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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ARTISTS TAKE BIKE LANE PROTEST ART TO THE STREETS Massive scale projected billboard messages call for support in keeping Toronto's bike lanes intact on the eve of the Provincial Parliament's return to legislature.

“It’s the kind of approach that gives all the airtime to an activity that isn’t inherently dangerous and rarely hurts people, with no real scrutiny of the real causes of harm.” What could @adamtranter.bsky.social be writing about? road.cc/blog/this-br...

“Having high-speed rail is now seen as a requirement of 21st-century nationhood. With cars being problematic in so many ways, high-speed trains seem to have been blessed with good great fortune: they are beautiful, fast, elegant, modern and environmentally friendlier." @christianwolmar.bsky.social

Absolutely incredible bike tour of Sydney from Sara Stace. If you don’t know her she is a force for change. While I sit around complaining she is out there changing things from the inside that leads to real change on the ground.

✨ Our glow rides may be winding down, but there's still time to give your cycling kit a glow up! Thanks to Altura Cycling and CatEye, three lucky winners can win a prize package worth up to £350! 🚲 Enter before 30 October: https://altura.co.uk/pages/glow-rides-competition

🚧 With cycling on Oxford Street now a thing of the past, what should be done? For us the answer is clear; safe, alternative routes! 🤔 With that in mind, our campaigns team set out our vision for the area, and how you can support it: buff.ly/MOwwT7E

Don't forget your lights! 🔆 You must use cycle lights when riding on a public road, cycle path or public place between sunset and sunrise. Take a look at our cycle poster camcycle.org.uk/lights and get in touch if you would like copies for your employer or community space: contact@camcycle.org.uk

A train journey does not begin or end at the station platform. Convenient bike parking and easy access to the railway system are essential elements of a transport network that enables people to travel seamlessly from door-to-door.🧵

Exactly. All hands to bolster the dam.

Meet Will, the Cambridge plumber who gets to many of his jobs by e-cargo bike. Will founded Veloplumb in 2023, with a simple idea: many plumbing jobs don’t need a van full of equipment. 'I really believe in it, it boosts mental health to be outdoors, exercising and of course doing some plumbing!

Before and after: 6 years ago, Utrecht restored the Catharijnesingel. Once filled in during the 1970s to make way for traffic, the historic canal now flows again around the old city, lined with pedestrian paths, bike lanes, and a park-like landscape.

Before pneumatic tires became standard equipment, inventors really thought hard about how to get a softer ride. Here's the Peugeot Lion from 1892.

Glasgow & Edinburgh following London & Paris' lead demonstrating that building cyle infrastructure leads 2 more cycling. Thak you 2 eveyone that turned up 2 last nights ride 💚 @bearswayfriends.bsky.social @tomquinn.bsky.social @kennymunro.bsky.social @magnatom.eurosky.social #activetravel

On Thursday, we will be in Valencia cycling in the sun.

Our The Expense piece is out on the streets in Wellington, NZ. LFG🔥🔥🔥 📸 @axleryde.bsky.social

Messing around with clocks every year "so it's safe for kids to walk to school" is yet another casual widespread acceptance that people driving cars won't do so safely

May I ask you to read and reflect on this article. My family come from Aberfan and I would have been in the school under the slag on that day had we not moved to the English Midlands. The community still fights for justice and for us to remember. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

As one of the ward councillors for Lockleaze, I wholeheartedly support the proposals to reduce the speed limit to 20 on Romney Avenue, Shaldon Road, Muller Road & Stapleton Road that are coming to this Thursdays Transport Committee.

Dream big.

It’s obvious where we should be investing for the future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Which of these is not like the others?

Just had my flu jab. If you are in an at-risk group, please book yours now. We not only protect ourselves, but we ensure we are less likely to spread the virus to others, including those even more vulnerable than we are.

"Bike lanes are always empty!" Yeah, because bikes move through them quickly as opposed to getting stuck in gridlock like cars do. Well functioning infrastructure, should be empty MOST OF THE TIME. When it's not, it's a problem.

He concludes it had “little impact” - but how does he know? The vote was so close that just a marginal impact on a small number of voters could have been decisive. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Jess Spieker, spokesperson for road safety advocacy group @ffsafestreets.bsky.social said she feels driving behaviour is "getting worse" in the city and that without cameras, the province has essentially allowed drivers to "speed whenever and wherever they want." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Street by street, city by city, country by country we are making our streets safer, healthier and quieter places to live and travel.

Japan has just made 30km/h (I.e. 20mph) the default in most residential roads due to the evidence-base from EU cities. etsc.eu/japan-makes-...

There are so many tragic examples like this. The potential consequences of distracted driving are obvious. brutal & devastating. We all know this. Why then, when people make the choice to risk others lives do we shy away from prosecuting them properly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We need government ministers raising this in media interviews, announcing and pushing major vaccination drives, until this is resolved. Where is the government on this while children are dying? They're nowhere to be seen. www.gov.uk/government/n...

It’s time to make #MyRideOurRight a reality! This October, thousands will join glow rides calling for safer streets and cycle routes for women. We’re taking the message ‘Not Designed For Me’ to Downing Street. 👉 Add your name to our letter: action.cyclinguk.org/page/198980/petition/1

Here in Birmingham we are standing up to racism and celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street when the British Union of Fascists was sent packing by ordinary neighbours standing together against their division Unity Rally 1pm Sunday Victoria Square 🤝 @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social

Leam Beamson was doing 45mph in a 30 zone while repeatedly looking at his phone and didn't see a man crossing the road in Byker until it was too late

This is how we should be building a better National Cycling Network in the UK. youtu.be/lBvX7wLl4DE?...

I had my second shingles vaccine today. Having seen my brother suffer with shingles, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure I don’t develop the terrible symptoms. If you’re over 65, get yours.

Can confirm drivers still haven’t figured out that repeatedly overtaking a cyclist averaging 15mph in an urban environment is fruitless as they will catch you up at the next set of traffic lights every time.

Very true.

Thrilled to visit Oxfordshire’s first of the new Quiet Lanes: filtered to motor traffic, safe for us cyclists and walkers and horse-riders. First time I have ever felt safe to cycle to the fabulous Rectory Farm: love supporting local businesses.

Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt

Again, what difference does the bike being an e-bike make in this dog's dinner of a report.

Norway just made gasoline cars almost disappear from its roads and most people have no idea how fast it happened 🚗⚡ Between January and August 2026 electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold. 📚 Sources: OFV Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council, Reuters, CleanTechnica

Too often, public transportation agencies think their responsibility begins and ends at the turnstile. Dutch railways have increasingly embraced the idea they are part of a door-to-door mobility system—one that includes walking, cycling, bike parking, and shared micromobility. youtu.be/ZuiyDEkyPW0

“That thing you can see me doing in the video … I didn’t do it.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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