Paul Campbell

No not Boris. Enlightened Councillors

City of London and Westminster Boroughs both have huge networks of contraflow cycle lanes. Basically all one way streets have a cycle contraflow. They are used by many thousands of cyclists daily, are often on quite high traffic roads, and there is zero evidence of any negative safety consequences.

E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: insights from surveys and suburban trials This paper explores the potential of e-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK, reporting on a series of surveys and trials. Hypothesising …

Interesting research on attitudes towards & use of e-cargo bikes in the UK.

Particularly noteworthy for demonstrating the level of interest in e-cargo bikes nationally and the extent to which they replace car journeys. In a trial in suburban areas over 50% of the distance travelled replaced car use

A tiny number of aggressive belligerent narcissists suffering from main character syndrome. You are far better off away from that cesspit.

If your not willing to give up car lanes for bus lanes your equity is performative

This is brilliant! Well done for such a comprehensive and clear articulation of the benefits of this car reduction scheme in Oxford.

Much is replicable in all of our towns and cities. It is extraordinary how often disingenuous people claim to support buses by maximising car use.

The author taking a selfie while eating outside at Fatto a Mano on Saint Martin's Lane with fellow councillors and restaurant workers

As of 11am on Friday, al fresco dining has come to St Martin's Lane in the West End, with Rupert Street market arriving in Soho later that day. It's a huge step towards making our city more people-friendly. This street is now free of general motor traffic 11am-11pm daily until end of October
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Labour drops plans to restrict LTNs in ‘secret war on motorists’ Ministers quiety ditch reforms that would have constrained local councils’ powers

This latest 'secret war on motorists' is.... the govt confirming it won't go ahead with Rishi Sunak's 2023 'Plan for Drivers', a half-baked and panicked series of measures to make it harder for councils to introduce LTNs and 20mph zones which not even the Conservatives ever really believed in.

Screenshot of oped: “A policy focused on shorter trips, almost certainly made by a more diverse demographic, would have a different emphasis: much less cycling on "main" roads; the creation of cycle-friendly side streets; the development of safe routes to school; the provision of more secure cycle storage facilities, particularly in low-income areas; and an emphasis on junctions — according to Transport for London research in 2023, 84 per cent of cycle casualties occur at junctions.”

JOHN STEWART Give short-distance cyclists priority over speedy commuters The majority find a bicycle useful for shorter rides: the trip to school or to visit friends locally, or journeys where public transport may be complex

Great to see my old friend @johnjohnstewart.bsky.social making the case for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) to support local active travel journeys in yesterday’s Times www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

You can't argue with the data - LTNs are officially saving lives It’s a truth many struggle to accept, but in London cars have become killers.

“The efficacy of the measure can no longer be credibly questioned, so it’s time we started implementing them across London and at pace. With so many lives at stake we cannot afford not to.”
#LTNsAreGoodActually Chapter 847

Cartoon showing street scene with lots of cars, some of which are on or blocking pavements. One bike is also parked on a pavement. A couple are saying ‘Look - someone’s left a hire bike on the pavement’.

New drawing: Hire bike

Notes on this cartoon: open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

All politicians implementing new transport schemes should pay very close attention to these words:

“Therefore, politicians, policymakers, and practitioners should anticipate a bias towards the status quo when introducing controversial transport policies.”

Expect pushback and get through it.

Councils need to stop pandering to vexatious complainants.

This is the wrong letter.

The right letter would have been to all residents explaining why an active lifestyle and freedom to play are important to children’s development and setting expectations for tolerance.

The “hill of hysteria”, whereby people increasingly freak out about a new transport policy right up to implementation, and then increasingly chill as the sky does not in fact fall in

Clever new study shows a powerful ‘status quo bias’ prevails re new transport policy. Looks at levels of public fear about this, finds exact inverse of the Goodwin Curve of public support: the “Hill of Hysteria”!

Sad to see so many choose to die on that hill

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

View of Mill Road from outside the Romsey Co-op showing people walking, wheeling a cycle and sitting on the public seating

Today it was revealed that Cambridgeshire County Council has successfully defended the latest legal challenge against the Mill Road bus gate.

Now all local authorities must work together with local stakeholders to urgently progress the improvements to the streetscape that will benefit all users.

Britons lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural towns

"People who depend on cars to get around are more likely to feel lonely and disconnected than those who have access to good public transport, a UK study has found"

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I also think that *some* of those campaigning for Disabled people have have behaved questionably and have distracted us for far wider problems with how our streets and roads are designed and managed - effectively arguing for a terrible status quo, because despite being so bad,

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Ok, an update on the Bus Services (No.2) Bill, which some people and organisations were trying to use to ban the use of floating bus stops which would have ended the ability to build cycle tracks in England in many circumstances.

The committee stage has finished and in this specific area,

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Bus stop bypasses being discussed again.

To be clear: you *cannot* build protected space for cycling without bus stop bypasses.

No country has a better design than the UK LTN 1/20 guidance.

“Boarders” are suboptimal but where space is tight they are unavoidable.

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These are cycle lanes used by women, children, elderly and disabled people to have a healthy active lifestyle in London.

Without protected cycle lanes they are just denied the opportunity to incorporate this activity into every day routines.

Chris Whitty decried this culture war today.

This is shocking.

A London Labour MP and Doctor (!) trying to hijack a bill designed to improve bus services outside of London into a bill that eliminates protected cycle lanes in London.

@drrosena.bsky.social

www.theyworkforyou.com/pbc/2024-25/Bus_Services_No._2_Bill/05-0_2025-07-01a.153.7

I want Labour to invite the Labour MPs who are trying to hijack this bill to come to public meetings in places like Chiswick to explain to the parents, children, elderly and disabled people using new cycle lanes every day why they think they should risk their lives mixing with buses.

Right I'm so pissed off that we've got London MPs trying to hijack the Local Buses Bill (which is supposed to be about STUFF OUTSIDE LONDON for a change) to try to ban London / all floating bus stops (utter nonsense), that I've stayed up late writing evidence for the committee. Join me! Link ⬇️

It’s very ugh when this happens

Yellow warning signs "Advance Warning Castle Baynard Street will be closed Sat 5 Jul 7am-8pm Sun 6 Jul 7am-8pm"

⚠️ Looks like cycleway #C3 #CS3 gets diverted 5+6 July into the Castle Baynard road tunnel, as CB Street will be closed each day 7am-8pm

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@marshadecordova.bsky.social

Hi Marsha, I have reviewed with interest your proposed amendments to the Bus Services bill which are targeting Floating Bus Stops.

Have you considered that banning FBSs as you propose will have severe consequences for inclusiveness in Active Travel?

Two massive dense forest areas on either side of the square, with paths throughout, creating wonderful shaded and cool environments

Already popular the day before they officially opened

In hot cities, people seek out cool places

The two forests frame the square, which is still massive, but now has a completely different feel

Want greener, cooler cities that are a “breath of fresh air?“ Just in case you thought Paris wasn’t ambitious enough this weekend, on top of our new exhibition, they opened the new “Urban Forest” in the square at City Hall! Part of @annehidalgo.bsky.social & team’s brilliant urban greening strategy.

Danger from older drivers is a massive problem. Driving is not a human right. There should be basic mandatory re-tests at age 76 & every year from age 80. If this disqualified many people from driving that might help concentrate minds on the need for alternatives. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Grounds for a JR