Jacqui B

So, why is HMG still using Twitter as an official comms channel? #Twexit

Petrol prices gone up? Walking and cycling are still FREE

Worried about #PetrolPrices rising?

Many car journeys are short enough to walk or cycle, and these remain free (and healthy)

#ActiveTravel @walkridegm.org.uk

The U.S is the largest oil and gas producer in the world.

They overthrew the Venezuelan gov’t to exploit the world’s largest oil reserves.

Then they started a war, constraining Middle Eastern oil and gas supply.

Oil hits $100+ a barrel.

Who gains? America.

Follow the money.

Institutions that make claims about accessibility or sustainability would be more believable if they cared about stuff like this.

harry potter is looking out of a train window and waving . ALT: harry potter is looking out of a train window and waving .

With fuel prices going up rapidly, should we maybe consider encouraging more people to take the train where possible as part of the solution? A monthly ticket giving unlimited travel on local and regional transport for example like some other countries have done?

Absolute tosh.
All new developments need sage, segregated walking and wheeling routes.
Developers should provide no less!

Calling for a more coherent policy response to driving harm Abstract. High rates of population-level driving are associated with multiple adverse health outcomes arising from road crashes, air and noise pollution, p

NEW STUDY: “Thanks to the influence of the road lobby, the harms of driving are underestimated & overlooked, while measures that make walking, cycling, & public transport the easiest option are viewed with suspicion. Policy responses to reducing population-level driving…can create positive change.”

Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.

This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.

44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

People where I live have admitted to hitting flex posts on purpose to make cycle lanes accessible to cars and to discourage cycling. If they can do that without fear of consequence (neither damage to their vehicle nor social, other financial or legal consequences), flex posts aren't up to the job.

This is the London Array, one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms.

It generates enough electricity to power 584,000 British homes.

Only clean, renewable energy can deliver true British energy sovereignty and free us from the ruinous influence of the fossil fuel industry.

I'm looking forward to seeing what price per litre petrol needs to be before people stop engine idling whilst parked...seems like it must be way too cheap at the moment 😏

Yellow banner with 'Demand a Better Plan!' and Low Traffic Future logo. Small photos inset showing examples of sustainable transport

🚨 LAST CHANCE: Today is the final day to demand a better transport plan for Greater Manchester!

An 8% traffic reduction isn't enough to reach Net Zero by 2038 or make our streets safe for everyone. 🚲🚌

abetterplanforgm.co.uk

What cost-of-living crisis? 14.3mpg Cadillac Escalade V is now available in the UK | Auto Express Importer Clive Sutton is offering a range of full-size American-made SUVs to UK buyers, headed up by one of the world’s thirstiest models

No-one is safe with the height of that bonnet! Let alone children 😱 🚸

Incredibly dangerous, highly polluting and completely uneccessary in the UK. Why are we allowing these cars @heidialexander.bsky.social?

#carspreading

www.autoexpress.co.uk/cadillac/esc...

Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let's do that now. - Streetsblog Chicago "The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."

FYI the 1970s oil crisis was the impetus for Copenhagen turning into a cycling city

Consultation ends tomorrow! Please respond now before it's too late👇🏽

Tax those massive, and massively polluting, American pick ups into oblivion. This is Hertfordshire not fucking Wyoming.

“Key findings from Bristol’s 2025 Walking and Cycling Index include:
- 66% of those surveyed thought fewer cars parked on the pavement would help them to walk or wheel more”

Any time soon they'll be embracing 15 minute cities

Sarah’s video and this piece really say it how it is. Some of the driving & parking in our area is appalling and has become normalised. Our representatives must take action - children deserve to be protected. #SafeStreetsNow!
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

No report in the Guardian about a woman MP being attacked on International Women’s Day by transphobic fascists after just a week in the job.

They have these “news” items though

I wonder how this voter is feeling at the gas station. If it's the only way to get these morons to wake up to the problem with their cult, then so be it.

holy shit

#MyCycleMyMobilityAid #CyclingEasierThanWalking #BeyondTheBicycle

A mock-up map of the Glasgow Crossrail proposal, now absorbed into the Clyde Metro proposal. Lots of proposals...

The closure of Glasgow Central station is exposing the public transport network's lack of resilience.

At the very minimum, there should be overground stations at West Street and Glasgow Cross, to allow folks to transfer to the Subway and lower-level lines.

We've been talking about this since 2008.

Huge fire at Glasgow Central Station prompts evacuations as building collapses The fire is understood to have started in a vape shop on Union Street on Sunday afternoon, with the building collapsing several hours later.

There really needs to be a crackdown on vape shops before more of this happens. They need to be made to store the batteries to a minimum level of fire safety that would likely make it economically unviable.

A screenshot of a newspaper article discussing that there are low cycle counts at rail station cycle parking, suggesting it is because of the risk of theft.

Theft risk is possibly a factor. Other factors include:

🚲 A lack of safe routes to most stations
🔒 There’s a safe store, there’s no emergency procedure should something go wrong
🚳 The main secure store in town can’t be accessed without some force by cargo bikes

Under the numbers there are stories.

Perhaps if oil prices do hit $250 a barrel, we’ll see the Anglosphere countries finally catching on to what the Dutch learnt 50 years ago. Primarily that relying on cars for the majority of journeys - short ones under 5mi account for 7/10 and a majority are done by car - is a terrible idea.

A queue of traffic along a narrow residential street disappears into the distance.

The heavy traffic cannot sensibly negotiate the various traffic calming features which were put in to control traffic speeds and to try to discourage motorists from using the route as a rat run...it's not working!

Another day, another entirely unsuitable residential back street being used as a rat run...

Hannah Spencer being harrassed by fascist YouTube streamers in Manchester, every week they are at it

The Fight for Queensbury Tunnel The campaign to save Queensbury Tunnel is an excellent example of how local people coming together with a shared vision can form an incredibly powerful voice when faced with short-sighted political de...

In our latest blog post we focus on the campaign to save the Queensbury Tunnel.

Grant Shapps’ intervention in 2020 should have been the end of it, but sadly that was not the case...

Read about the history, the ups and downs, and what comes next
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/the-fight-fo...