and dignity in the face of awful framing from BBC.
071
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Every aviation scenario the UK Government has published overshoots the carbon budget Parliament has legislated, before a third runway at Heathrow is even taken into account.” (And even that budget is wildly out of line with 1.5 or 2C)
01414
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A deadly crash on the A6182. Speed limit is 40mph. Dual carriageway appears built to encourage much higher speeds. Footway along one side. Pickup truck. Not clear yet what happened. Is this somewhere which should be excluded from 20mph policy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Two dead after car hits group of pedestrians in Doncaster
A vehicle hit four people before colliding with two cars on White Rose Way in Doncaster, police say.
010
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hillsborough Corner, one of Sheffield’s more complex junctions, has all signals out today. It can be difficult for people crossing, esp if you’re blind, but in some ways the traffic has really calmed down with drivers giving way (including to people) and checking if they can risk going through.
120
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just my 8yo filming a butterfly that landed on my leg as we sheltered from rain under a tree while playing some tennis in our street.
041
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“We found that when heavy motor traffic arrives in a neighbourhood, residents' perceptions of street crime go up…” @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social
110
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“A successful high street is not simply one with fewer empty shops. It is one where people recognise something of themselves in the streets around them: somewhere to meet, to linger, to spend money if they want to, and somewhere to belong even when they don't.” 💚 nowthenmagazine.com/articles/the...
nowthenmagazine.com
The good, the bad, and the vape shop: rewriting the future of Sheffield's high streets
There is something revealing about a high street. Look at the shops and you see the story of a place: what people can afford, what businesses think they can sell, and whether a town feels it has a fut...
041
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Oliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Incredible improvements but note how the 'red' colour denotes UK legal limits aligned to health evidence from 2005 The health evidence was updated in 2021 by WHO. Applying the latest evidence to these maps, only first block is blue (10ug/m3) We've a long way to go until we breathe *healthy* air 😷
032
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What if the difference between “actual” safety and “perceived”safety is how well your measures of “actual” safety describe the “actual” real world?
000
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Only last year as mayor Burnham endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty as a “lifeline”, and said “I urge all governments… to join this fight”. What or who changed his mind? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
466
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
JLR seem to be trolling, and the BBC is helping them by using their airline promo photo. A luxury car is even more luxurious with electric power, and even JLR now realise it. But it seems they want everyone to know they aren’t here to stop their climate violence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Range Rover launches first fully electric model
The vehicle is being built at JLR's manufacturing plant in Solihull, in the West Midlands.
010
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our streets and roads have been prioritised for motor traffic at every level for so long it is hard to notice that it is even a choice. Great post here about unravelling that strangling net.
0104
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Like rebuilding a crashed aircraft (irony etc), returning from climate overshoot, if possible at all, would be vastly more expensive and difficult than preventing it. Healing will always be needed. But stopping the injuries makes that easier.
032
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 04/09/2026
It's rare to see a mainstream news broadcaster explicitly referencing loss-and-damage finance, climate justice and big-emitter responsibility in its reporting. So this moment on the BBC's News at Ten really caught my attention. Report by @azadehmoshiri.bsky.social in Nepal
7436177
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In Wales 20mph has prevented injuries for people inside vehicles even more than for people outside them. It’s not about benefiting either “group” at anyone else’s expense. It’s safer for everyone.
020
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Removing people from the public realm of our streets by ensconcing them in private vehicles traveling at high speeds on… public space that has been designed for their domination results in social severance: one cannot encounter others, engage in human interaction, or foster trust…” 🔥
100
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm thrilled to be writing a new poem commissioned for @otsfestival.bsky.social to celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026! But I need your help... I want this poem to be inspired by a range of local people's experiences. To be part of the piece, share your story here: forms.gle/QdbBdDfouWEU...
forms.gle
Help inspire a poem commissioned for Off The Shelf on your experiences of reading!
My name is Beth Davies and I am the Sheffield Poet Laureate 2024-26. As part of my role, Off The Shelf festival have commissioned me to write a poem to celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026. I...
144
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Does capturing cattle waste to digest and produce electricity and fertiliser make a significant impact on the climate impact of dairy? It seems methane from the waste is only 10-25% of the methane produced by cows - most is burps and so would continue?
010
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Reporting of e-scooter injuries often ignores other vehicles. But inferring from govt summary: Of 1377 collisions, 993 involved another vehicle. 47 of these were prob cycles. So about 70% of e-scooter crash casualties (950) seem to be from crashes *with motor vehicles*. www.gov.uk/government/s...
gov.uk
Reported road casualties Great Britain: e-scooter factsheet, 2025
010
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wonder if Home Office is making a similar booklet for far-right race rioters since they seem to have an actual tendency towards abuse? www.thedetail.tv/articles/alm...
thedetail.tv
Almost half NI race rioters reported for domestic abuse
The figures for Northern Ireland – 48% - were higher than the UK average (41%).
131
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue
32777335
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There are some MPs who understand that drilling for yet more oil is wrong. I’m glad my MP Abtisam Mohamed (Labour) has signed this. Yet the list of names is so, so short.
020
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
3/3 Funding British clean energy will secure our home-grown supply and build reliable green jobs for the future.
18916
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
2/3 We do not have to choose between jobs and the climate. Continuing to push for volatile fossil fuels leaves us vulnerable. Energy investment must serve the public interest, not just corporate profits
28515
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
1/3 I have co-signed a cross-party letter asking the Prime Minister to stop the Rosebank oil field development.
717034
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“… children are now nearly 11 when they start playing outdoors without supervision for the first time. That’s over a year older than their parents’ generation, with parents reporting they played outdoors at age nine.”
news.exeter.ac.uk
Outdoor Play Research Centre launches at Exeter with landmark study into children’s play
The new Outdoor Play Research Centre has launched at the University of Exeter with a landmark study into children’s play which found children start outdoor play later than ever. Researchers found chil...
3279
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It was great that he showed cycling is a normal thing and doesn’t demand PPE. Sad that he has adopted the victim-blaming helmet mantra which does little to reduce danger and lots to stigmatise cycling. Safe streets please, not plastic hats.
4348
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pedestrian-friendly side road junctions online masterclass. Robert Weetman and Mark Philpotts are excited to launch their first two-day online workshop exploring their pioneering work on pedestrian-friendly side-road junctions. Mondays 19th & 26th October 2026. 1/2
A diagram with a blue triangle on its side pointing to the right and a purple triangle on its side pointing to the left, under the blue one. The blue one says “quality for pedestrians, and the purple one says “proportion of pedestrians excluded”.

