“Drivers can experience more of some of the most damaging forms of pollution than cyclists, bus passengers or pedestrians, according to a new report from scientists at Imperial College London.”
“It’s not my duty as mayor to make sure you have a parking spot...For me, it’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them.”
In my town, hardly any of the roads have any cycle provision, and most of them are shared paths, rather than proper cycle lanes.
I often have to take a far longer route to use them.
This one is outside a school, and so is great, as long as I avoid school finishing time(!) The trees provided welcome shade today 😁 #ActiveTravel#BikeTooter#Cycling
Millions went #BacktoSchool this week. At Shawlands Primary, that means the return of their #bikebus.
Twice a week, kids & parents gather to wheel the busy city roads to school. By doing it together, it becomes safer, easier & more joyful for kids to cycle to school.
So how many bloody bike sharing apps would I need for Dublin? Two for Fingal, neither of which has any bikes available and three for the city centre? Really? #activetravel
Looks to me like any bikes within a few km of me are parked in peoples’ back gardens. Might be some on a stand a bit further away, I could drive to those … #activetravel
What if... street weren't just for cars? Transition Liverpool is showing what more space for community, greenery and art could do for their city after unveiling their first city centre parklet.
With high rates of air pollution and pedestrian accidents in their city, they worked with local designers and materials to make the modular pop-up structure that can be adapted to many spaces and uses.
It includes seating, planters for pollinator-loving plants and space for events, art or workshops, all in the size of a parking space.
In other cities, parklets have boosted local businesses, air quality and sense of community, and the sPark It project hopes this will be the first of many, with businesses, the council, charities and communities getting involved, and sparking conversation about how street space could be used.
Local architect Ross Neal, who volunteered as a designer on the project, said: “sPark It is all about community. The Transition team wanted to find creative ways to combat climate change, and in Liverpool that means tackling air pollution, making our streets safer for walking, wheeling and cycling, supporting small businesses and finding ways to bring nature and community back into the city.”
Big congrats to the team at Transition Liverpool who’ve been working towards this for years, with funding from the public and a Transition Together seed funding grant.
Emissions aren't the only consideration for #transportation. This nice graphic from Surrey, BC's Climate Change Action Strategy compares the operating emissions AND the public space footprint of transportation options. #ActiveTravel wins at both! (And SUVs are really bad)
Planning #TreeEquity & minimum shade standards for development, like #ActiveTravel routes is vital for #wellbeing, keeping areas liveable in the climate chaos still to come!
Interesting thread here (on t'other place, soz) re. removing barriers on #cycle trails in #Merthyr: https://twitter.com/active_wheels/status/1682663307021279232?s=20
Note the police response was to recommend retaining and expanding an illegal and discriminatory barrier to save them actively enforcing the law. Thankfully the council has rejected this 'advice'. (But the original consultation was years ago - I saw my own comment quoted - and now they're consulting AGAIN on replacement.) 😞 #activetravel
On Saturday I cycled a cargo bike up to Bootle to the #WIMIN festival.
Figured it might be nice to stick the selfie-stick on the back of it and record some video of the trip.
Turns out it's rather boring, and you can't tell I'm on anything different to a normal bike 🤣 Still, it let me test better mounting for the camera. Still rather disappointed that the camera gave up once it had 4GB of video
I'm migrating my time over from T*****r because of the hellscape it's become. Pay to engage, bad faith reply guys; hoping (and getting so far!) a much better experience here.
I've advocated for the use of the terms "person walking" and "person cycling" instead of "pedestrian" and "cyclist". It may seem pedantic but it frames the way we think about #ActiveTravel and transport in general.
Compare the first Google image results for "cyclist" - a man in lycra and dark glasses travelling at speed - with "person cycling" - a woman in normal clothes cycling leisurely and smiling.
When people object to cycling infrastructure, who are they thinking of as users?
Morning all. It’s a wet day here in south #Wales, and I have some spare hours, so let’s see if I can do some #Train geeking. There’s an “Explore the Capital day-to-go ticket” only available from staff. Let’s see if I can find one. #Caerdydd#Cardiff#rail 1/n
Here’s a quick #ActiveTravel digression. This image shows a missing link between Cardiff and its hinterland in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Penarth headland is a very steep haul up from Cardiff, or a ~200m jaunt along the beach. There’s no formal route, although a headland link is been proposed and scrapped.11/n
On my way through the park yesterday I saw a very cool tandem; recumbent at the front and upright at the back. It was being ridden by a teenager and, I assume, their mum, and it looked like a very cool way to get around.
There aren't a lot of places yet in my city where I personally would feel safe traveling on an adapted bike, but I'm still seeing more of them than I used to, which is great!
There's a lot of money allocated to improving active travel infrastructure in Scotland right now. Some of that money goes on employing people to deliver it. Some goes on public consultation where people overwhelmingly say they want it. Lots gets delivered successfully, but the only thing you'll ever see about it on TV is stories about where it goes wrong, or where a few loud voices are against a project and there's local conflict. #MediaFail
@CloudyMrs I use the bus a lot and the number of young people on the buses now is really striking. Coincidentally, after the Scottish Govt rolled out the free bus pass for young uns. Oddly, there’s been no coverage in the press of its success