Tommy Robinson would be very comfortable using the same. Just vile.

Yep just divisive nativism- if you switch the ‘settler residents’ language to new immigrants it’s *exactly* what the far right are saying. It is just awful. Every resident has equal right to a view no matter how long their residency & this issue has nothing to do with gentrification anyway.

You wonder what level of vetting is taking place both in this and in some of the allegations about other views of candidates. It is similar to Corbyn’s Labour & the damage done to that movement by allowing any crank onboard no matter how unsavoury their views just because they’re on the left.

Some of the replies are pretty funny though. I particularly liked: ‘As a South Asian I've always thought our communtiy would benefit from getting fatter, less active and riddled with more diabetes.’

It legitimises the same bullshit used by the far right to support motor domination. Her husband apparently runs ‘Newham says no to LTNs’. But sure, it’s all about “new settler residents” imposing “rules & regulations to suit THEIR lifestyle choices” on working class & Global Majority communities.

From the londoncycling community on Reddit: Our Forest Gate green candidate has uh, interesting views, on LTNs and cyclists Explore this post and more from the londoncycling community

This is frankly horrendous, not just in its ignorance of the social impact of LTNs/streets policy but also in the way it ‘others’ divides and demonises people wanting safe streets. Just awful.

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Active Travel hustings April 2026 Low Traffic Hackney joined forces with  Hackney Cycling Campaign  and  Hackney Living Streets  to hold Active Travel election hustings for the mayoral election in May 2026. Three candidates...

A summary of our recent Hackney Mayoral Hustings here:

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Yes those are the basic essentials to live & precursors to a good quality of life but not really what makes it. Health care bills aren’t an issue for anyone here thankfully #BornOnTheNHS

It’s funny to me to describe city living as unsustainable. As an inner city dweller I live in a small home that uses little energy, I don’t have a car & travel by foot bike or public transport. Everything is close by. To me this is the most sustainable way to live! Cities allow sustainable choices.

As seen on my morning walk a few hours ago:
A family leaving home together for kindergarten and work on four bicycles, on a green road of the kind that sees one or two cars a day, in the middle of Copenhagen

I’d go as far as to say these events are harmful because they allow authorities to appear proactive & pay lip-service to problems but shield the status quo from real change whilst putting the onus on parents & kids to solve something they have no agency over. Just fucking design the roads properly

The perfect illustration of why these types of initiatives are a waste of time. We did several school ‘speedwatch’ days etc. & as soon as you leave more cars are speeding. Pointless. All roads in a whole area outside schools should be fully filtered school streets.

A group of primary school children wearing hi vis vests, and accompanied by a couple of parking wardens, standing on the pavement outside a school. There are zigzags painted on the road the denote No Parking because of the pedestrian crossing which is just behind the camera. The children are holding signs.

A car parked on the pavement outside a school, less than 20 metres from where the children were standing yesterday. It is just outside the zigzag zone, but there are double yellow lines and the car is almost entirely on the pavement. The school entrance is just behind.

School drop-off.

Thursday: kids out with the traffic wardens, with nice signs asking parents not to park dangerously.

Friday: parents parking on the pavement outside school.

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More Quality of Life Indicators:
✅ Can walk/bike to a grocery store
✅ Can walk/bike to a library
✅ Can walk/bike to school and work
✅ Can walk/bike to the movies, restaurants, farmer’s market, parks, coffee shops!

The "Ridiculous" Traffic Plan That Actually Worked YouTube video by Streetscapes

If you are a Councillor, please watch this.

It happened nearly 50 years ago in the Netherlands. The arguments against restricting traffic were the same as those made today and were proven to be wrong.

Many cities would greatly benefit from a circulation plan.

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See also @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social

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This is Islington (an inner London Borough) and most residential streets in this area have have been filtered to prevent all through-traffic which makes them lovely for everyone. #CarsRuinCities

4 runners seen side by side running down the middle of the road. The road is quiet and safe because it is in a low traffic neighbourhood

Two kids cycling side by side down a quiet road within a low traffic neighbourhood. Other cyclists oncoming in the distance

‘Quality of life’ isn’t a big house, luxury goods or a fancy car. It’s being able to cycle your kids on safe streets or run side by side down peaceful roads with your friends. Everyone can & should have this.

Vision zero takes account of everyone being capable of making mistakes, and the system takes account of that so a mistake by a child crossing a road or by someone driving along it does not result in death or injury. Hence road rules like speed limits.

💯 this 👇

Great day. Over 1700 people 👏!

Playoffs next…

Good piece although perhaps a little unfair on ‘elected officials’. They haven’t been ‘captured by commercial interests’ they just obviously can’t fund schools without children. The problem here is housing affordability (& Brexit) which sadly go way beyond the power of the Council.

What is a city without children? As urban housebuilding strategies around the world increasingly push families out, the ‘sidewalk ballet’ — and heart — of community life is under threat

Thoughtful piece about how cities lose children and families, and what else is lost when they do -

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These enormous wind turbine projects would damage Wales – and all to supply the rest of the UK with energy | Simon Jenkins Labour’s deals with private companies will ride roughshod over a wilderness so remote there are no people to defend it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Sorry Simon doesn’t like how wind turbines look but this is just incoherent nimby nonsense. They are clean power with very low ecological impact & failing to rapidly decarbonise means degradation & ruin of large parts of the earth’s surface.

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The many cyclists in our fair borough...

As we head full pelt into election season, it’s pretty😯🤪🤯to think how far things have come in @citywestminster.bsky.social . For decades, this borough was the "missing link" in London’s cycle network. In 2026, it is starting to become the heart of it. Here’s why the shift here matters👇

"Over an 18 year period, someone who cycles to work has nearly 50% less chance of dying from *anything* than someone who drives"...

including being knocked off by a motorist (based on UK census data). Passive travel is bad for your life expectancy and pollution inside the car is worse than outside.

⚽ Next Men's First Team match ⚽

Last game of the season - get here early 🔥

📍 Old Spotted Dog Ground, E7 9NP
🚇 7 stations nearby
🎟️ £5 | pay what you can concessions | free U13s
🍻 3 bars, Fusion food

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A picture of a Range Rover driver parked in a bus stop whilst a cyclist cycles passes by in the middle of a busy road

Lots of London boroughs continue to prioritise the convenience of Range Rover drivers over the safety of Londoners. This is @rbkc.gov.uk who shamefully removed a cycle lane here.

Erdinger Dunkel

Happy weekend everyone!

Serious point: Perhaps the law on JR / legal challenges against installing new highways schemes needs to be tightened if/when they form part of a publicised transport strategy? Even if the Council win this is such a waste of time/money.

A message for bad-faith fake transport social justice cranks:

Saying you support safe streets, when in practice you oppose all of the viable ways to achieve them, doesn’t make it true, it just makes you deluded