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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Japan follows Spain, Wales, Greece and Norway in setting a national urban/village default of 30km/h. Road Safety professionals argue for nations to either set 30km/h as a national urban/village default or allow cities/administrations to set it themselves.

etsc.eu

Japan makes 30 km/h the default speed limit on most residential roads - as European city survey shows significant safety benefits

Japan has lowered the statutory speed limit on most of its residential streets from 60 km/h to 30 km/h, effective 1 September. The new limit applies automatically to roads narrower than 5.5…

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

fastcompany.com

Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane

Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.

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Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Westminster Transport Select Committee, of which I am a member, is currently examining the safety of women and girls across the transport network, including walking and cycling routes. If you have views, please submit them to the enquiry: committees.parliament.uk/work/9900/sa...

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Over a third (34%) of parents are worried about heavy traffic on the journey to school. This International Walk to School Month, we're calling for safer streets so that more children can enjoy the benefits of walking, wheeling and scooting to school. www.livingstreets.org.uk/iwtsm

A mum walking hand-in-hand with a young child in a red school jumper along a residential pavement lined with parked cars. An orange banner at the bottom of the image reads: “34% of parents are worried about heavy traffic on the journey to school”. Living Streets branding appears in the top left corner. Small text at the bottom cites YouGov survey data about parents' concerns regarding traffic on school journeys.

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No bike lane ever “forced” a single driver out of their car, but lack of safe bike infrastructure has literally forced people to stop biking.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There's a reason why Somerville hasn't had a traffic death in 4 years. The city isn't perfect, but they've made a concerted effort to design many streets around people and not cars. You can still drive, but you're going to have to do so slowly and while paying attention.

bostonglobe.com

Somerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston Globe

To make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way.

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St Albans Cycle Campaign @stacyclecampaign.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Same facts apply to 20mph zones in towns and villages.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We were told that Caper Books, which has a huge selection of children's books, opened *after* the installation of the Low Traffic Neighborhood. Safe streets are good for business!

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Cycling and walking to work were associated with better physical health, mental health, and life in general than driving." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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LibLabGreen Barbara @beealing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Let's get #waronwalking the recognition it needs.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

READ: Time to end the REAL war in our cities! “The road lobby’s war on walking, cycling, and transit have continued profitably for more than a century. The time has come for peace.” A NEW article on the #WarOnWalking by @grantennis.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social, and @tomflood.bsky.social

transportxtra.com

A time for peace: End the war on walking, cycling, and trans

The war on the motorist and 15-minute conspiracy theories are fiction. The truth is that there is a war on walking, cycling, and transit that has made a one-hou

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

www.gov.wales/fine-engine-... Our @ruthnia.bsky.social responds: "Plans to increase fines for drivers who leave their engines running will improve the air we breathe. Idling vehicles create unnecessary air pollution where people live with children particularly vulnerable to its harmful effects."

gov.wales

Fine for engine idling to more than triple as Wales cracks down on air pollution | GOV.WALES

Drivers who leave their engines running while parked may face a significantly higher fine from today, as the Welsh Government steps up efforts to tackle air pollution and protect public health.

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Senõr Mouse @bythor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So true: "Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it." Since I sold my car the way I see the world has changed. Cars everywhere. Fossil fuel burners (most of them, still), noise, smell, p-space they take, the priority they get at traffic lights. 🤓

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Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gravel bike for sale! Bombtrack Beyond 1 (2022) small (rider height 1.60m to 1.72m) As per original manufacturer spec, plus: Stamp pedals and SKS mudguards added. Tyres swapped to Terravail Washburns: can swap back to the original unused WTB Ranger TCS Light Fast tyres if you prefer. 1/n

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Isn’t it obvious that selfishness on the road changes us as a society? The belief that a driver should be allowed to do whatever they please, regardless of the impact on others, mounts the pavement and travels deep into our lives." Via @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

theguardian.com

Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot

In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“It’s not about pitting one mode of travel against another. No one is declaring war on this or that. And you definitely won’t find me leading a charge of the Lycra brigade. I simply want to give people greater choice in their lives,” transport secretary Heidi Alexander said today

road.cc

“The equivalent of upgrading a single A-road junction”: National Cycle Network set for £104m investment as transport secretary promises to go “hell for leather on active travel” – but campaigners are ...

