I mostly report to West Mercia, and my experience isn’t great.
Feedback to reporters has worsened (no segregation between warning / NIP).
Worse is I have evidence via FOI that some reports advised as NIP are actually NFA.
It’s proving difficult to find out what’s happening. Not great.
This Saturday 21st Feb is the 57th consecutive monthly Critical Mass ride in Worcester.
If you’re interested in a super safe gentle roll around the city centre and a natter with other folk whose a bike to get around, come and join us at Cafe Viaduct at 10:15.
Suitable for all, no set route.
❤️🚲👍🏼🙂
@mrjamesob.bsky.social honesty, integrity, consistency, collaborative, short and long term plan and vision
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Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
One of those captcha things. This one says ‘select all images with bicycles. Click verify once there are none left’. There are 9 squares - 4 contain photos of bicycle seats, with the remaining 5 showing the beautiful head and face of a grey greyhound with a white stripe going from the top of their head to the tip of their nose.
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
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First Worcester Critical Mass of 2026, followed by a Room to Ride workshop.
10:15 meet Cafe Viaduct, come and have a natter gentle roll around the city centre, suitable for all, no set route (whoever’s at the front chooses the route).
👍🏼❤️🚲🙂
Bike buses! 🙂👍🏼❤️🚲
11.11.2025 20:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Post code lottery how police forces respond to video evidence of antisocial, dangerous and illegal driving
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We have produced our response to the County LCWIP (Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan) for Worcester.
Please visit our website, navigate to the LCWIP page, and take 30 seconds to add your name (and other household members) to the response.
www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/worcest...
It’s the monthly Critical Mass ride this Saturday in Worcester. Suitable for all ages and abilities, we meet at Cafe Viaduct around 10:00, for a 10:30 start. A gentle roll around the city, no fixed route.
Or if you don’t fancy that, just come down for a chat.
❤️🙂👍🏼🚲
It’s going to be a glorious afternoon today, here in Worcester.
If you’ve got no plans and fancy getting outdoors with your children, come and join us on our Kidical Mass ride.
Expect fun, music, bikes and bubbles.
www.bikeworcester.org.uk/kidical-mass
Worcester Critical Mass ride, this Saturday.
Come and have a chat, then go for a roll. No fixed route, suitable for all wheels and abilities.
We’re ready to welcome students to @WorcesterUni, and talk all things bikes (the quickest, cheapest and most convenient way to get around the city 😉).
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The @worcesternews is fast approaching 300 reports this year about unique incidents of RTCs or illegal driving.
Yet to hear it described as a problem worth tackling in the city as a whole.
www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/2025s-c...
The updated article now mentions two cars involved in an RTC.
Still no drivers.
@worcesternews
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2541578...
Complete absence of a driver in the headline and the article.
@worcesternews
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2541540...
Worcester’s 51st Critical Mass ride tomorrow.
❤️👍🏼🚲🙂
Promotional graphic for a webinar hosted by the League of American Bicyclists. Alisha Jones, leader of Duck Duck Goose Bike Bus, waves and smiles as the Louisville, Kentucky-based bike bus pauses for a group photo. "All Aboard the Bike Bus! Tuesday August 19th at 3PM ET. Bikeleague.org/webinars."
Speakers include... Alisha Jones, Leader of Duck Duck Goose Bike Bus in Louisville, KY. Sam Balto, Founder of Bike Bus World and P.E. teacher. Vivian Ortiz, League Cycling Instructor and the People's Bike Mayor of Boston.
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"Eight people were arrested for offences including actual bodily harm (ABH), criminal damage, drug offences, theft and immigration breaches"
As my colleague once said: not all drivers are criminals but most criminals are drivers
@gazza-d.bsky.social @gazza-d.bsky.social so I’ve had a couple of Moulton’s donated to the Bike Worcester bike recycling scheme.
We normally repair, safety check and sell on for £20 - £100 but I’m guessing these are worth a bit more?
Next Sat 19 July is the 50th consecutive monthly critical mass ride in Worcester.
Spread the word. Everyone’s welcome on any bike / trike / wheelchair / scooter / skateboard / roller skate / other.
No set route (follow the leader) and we ride at the speed of the slowest rider.
Long journeys take longer in an EV compared with ICE. This is the way.
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You’re right, I’m wrong 😂.
But I’d propose a correction, which is a perception of a lack of charging infrastructure, rather than that being a reality (based on current charging and current EV numbers).
I’ve had one for 5 years, never had a problem (just checked with partner).
Has there been any research on barriers to take up?
I’d hypothesise a bigger barrier is the fact it’s something different (differentism?) as in fear of change. Next is cost. So bringing back the fuel price escalator helps move the dial.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_Pr...
We should acknowledge private car ownership as a problem, and its cost to society, and set policy to change it.
Average in Worcester (100,000 pop) is 20% of households with no car. City centre this is as high as 75%.
The average UK car does nowt for 95% of the time.
Holistically this is daft.
Kerb side, but take your point.
Agree with LAs shouldn’t be out of pocket (including investment, management, operating cost, maintenance and admin).
I’ve had an EV for 5 years, couldn’t charge at home for the first 12 months.
It was not a problem.
I’m not aware of any plans for the latter.
Eg. every household pays £1000 per car registered at an address, money to LA.
Households with no car get a £1000 rebate.
I was in London village this week. Saw lots of charging coming from lampposts (which is what’s happening in the picture). If this is established, why not start with that?
Or better, why not work harder at incentivising a reduction in car ownership / use?