The blue one is at the top and stretches across the page. The purple one stretches about 2/3 across from the right and there is a vertical dotted line going up and down at the apex.

To the left of the dotted line, the words “pedestrian friendly” sits between a left/ right arrow and underneath, it says “Drivers are LIKELY to obey Highway Code rules H2/170”.

To the right of the dotted line there is the words “compromise design, standard, flow focussed design” between left and right arrows with the word “standard”.

Under compromised, it also says “Drivers are UNLIKELY to obey Highway Code rules H2/170)”

Under flow focused design it says “Drivers are UNABLE to obey Highway Code rules H2/170”
295
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My question about the gov alert is not whether this is a serious crisis, but whether more public knowledge is the thing that is needed. It seems to assume that fires happen because people don’t know to avoid these activities. Will it be effective?
130
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
What if children are people with valid views? It feels amazing we haven’t thought more about this profound gap in the right to vote. Like with working men, women, and racialised people, it raises the question: do we think children are accepted as people? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
bbc.co.uk
Radical - Votes for Six-Year-Olds: Could Child Suffrage Revive Democracy? (David Runciman) - BBC Sounds
A former Cambridge politics professor has a bold proposal: lowering the voting age to six.
101
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The amount of energy needed to raise the average sea temp globally is enormous. This seems worthy of headlines and statements from national leaders. …?
032
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Whether or not Burnham approves more North Sea oil and gas, he’s already shown who he works for. The idea that selling fossil fuels is to offer a “resource” to anyone who is “struggling” is a core argument of the fossil industry. Getting a PM to echo this is a win. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Burnham says he told Trump UK will be pragmatic about North Sea oil
Andy Burnham says he told the US president he couldn't ignore North Sea resources when people are struggling.
073
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
29469622160
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In the first 99 years of temperature records Bordeaux had one day over 40C (in 2003). In the 6 years from 2019, it had 5 days over 40C. This year it has had 6 days so far.
022
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“I want to make this the best place in the country for kids when it comes to walking, wheeling and cycling” 🤩 Mayor of South Yorkshire lining up with West Mids Kids’ Streets. Great to hear. We need to get involved to make it happen… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Mayor Oliver Coppard hopes to make South Yorkshire 'safest place for kids'
The mayor of South Yorkshire has been answering questions on BBC Radio Sheffield's Call Coppard phone-in.
060
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As the Road Safety Investigation Branch sets up, what if it aimed to replace the police as documenters of crashes on our roads? Rather than bake in the biases of police officers to our basic data, why not have specialists do it?
130
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What counts as unnecessary pavement obstruction? As I walked down here, someone else was walking up. We would have passed beside the van, but they stepped aside to wait to avoid squeezing past. Obstruction doesn’t just mean whether one person can get through.
A pavement on a terraced street with parked vehicles and a white van with wheels just on the kerb and wing mirror sticking out.
2144
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“I will put the care of people at the heart of everything I do.” Huge if true. And not easy with the pressure of govt to prioritise money over life. For me, care means choosing not to sacrifice people to spare the pockets of the wealthy.
010
Reposted by Sam Wakeling
elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In case you didn’t have enough reasons to love Spanish football, here’s some more wholesome content of the male players paying their respects to the women’s team, which also won the world cup www.instagram.com/reel/DbEsgxe...
1785671920
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Has he been given enough of a chance yet? If this is how he wants to show his intentions then this doesn’t look good.
000
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’ve talked to a lot of people living near motorways for work and there are sometimes a few who are accepting of it like this. But more often it’s kids describing the traumatising effect of sleep deprivation and being unable to think or be outside.
040
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Why pick up on this and not just stay “positive” about genuine improvements? Because it seems to me one of the big reasons we aren’t addressing the harms of motoring is thinking it can be outcompeted - just more and better public transport, cycling and walking. (While adding traffic capacity…)
100
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Good to have bus fares capped again - they should be cheap. Transport sec on media saying Bee Network buses have had 11% more passengers in a year. Great! Does that mean less car driving? No. That’s also gone up. Better, cheaper buses are essential. And they don’t mean less driving. Both true.
Manchester miles driven going up steadily since 2010 (with dip for Covid). All time high in 2024 beaten again in 2025.
140
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Minesh highlights that clean air is a class issue and is about fighting for lives. Change isn’t handed down from those with power. Indeed, SCC has had clean air “action plans” since 2003, but only did the 2023 CAZ after campaigners legally forced govt to require cities use powers they already had.
140