SPACE for Heaton

📢 We have updated our bus tracker to make it quicker to find Metro Replacement buses. Now, when service 900 or 901 is running, you can chose 'Metro Replacement' from the list of operators to see all the bus locations. 🚌 sensors.spaceforheaton.com/bustracker

The Tyne Bridge is now closed until 2nd November, including for walking and cycling.

Heaton Road, with its protected cycle lanes, used to illustrate Heaton's entry in this list from Time Out. Several other entries are illustrated with images of pedestrian streets and cycle lanes too. Perhaps a focus on people first neighbourhoods is what people like. www.timeout.com/uk/coolest-n...

📢Today Google has added motor fuel prices to the maps app so you can see how expensive driving is. 🚲Not wanting to be left out we have been around the city to check on the cost of fuelling a cycle and produced our own map. 🎉It's good news - fuelling a cycle is still free everywhere.

The experience for bus passengers on the Coast Road is still poor. Will it every change? Will decisions be continually deferred to avoid upsetting the people who like sitting is queues of cars each morning?

SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill are running a Glow ride again this year. They'll be meeting up outside the Civic Centre (by the God of the Tyne) on Thursday 22nd October for a ride through the Toon. It's free and all are welcome- as long as you've got a bike. www.facebook.com/events/17453...

This is good to see. If convenient and safe options are provided people will cycle.

Today is World Car Free Day! Try walking or wheeling a journey, exploring your neighbourhood on foot and sharing your favourite people-friendly street. Every step helps build healthier, happier communities. Find out more: livingstreets.org.uk/worldcarfreeday #WorldCarFreeDay

Bus late again this morning? Forced to drive because the journey to work would take twice as long by bus? Well you've only got one more week to have your say in the North East bus branching consultation! Please respond and call for better buses across our region. Link and pointers below!

World Car Free Day is coming up on Tuesday 22nd September. Find out what's going on in Newcastle at carfreeday.uk 🚶🏽‍♀️🚶🏻🧑🏻‍🦽👨🏻‍🦼👩🏻‍🦯🛴🚲🚌🚇

One year ago the Movement Strategy was adopted by the council. In March this year a motion was passed at a council meeting calling for the Implementation Plan to be published, and for monthly updates while waiting for that to happen. The plan is still not published. newcycling.org/2026/09/move...

The "War on Walking" is a great reframing of baked-in car dependency, and I'm sure I'll be using some of these images in future public talks

24h average NO2 readings for Mon 14th Sep 2026 Gosforth: 14.17µg/m³ Coast Road: 26.01µg/m³ Tyne Bridge: 19.13µg/m³ https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com

⏰ Only 3 weeks left to have your say and support bus franchising in the North East. It’s time to take back control of our buses. For more info see OUR site: betterbusesne.org.uk Want BETTER BUSES? Speak up now, at: www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation... 👩‍💻 📱

Imagine how many more car trips could be removed if Newcastle's School Streets program had continued and the existing streets were enforced propoerly.

Over 700 people cycle past this point on a weekday, and many hundreds more will walk past but don't get counted. The only alternative provided is 'walk for an extra 20 minutes'. Not good enough.

⛔ From 7th Sept the Waggonway past the Freeman Hospital will be closed. ⛔ From 1st Sep (the first day of school) the link to Longbenton will be closed. ⛔ There will be no access past the hospital on the waggonway. ❌ No safe cycling alternative has been provided - the diversion is Freeman Road

🏗️ For years, while constructions was taking place, hoardings around the site showed what the public realm was going to be like. 🗓️ For years nothing has changed. 🤔 Now there's been a change of control at the Council will we get the improvements the city deserves?

Not acceptable. This route, as with all routes around the city, is used by people everyday. To close it with no warning isn't good enough. People going east-west could use Heaton Park View though that is a lot busier since the LTN was removed. People using Heaton Road will have no safe alternative.

Did you hear Living Streets on @bbc5live.bsky.social this morning? Callers were concerned that over half of councils in England are putting parking spaces on pavements, with few planning to stop. Should cars be able to park on pavements? Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z76n

Why can’t we have these in Newcastle?

Government response: “the Government was committed to improving safety on the A1 through smaller schemes but could not commit to dualling the road, which he said had a “comparatively weak value-for-money proposition when assessed against competing investment priorities”.” This is the problem.

I met Greg at a party and bent his ear about air pollution to the extent he went home and made this AMAZING resource. This is why people shouldn't talk to meet in public

Moving scenes outside the cathedral this morning for the funeral for PC Jess Turnbull. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We've also created a special website (betterbusesne.org.uk) to explain why we want better buses in the region, why franchising will help us achieve that, and to give you some ideas for filling in the consultation. Please share far and wide and encourage friends and family to respond positively! 3/3

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Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.

SPACE for Gosforth believes Gosforth residents deserve access to research relevant to our community. This is why we are funding the @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk showing of the National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social on July 23. What does the science actually tell us re climate change?

Newcastle has some very good sections of cycle lane, but if drivers block them they are useless. If you come across a situation like this you can contact Newcastle Parking Services Enforcement Officers on 0191 278 7799, all days between 8.00am and 6.30pm.

Parents and carers – have your say for the chance to win a £200 voucher! We’re asking families across the UK what barriers they face when walking to school. Your feedback will help us improve programmes like WOW and advocate for safer streets. Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/parentWOW

As Newcastle Council is now under Lib Dem control, we look in our latest blog about Lib Dem values & how they might relate to Transport in our city. The Lib Dem values are: Liberty, Equality, Democracy, Community, Human Rights, Internationalism and Environmentalism.

“Newcastle City Council continues to carry out pedestrian surveys to establish whether a formal crossing will be introduced outside the school.” It is very concerning that a formal crossing might not be thought necessary next to a school - we really do need a standard road design around schools.

24h average NO2 readings for Thu 14th May 2026 Gosforth: 10.92µg/m³ Coast Road: 14.07µg/m³ Tyne Bridge: 11.82µg/m³ Chillingham Rd School: 43.19µg/m³ https://sensors.spaceforheaton.com

So to avoid installing a bus route to solve a problem created by motorists, Newcastle Council aren’t going to restrict pollution at source, are going to make thinks even more unpleasant on an narrow shared route for pedestrians & cyclists (alongside creating a large tapestry for graffiti in a park).

⚠️ MIND THE GAP! 🚍 Bus passengers with wheelchairs, buggies and mobility issues have been inconvenienced for 18 months now due to the forgotten 'temporary' plastic barriers in Newcastle City Centre. Why are they still here? Are shelters still unsafe? @danhollandnews.bsky.social Enough is enough.