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has pledged to go “hell for leather on active travel”, as the government announced that it will invest £104 million in the National Cycle Network (NCN) over the nex...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth

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Transport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On #WorldCarFreeDay, we're excited to share that we've helped England take an important step forward on its car-free ambition—but there's still a way to go 👇🏾

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nothing so heartwarming as seeing children with the freedom to ride London’s streets on a sunny Sunday. Showing so very clearly the price we pay for the everyday traffic-clogged state of our roads. 🤸🏽 🌱 🚲

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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If they gave out BAFTAs for PIFs, Ken Stott would have one in the bag for his incredible performance in 1988's DRINKING AND DRIVING WRECKS LIVES: A FIREMAN'S TALE...

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Terrible policy when domestic transport is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases in the UK. We need to be going all-in on helping people AWAY from reliance on fossil fuels, not subsidising their use even more than we already do.

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stuff for drivers left on sidewalks for pedestrians is just another front in the #WarOnWalking.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

washingtonpost.com

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” The most efficient travellers are us on bikes. Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

scientificamerican.com

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

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still last @lastnotlost.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Anyone willing to place bets on whether unelected Lord Truscott has ever asked: " ... His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make < car manufacturers > liable for accidents resulting from misuse" ? ... God, this is tedious bsky.app/profile/dft-...

Electric Bicycles: Accidents
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Question for Department for Transport
UIN HL2038, tabled on 13 July 2026

Question
Lord Truscott
Non-affiliated
Life peer Lords
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make e-bike rental operators liable for accidents resulting from misuse.

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Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Labour
Life peer Lords
Answered on
15 September 2026

The Government is empowering local leaders in England to regulate shared cycle schemes through licensing. Safety and accountability will be core considerations as we implement this.

We will be launching a public consultation in the coming months on the implementation of licensing which will include consideration of the right balance of responsibilities and accountability in shared cycle schemes.

Licensing will be implemented following public consultation through a combination of regulations and guidance.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a really grim thread from Paul. Good work. Whilst people are wringing hands about bikes and ebikes, it is a sobering reminder what the real danger on UK roads is.

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Gwen Shamblin’s stylist (she/her) @vultureenthusiast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My partner tried my e-bike and within a few minutes, said, “this is a very civilized bike.” Two days later we were in a bike shop and he was saying “I’m not buying a bike today”. A week after that he did his first bike commute. Saturday we sold the car. He’s had a bike for less than a month.

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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

Anyone who tries an ebike in safe conditions quickly realises it is the best way to get around a city by a country mile. Councils need to rapidly build cycle infrastructure to safely absorb the demand that is already building.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fresh evidence that car touchscreens are a giant step backwards for road safety: "For all tasks, the touchscreen was associated with increased visual distraction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When people object to measures to reduce the number of cars on our roads, they are also choosing to have dirty air. We need better public transport, better routes and lanes for bicycles, better pavements and if we have those..... We all need to breathe. Well done London! Keep at it Oxford!

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The 224 cities (including 10 from UK) in the Eurocities network of major European cities have teamed up with ETSC to call for national governments to adopt 30km/h (20mph) as a national norm for urban/village streets. See

eurocities.eu

Cities need EU and national support to deliver lower urban speeds - Eurocities

European cities are proving that lower urban speeds save lives and create safer, healthier and more liveable streets. But cities need EU and national support to deliver Vision Zero.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

People aren't replacing short walks with even shorter e-bike rides. They're replacing trips where walking is too far and driving is too inconvenient. Plus, multiple studies have shown that people who use e-bikes use them more and for longer distances than regular bikes.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Astounding that somebody could write "Are We Engineering Physical Activity Out Of Daily Life?" and not be talking about decades of making cars the easiest way to get around cities

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The REAL war in cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. Pass it on. #WarOnWalking #UrbanTruth

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St Albans Cycle Campaign @stacyclecampaign.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Including St Albans, details to follow in due course.

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Doug Walter (he/his) @dougwalter5.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“The city was close to bankruptcy in 1993, but it still wanted to promote development, so it had to go with cheapest option available, which was cycling infrastructure.”

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.

theprogressplaybook.com

Copenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for Cities

Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

bbc.com

Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?

Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Both are city vehicles, but... Only one demands minimal space, doesn't threaten lives, and causes zero wear on our roads. Yet the cargo bike has to beg for every single scrap of safe infrastructure, while the massive SUV is just handed the entire city by default.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

Images of striking Dutch bike infrastructure

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