Screenshot of Telraam traffic counters.

We really have seen such a huge increase in cycling in East Oxford. These two green circled roads, running parallel, now have around 2.5k bikes per day.

Really recommend telraam traffic counters (community powered!) to track traffic.

telraam.net#11/51.7338/-...

Lower Thames Crossing plan for Essex and Kent is approved - BBC News The 14-mile (22.5km) road will link the A2 and M2 in Kent with the A13 and M25 in Essex.

£9 billion for 14 miles of road. You could make a huge difference with that kind of sum nationally if you spent it on active travel. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Side streets not necessarily lined with parked cars? Looks like heaven.

Man sitting on a vintage italian truck which has a parklet and lots of flowers in it

Just remembering when @adamtranter.bsky.social put a parklet on a small roadworthy truck and parked it legally in the space where the council had removed a previous "illegal" parklet.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

With the spine already in place—a spectacular 6km seafront route—Limassol is developing a series of "green avenues" reserved for walking and cycling.

Three concentric half-circles of 4km, 8km, and 13km will link the city’s neighbourhoods with a parallel network of mobility and green infrastructure.

Calls to tackle Birmingham’s 'culture of dangerous driving' One Birmingham opposition councillor argued that a road safety strategy focuses on “targeting law-abiding motorists”

Calls to tackle Birmingham's 'culture of dangerous driving' - a write-up of yesterday's Cabinet decision to adopt the Road Harm Reduction Strategy.

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

In the 1984 image there is a road ahead leading into two archways under a school above it. Today the school remains but it is now two cycleways / footways running through the arches instead. There is a parallel pedestrian and cycleway crossing which is being used by dozens of cyclists

Valeriusplein, Amsterdam in 1984 and today. Motor traffic can no longer drive through the arches underneath this school, now it is a cycling / walking only route, with a very busy crossing to get to it

Auto dealers, UAW local leaders brace for layoffs amid tariff war: ‘Writing’s on the wall’ The stock market plunge and economic uncertainty around Trump's tariff war creates unease and echoes of 2008.

"Based on the tariffs in place so far, S&P Global gave the industry one week before production starts dropping off at a whopping 20,000 vehicles per day."

Pedestrians set to be given priority over vehicles at crossings The amber stop light for cars could appear immediately after someone presses the wait button

Pedestrians are set to be given priority over vehicles at traffic light crossings, with the amber stop light for cars appearing immediately after the wait button is pressed

All road users can easily share the road, if you just limit the usage that's usually hogging them...

Yep. This is exactly how Birmingham does it as well.

A smiling white woman wearing jeans and a black jacket rides a bright pink bicycle on a city street.

New episode ! We talked with the delightful British journalist and author Laura Laker about her odyssey on the UK's National Cycle Network, what makes good cycling infrastructure, and her work in setting standards for how reporters & cops talk about traffic crashes. thewaroncars.org/2025/03/11/e...

An unfinished bridge with a gap Text "WE'RE NOT SEEING DRIVERS USING THE NEW BRIDGE WE BUILT CONNECTED NETWORKS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES AS THEY ARE FOR THOSE DRIVING

The Bridge.

Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Why do men bike more than women in many countries?

A new study from Spain shows that the construction of a connected network of high-quality protected bike lanes helps to close this gender gap.

When we fail to build protected bike lanes, we keep women from riding bikes.

(PS. Stephen Bush welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social)

The Lambeth Kerbside Strategy Lambeth's Kerbside Strategy sets out our vision to reclaim the kerbside as a public space.

The High Cost of Free Parking, by Donald Shoup. "Thinking about parking seems to take place in the reptilian cortex, the most primitive part of the brain".

Though places like Lambeth are aiming in the right direction with kerbside strategies www.lambeth.gov.uk/streets-road...

Cycling home from work is such a great way to destress. The steady motion, the fresh air, and the quiet rhythm of the ride help shake off the day’s stress. The cool breeze and the changing scenery make the commute feel less like a routine and more like a well-earned reset.

We need to use every tool available to us to achieve Vision Zero - no deaths or serious injuries on our roads.

Our innovative use of AI is making our roads safer before anyone gets hurt.

Delighted this has been internationally recognised 👏

In the NL and Denmark, 55% of cycling trips are by women, but in unsafe road environments, men dominate. The issue lies in policies, infrastructure, and culture. TandEM Women in Cycling empowers women with skills, confidence, and community to drive change.
engage.eiturbanmobility.eu/processes/ta...

£120 million to roll-out more electric vans, taxis and motorbikes We are making it easier, faster and cheaper for people across the UK to switch to electric vehicles.

Councillors! Does your council procurement award points for using EV cars and vans?

Oxfordshire does and it’s helping drive the shift to electric.

Govt investing more in EV vans, quite rightly.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

We've flagged the dangers with Cheapside since 2016, it's a miracle no one’s been killed. The wait has been long, but these BCC road layout changes mean 2025 should bring a safer junction and fewer crashes. These dangers can be engineered out - we just need the will…

A crossroads with chalk markings to show where bollards will go to prevent through-traffic as traffic will only be able to turn left.

Roadworks at a crossroads. Part of the tarmac has been drilled into. There are many orange temporary barriers surrounding the hole in the road.

A row of bollards that stop through-traffic from using a crossroads. Cycles can still get through either side of the bollards.

In the foreground is a bollard with the remainders of police tape. In the background is a new set of bollards to stop motor traffic making certain turns.

Good to meet with @bradford-street.bsky.social for a tour of the Cheapside city centre cell being implemented.

Removing through traffic is going to make such a difference to this increasingly residential area.

Guess I need to repost this AGAIN

Paris turned roads for cars into streets for school kids and it’s a great lesson in priorities Paris is putting families first.

Definitely a choice. What Paris is doing about this issue isn't because they have so much money. It's because leaders there decided that people getting run over and breathing exhaust in front of schools was actually worse than car owners being inconvenienced. Sadly, authorities in the UK disagree.

Cycling with a hijab is a powerful symbol of freedom, resilience, and empowerment. On World Hijab Day, women around the world break stereotypes by embracing both their faith and their love for sports.

My hijab, my bike, and my smile are all part of who I am.

One of the worst Gormless Gaps I know. Looks how the barrier slashes into the pedestrian space so that motorists are freed from having to drive carefully. And look at the cities we've got thanks to not expecting people to drive carefully

One of the most important things to remember about very smart financial, public heath, transportation, public space, equity, economic development and climate policy like this is that it SAVES AND MAKES PUBLIC MONEY AND IS A SMART INVESTMENT WITH A PROVEN ROI.

Stop seeing it as a cost.

I gotta share…if there’s something you can do to improve your community…just do it. #bike #impact #community #change

Bovril first.

Nice pic. Took a liberty. Hope you don't mind too much.