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Toby Spearpoint

@tobyspearpoint.bsky.social
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Filmmaker, writer, fighter and often person on a bicycle. Healthy Streets Campaigner and community engagement specialist. Accessibility, LTN's, Parklets, urbanism. Views my own

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
duh duh 🎶
a Jaws spoof poster
CARS in big red letters with an aerial view of a vehicle.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Here in the Scottish real world our present govt on election said 'Hospital parking will be free' The result is that NHS funds are spent on car park maintenance, nobody can get parked after 07.30 and everyone moans about lack of parking. Hosp estate car parks are now bigger than hospital sites:
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Edinburgh Festival of Cycling @edfoc.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
We are told that it is impossible to reduce motor traffic in Edinburgh, but cities around the world show that a people-friendly alternative is not only possible, but improves the lives of those who live in them.
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Peaks & Puddles 🚲 @peaksandpuddles.com · 11/04/2025
Marple’s access onto the Middlewood Way (National Cycle Network Route 55) has been given a long-fought-for redesign to modern, inclusive standards. It only took 40 years. Full story and photos of a big local cycling win!
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Middlewood Way gets modern access redesign
Marple’s access onto the Middlewood Way (NCN55) has been given a long-fought-for redesign to modern, inclusive standards. Yes, those ugly, discriminatory
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The comic swap is full, the seed library is full and there are plenty of books and toys available for the Easter break! The best part? We no longer have to top most of it up ourselves. Local residents are doing that independently Creating this space has been a true joy.
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Amazing news! Great work! Fantastic to see more community spaces on our streets!
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Really pleased to have the Parklet featured in @_wearepossible new Parklet toolkit Toolkit here: www.wearepossible.org/parklets-for... Case study: www.wearepossible.org/case-study-g... If you want one on your street, happy to help! #storiesfromTheE17Parklet Thanks to @labourstone.bsky.social
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 04/03/2025
Susie's trike, and others, are available to loan for free through the #Wheels4Me scheme. Find out if there could be an option for you at wheels4me.co.uk Wheels4Me is generously funded by the #MotailityFoundation and delivered in partnership by us, Peddle My Wheels, and @sustrans.bsky.social
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“Being able to use a recumbent trike has changed my life”
YouTube video by Active Travel England
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Kidical Mass London @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
KIDICALMASS IS BACK!!! 23rd March. 11am. National Theatre. WE WANT SPACE FOR CYCLING! Dress code: Intergalactic 🌙 💫 🚲 🚲 🚲 @ibikelondon.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
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"Kidical Mass - Spring 2025" at o/s National Theatre
Tickets are now available for Kidical Mass - Spring 2025 at o/s National Theatre, London on Sunday 23rd March 2025 at 11:00AM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Not only could I hire this trailer for free for a tip run from @wfcouncil but there was also a dedicated cargo bike parking space right next to where I needed at the tip. What's your local authority doing?
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 06/03/2025
Very few Dutch cyclists wear helmets. Yet theirs are among the safest streets on earth. Why? They understand it’s more beneficial to calm motor traffic, build dedicated infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable users to armour up. youtu.be/P7trv9paMxA
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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International Cargo Bike Festival @cargobikefest.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"I'm surprised more plumbers aren't yet making the switch to cargo bikes" That's Amsterdam plumber Job van Oostrum, who adds that there's "No need to worry about parking spaces, you can park right outside the door without any hassle" 👨‍🔧 AT5: www.at5.nl/artikelen/23... (Dutch) #DecadeoftheCargoBike
Amsterdam plumber Job van Oostrum parks his orange cargo bike in Amsterdam, outside a client's house.Amsterdam plumber Job van Oostrum parks his orange cargo bike in Amsterdam, outside a client's house.Amsterdam plumber Job van Oostrum parks his orange cargo bike in Amsterdam, outside a client's house.
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times. "We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Great to see Accessibility Forum style engagement as part of this new guidance. I've been piloting these as a key part of the design process and it's been a really enlightening and positive experience.
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 04/02/2025
Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist #Climate
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Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated though other scientists disagree
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Bike Jess @bikejess.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
In a patriarchal, car-dominated world that rewards “masculine energy” it’s actually a wildly subversive act to be a women on a bike. I have been yelled at, pulled, told I’m risking my children’s lives, flipped off, and ignored. And yet the joy I feel out weighs it all. #bikes destroy #patriarchy.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In my column today I argue that, unbelievably, Labour are worse on environmental issues than the Conservatives. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot
Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit. Robert Burns
A Parklet with a picture of Robert Burns and Slainte Mhath written in chalk
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 24/01/2025
We are very regularly asked about e-bike battery safety, as it strikes at the heart of #ActiveTravel, #DisabilityCycling, and #RoadSafety. The Gov has recently released new statutory guidelines. Our full position statement, broadly in favour, is here: wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
Pic of a dark blue hybrid e-bike with a step-through frame leaning against a cream-coloured wall. It has integrated lights, mudguards, a rear rack, and a large battery attached to the rear of the downtube.
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Schools with any interest in safeguarding should be refusing "road safety education programmes" and publicly naming them for the victim-blaming, accountability-dodging indoctrination exercises that they are.
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Joan Cornellà @sirjoancornella.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 21/01/2025
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
One of the most important model city-building projects in the world. “Initially, everyone thought it would cause gridlock. But people adapted. Now we can’t imagine the highway ever being here.” The fantastic people-place that replaced an elevated highway, transforming a city & improving traffic.
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‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eGc...
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How much life is consumed by your phone?
YouTube video by Siroko
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Transport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The government needs to be bolder in tackling our over-reliance on cars and trucks. The @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social alliance is urging @heidialexander.bsky.social to adopt a new #LowTraffic vision, for the sake of the nation’s health, wealth and wellbeing. lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/2025/01/13/g...
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Government urged to set out new Low Traffic Vision in 2025
New Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is being urged to mark the New Year by adopting a new vision for a Low Traffic Future, for the sake of the
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Separating my media has been huge. Massive drop in screen time, better sleep, reading more and improved focus/better health. I can still do everything I could but scrolling is finished and it's improved everything.
An iPod, a dumb phone and an action camera
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Healthy Streets for Higham Hill & LLoyd Park @healthyhighamhill.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Esther Road in Waltham Forest was subject to bad flooding in 2021. Parking out, rain gardens in. Beautiful, urban cooling, mental health boosting, biodiverse, flood mitigating awesomeness. @labourstone.bsky.social @meristemdesign.bsky.social #healthystreets #healthystreets4hhlp
A terraced street with parking removed and rain gardens installed both sides
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Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
My complaint now in with the BBC (actually I ran out of characters), but it was really simple. Get yours in here: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Driver: Can I get the 9,000 pound, 1000HP electric Hummer? You can drive it home today! Do I need a special license? Nope! Do I need any extra driver training? None whatsoever! So I can just drive off in this monster truck? Enjoy! Community: Can we get a speed bump? City: we’ll do some studies
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The Reality. Content developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Image of a young girl text: I ride perfectly when biking to schools so my councillor doesnt need political courage to build in systems where I can maistakes."

