Jacqui B

A perfect illustration of which "lifestyle" actually imposes itself on public space, public safety, and the public purse.

There are 26,000 polar bears left on the planet. By the end of the century, climate change could bring them to extinction as the melting of the Arctic increases: buff.ly/3HnL4Yi

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #biodiversity #rewilding #SDGs

When public transport runs at 7mph but the Mayor wants to spend 3/4 billion on saving drivers a few seconds, you know what their real priorities are.

Always follow the money, not the press release.

It's 2025. How on earth are there STILL people who believe widening roads will fix congestion?

Lewis Mumford said in 1955 "Building more roads to prevent congestion is like a fat man loosening his belt to prevent obesity”

Why don't you follow evidence?

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Cars. Lots of them. Queuing on an American spaghetti of tarmac.

Wonderful! Another little step towards reducing motor traffic in Oxford.

No right of way: how more than 30,000 footpaths have been blocked Thousands of waymarked routes have been deliberately obstructed or fallen victim to neglect as council budgets dwindle and staff have been axed

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

I think it's always interesting to reframe stats to the cost of NOT doing the thing.

SNP and Labour warned that ditching eco policies will cost them votes THE SNP and Labour have been warned that abandoning environmentally-friendly policies will lose them votes according to new polling.

80% SNP voters in the 2024 General Election say climate and the environment important to them in determining how to vote
www.thenational.scot/news/2553465...

Subcontinental solar surge.

India races ahead with record solar surge, installing 17.5 GW between April and August 2025 - more than double last year’s pace. The boom is driven by cheap modules, strong demand and a 143 GW project pipeline.

https://f.mtr.cool/ncbzkponcc

Everyone should call it Farage’s Brexit. He should be inseparable from its failure.

Loved welcoming the @londoncycling.bsky.social women’s network to Isljngton Town Hall last night. Lots of idea sharing, networking and general joy about riding bikes. 😍

Boarding the @CalSleeper from London Euston to Glasgow Central…

I saw him in Berlin & agree! Such a great energy & party atmosphere, amazing!

‘Little lungs are paying’: 1.6m claimants head to high court as carmakers finally face punishment for Dieselgate Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment in UK but trial brought by 1.8m motorists is about to begin

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Shocking how can DfT claim “We acted quickly to set up an investigation into defeat devices.” So much unnecessary harm done and still being done by automakers. And this is just one aspect over large over powered cars are another.

More harm

Good article re new bike boom. Preferred original headline “Two wheels good four wheels bad”. Nice observation about urban China rediscovering cycling years after the communist revolution - more likely to be a fancy @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social than a Flying Pigeon of the communist revolution days.

Really important be careful out there and if you can vaccinate. Interesting observation at current rate it will be 2050 before waiting times come down to 2010 levels

"Untethering society from the automobile will be a Herculean task.
"Cars ruin everything,” warns a section of Life After Cars. If so, the first step toward reversing the damage is getting more people to recognize the problem." 👇

Richard Tice accepted stay at French Riviera home of Tory donor Reform deputy leader’s trip, worth £1,4000, to Lubov Chernukhin’s property was for ‘discussing gas power in UK’

Farage's deputy Richard Tice accepted stay at French Riviera home of Lubov Chernukhin, listing the purpose as “discussing gas power in the UK”

Reform are wining & dining corporate fossil fuel interests with their pledges to smash climate policy:

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Carmakers demand EU eases ‘rigid’ 2035 petrol car ban Environmental groups say carmakers’ demands risk halving electric vehicle sales in Europe

If you want an explanation of why China is kicking the EU car industry to the curb, look no further than the criminally knuckle dragging EU car makers demanding new loopholes so they don't have to meet any meaningful low emission targets for cars in the EU.
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...

there is no better time to ride.

Can we do this in Uk please?!

In this clip, Wheels4Me loan recipient, Jeremy tells us how having access to cycling has helped him reconnect with his family & get back to doing things that were important to him.

Watch the full video on YouTube & find out how you can trial a cycle yourself at wheels4me.co.uk

youtu.be/q-ZnnXd3M2s

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

"Though robotaxis have notched up impressive growth, they look ploddingly pedestrian compared with far zippier pedal-powered rivals. [Waymo] proudly proclaims that its cars do around 250k trips a week. Yet in NYC alone that number of trips is made every three days using the city’s bikeshare scheme."

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...

🗓️ On 27 November, top UK experts will brief MPs and leaders from business, culture, faith and the media on the escalating climate and nature crisis.

📍 Is your MP attending the @nebriefing.bsky.social? Use the postcode checker at www.nebriefing.org to check—and if not, email them to ask.

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

Like a canary in coal mine…

Lets be honest, taking a bicycle on a train is an absolute pain in the arse, even folding ones. It’s difficult to get them on and off, the storage is extremely poor, and buying tickets is way too complicated.

It didn’t need to be this way, that used to put them in a guards van. Wide doors, simple

Very weight’s maximum for UK car licence issued after 1 January 1997; petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles is 3500kg and for all zero emission electric vehicles its 4250kg

Talking of car bloat…

It’s worth remembering this is the limit in weight, which includes passengers and luggage btw, for UK license holder who qualified in or after 1997

Some UK drivers may already be braking the law

www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/a...