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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The lad certainly didn't want to follow West Midlands Trains 'It's nicer to be nice' campaign. 2/2

Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most obnoxious Brummie of the day goes to this lad, who responded to my polite request to take their feet off the seats with a stream of invective. Evidently they can do what they like. I did speak to the guard, but they are busy getting the train to run on time. 1/2

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is what we had to learn in Junior School.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great final session at Making Active Places giving voice to young campaigners for better and safer active travel in Greater Manchester.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Rose Marley talks about plans to develop Middleton, Greater Manchester. Tony Wilson gets a mention as a role model. He was for me.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Second day at Making Active Places opened again by Chris Boardman.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The final keynote is Baroness Grey-Thompson.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Final international contribution from Milan.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Final international contribution is from Copenhagen.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Next international model is school streets in Paris.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Keynote featured four international models for change.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An excellent discussion to kick off the conference.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Heidi Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport at Making Active Places sharing her cycling biography.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Making Active Places is opened by Chris Boardman.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

All schools had extensive cycle parking, usually of this density running round all sides of the school. In Lubeck, children cycled independently for most of their journeys. 2/2

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here's Lesson 5 from the cycling city of Lübeck: Start cycling young and keep them going It is commonplace to see families cycling, often grandparents and children riding together. 1/2

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There are often queues to use them. 5/5

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

… allowing cyclists to do minor repairs or pump up your tyres or charge your ebike. 4/5

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And at key locations there are cycling service stations … 3/5

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And the city is improving the quality of these, with full protection parking that includes space for cargo bikes and e-bike charging. 2/5

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here's Lesson 4 from the cycling city of Lübeck: Provide safe parking and bicycle service stations. In Lübeck, wherever you wanted to stop, there was a high-quality cycle stand. 1/5

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's Lesson 3b from the cycling city of Lübeck: Ensure public transport is cycling-friendly. Each train carriage had four spaces for cycles; each space accommodating two or three bikes. When we travelled, they were almost all full.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is brilliant news. This local residential street 20mph-limit zone is now in operation. We're well on the way to our whole neighbourhood having safe driving speed limits.

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lübeck has green wave traffic light systems for longer routes, that allow a cyclist to always arrive at the junction with a green light. They even have an app that enables cyclists to ride at a constant riding speed that means we always hit a green light. The forth lesson from Lübeck tomorrow. 6/

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Where there are separated cycleways, junctions have separate traffic signals for motor vehicles and cyclists, often giving cyclists advanced green lights. 5/

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On shared paths, ensure that cyclists give priority to those walking. 4/

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Set cycling contraflow exceptions on one-way streets. Motor vehicles are limited in the old city, with one-way streets stopping through motor traffic. But cyclists are almost always excepted, with contraflow cycling allowed on the one-way streets. 3/

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Build Dutch roundabouts; cycleways that continue round the roundabout and give priority to cyclists over drivers turning. These aren't as good as the best Dutch roundabouts, with poor sight lines for cyclists, but drivers all give way as they should. 2/

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lesson 3 for the UK from Lübeck is: Build cycling-friendly infrastructure within a network of cycleways. Where there is no separated cycling infrastructure, but where cycling and e-scooter riding is commonplace, road speed limits are set at 20kph. That’s 12.4mph; a moderate cycling speed. 1/

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And Lübeck has Dutch roundabouts; cycleways that continue round the roundabout and gave priority to cyclists over drivers turning. These had poor sightlines for cyclists, but drivers all give way as they should. Another Lesson from Lubeck tomorrow. 10/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Where there is no separated cycling infrastructure, but where cycling and e-scooter riding is commonplace, road speed limits are set at 20kph. That’s 12.4mph; a moderate cycling speed. 9/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Part of the route is already in use joining the old city to the railway station, including a €6.7m investment in a link over the river for active travel. 8/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a wide, high-quality, separated cycleway with continuous priority across junctions and bus stop bypasses. 7/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lübeck municipality is building a 12km RadroutePlus (cycle superhighway) from Bad Schwartau in the north through Lübecker Altstadt to Groß Grönauin the south. The RatzeburgerAllee section heading south shown in green is nearing completion. 6/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

North of Lübeck old town, the Baltic coast road is a Fahrradstraße. It was a wonderful experience to ride the 5km road with hundreds of other cyclists and a few careful drivers. 5/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In the heart of the old city, Fahrradstraßeare often carriageways which prioritise cycling, sometimes by only allowing resident motor vehicles to enter in one direction, while allowing bi-directional cycling. This is often reinforced by modal filters. 4/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A Fahrradstraße gives priority to cycling. These ones are cycleways that don’t run parallel with a carriageway and have modal filters to ensure it doesn’t get used by motor vehicles. 3/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The best separated cycleways in Lubeck old town run besides the carriageway and footway, making use of bus stop bypasses and cycle crossing signals at junctions. 2/10

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here's Lesson 2 from the cycling city of Lübeck: Build cycling specific infrastructure within the network of cycleways. The primary cycle routes in the old city are built upon a mixture of separated cycleways, Fahrradstraße (bicycle streets) and the new RadroutePlus.

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

The main longer distance cycle routes are sign-posted at key points 4/4

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

In the wider municipality, cycle routes link all the major towns and many of the villages. These routes link to others across Schleswig-Holstein. 3/4

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

And there’s a more dense secondary network of cycle routes within the old city, that gets you anywhere you want to go. 2/4

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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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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I will post details on each of the lessons every day this week. 5/5

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Five lessons from Lübecker Altstadt, Germany: 1. Build a network of cycleways, linking places people want to go 2. Build cycling-specific infrastructure 3. Build cycling-friendly infrastructure 4. Provide safe parking and bicycle service station 5. Start them cycling young and keep them going 4/5

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Almost every child cycles to school in Lübecker Altstadt. How did they achieve this? 3/5

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