The reality of road safety campaigns
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Alexei Sale's character in the Young Ones saying "I was driven mad by the indifference of Architects and council planners"
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It seems to be working: "Air pollution in Barcelona has fallen by more than 30% in the last 8 years." www-publico-es.translate.goog/public/conta...
Barcelona street full of carsSame street photographed by me. Pedestrians and a bird.
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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 16/12/2024
Registered vehicles on UK roads: 1991: 20 million 2023: 41.2 million Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 14/12/2024
Why is cycling so popular in the Netherlands? BBC reporter @annaholligan.bsky.social explores why cycling is so popular among children and what factors make it so easy for them to bike. www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
"Making walking and cycling more practical and safer would go a long way toward removing barriers to improving physical activity levels and could significantly improve the health of England’s increasingly urban population." Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: health in cities
Professor Whitty’s report outlines a broad range of health opportunities and challenges for city populations, and includes case studies from core cities in England.
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Important to remember how bad and inaccessible some infrastructure is in the UK. Noise about bus stop bypasses which keep families safe and yet silence on this. No drop kerb, no pavement. Possibly the worst bus stop in the world.
A bus stop on a road with no drop kerb or pavement.
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Loving how this space on the London tube is perfect for a folding bike. Extremely satisfying.
End of a tube carriage with a folding bike fitting perfectly into an alcove.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
It would be reasonable to conclude that the 2 most inspirational cities in the world right now in city-building for people are Paris and Montreal. It might be the french culture for place-making and civic sociability. On the other hand, it might be about 2 progressive women mayors. #Hidalgo #Plante
Walkable pedestrianized Mt. Royal Street in MontrealParis street transformed to include safe, protected bike lanes
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Biking with kids can drop off as they get older but a good cargo bike means we can be more flexible, get on a train, cycle long distance, pick up an ill child from school. It's nearly all possible. Safe roads make it easier.
A black long tail cargo bike, tern had with a child sitting on the bath and a kids bike attached to the back.
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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
London needs to consider a ban on SUVs
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Why isn't London going ahead with more pedestrian boulevards like other cities. Regent Street has real space inequality and it's actually pretty dangerous. Look at all the space for private cars!
Regent Street, night. The pavements parked with people.
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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Hey London, be more Paris. @london.gov.uk
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Dan Kelly @deekinstow.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Despite a decade of ambitious projects behind them I feel like Waltham Forest still aren't getting the attention they deserve.
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Playing Out @playingout.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Ah, nice to find this here on our first day! We spoke to Stephanie about how play streets are part of shifting culture, challenging the status quo around streets and restoring children's everyday freedoms - and she wrote a really great article 😊 @theatlantic.bsky.social
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Important context here: ● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares) ● "a big farm" is 217 acres. Now let's see who's angry: ● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres ● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres ● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres ● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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