It was actually fun (!) being interrogated by the select committee and hearing from such interesting panellists. I'm not going to watch it back because I'd cringe at myself, but perhaps you should watch it.
Jong geleerd, oud gedaan. De enorme vrijheid die fietsen biedt is ongekend. Ik denk dat wij inmiddels 90% van de ritten fietsend afleggen. Een goede bakfiets én een elektrische ‘gezinsdeelfiets’ voor de langere ritten, of voor de puber die nog in het donker op pad moet, helpen daar wel bij.
Looking forward to talking about our work alongside such an interesting panel. Now, I'm off to revise!
A screenshot of a meeting at 9:15am, Wednesday 15 April in Room 15 of the Palace of Westminster on Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration. It features: Ansaf Azhar ADPH Board Member at The Association of Directors of Public Health Pete Dyson Researcher at University of Bath Dan Simpson Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Professor Charisma Choudhury Chair in Behaviour Modelling at Institute of Transport Studies, and UKRI Future Leader Fellow at School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds Chris Hillcoat Associate Director, Future Mobility at KPMG
Thrilled and terrified in equal measure to say that I'm giving oral evidence to the transport select committee next Wednesday. They're looking at how to make journeys more joined up.
Almost every bus journey starts with a walk or wheel. Thinking cross-mode just makes sense.
Side-road zebras work across Europe, they're being rolled out in Cymru and it's great to see that they're finally going to be allowed in England as well!
Waiting to cross every side road when you're walking to the shops slows you down more than you notice. Sticking a zebra crossing where the two roads meet is a simple way to make clear that pedestrians have priority.
You find social media posts taking the piss out of people with practical bikes - the exact opposite of in the Netherlands!
In the UK, a chain guard is rare, because cycling is still treated largely as a hobby. You get a pretty bike, or one which is as light as possible, even if it's less convenient. That's seen as normal.
It looks pretty because it has no chain guard, but that means you have to mitigate that on every ride.
Almost all bikes there have a chain guard. Why wouldn't they? You don't want oil on your trousers, and that can easily be fixed. This reel takes the piss out of someone who's bought a silly (e-)bike. www.instagram.com/reel/DWPT7WG...
Want to see how a Dutch joke reel shows just how much cycling culture is flipped in the UK?
Interesting that UK coverage has made a lot of the fuel duty changes in Australia but mostly ignored this more radical measure.
I know one's federal and one's at state level, but there's a lesson for the UK here: councils and combined authorities could act quickly to save people money.
I don't, but the team are really collegiate, do just give them an email at connectivity@dft.gov.uk
It's referred to in the draft National Planning Policy Framework, so it'll be a material consideration. There needs to be clear guidance on how it should be interpreted, though.
The methodology is here! I guess the main thing to note is that the primary purpose of this is to determine where's best to build, rather than whether transport is up to scratch. Given some places are SO badly connected by public transport, other places can look good. www.gov.uk/government/p...
I think it's because it was picked up by the local Surrey team. The issue with the been using one site for all their news - it's not clear when a story which has national relevance is being covered with a local skew
The team would like to add that. The issue is having a national dataset for quality
One other thought: My sense is that this has been drafted in a way which could be applied in Cymru through a legislative consent motion, speeding up progress there.
At the previous stage of the Bill, Lord Blunkett put forward an amendment which highlighted the opportunity this Bill brought to bring change quickly. Thanks to him and all the other peers we've worked with on this, and thanks to the government for listening.
A lot of the detail is left to secondary legislation, so there are still some hurdles to get over. But, we could've been waiting years for this step if they hadn't seized this moment.
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Lovely news: sometimes, "at the next legislative opportunity" actually means that! In January, the government announced they wanted to give councils the power to tackle cars parked on the pavement. They've now tabled an amendment to the English Devolution Bill to deliver those 👇
Text reads: Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. For our health. Our wellbeing. Our world. UK report Walking and Cycling Index 2025. Every year, walking, wheeling and cycling prevent 28,038 serious long-term health conditions. www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index
Text reads: Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. For our health. Our wellbeing. Our world. UK report Walking and Cycling Index 2025. Every year, walking, wheeling and cycling creates £9.55 billion in economic benefit for individuals and UK Index areas. www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index
Text reads: Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. For our health. Our wellbeing. Our world. UK report Walking and Cycling Index 2025. Every year, walking wheeling and cycling saves 500,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index
Text reads: Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. For our health. Our wellbeing. Our world. UK report Walking and Cycling Index 2025. Every year, walking, wheeling and cycling saves the NHS £346.7 million equivalent to the cost of 7.7 million GP appointments. www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index
Today we launch our 2025 Walking and Cycling Index 🥳
The report is the biggest assessment of walking, wheeling and cycling
in the UK and Ireland brought to you by Walk Wheel Cycle Trust in
collaboration with 22 regional and local partners.
I'll come back tomorrow and find the emoji gone
time for the crazed midnight bread binge
Why throw it away? 😲
How's it lookin
And there's your side road zebras being possible in Wales from 11th March this year.
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Graphic showing quote by Dr Arthur Scott MP: In my constituency, a national cycle route runs alongside the River Leath. This route used to be the Balerno line, and it provides a space for active travellers to enjoy a quiet and beautiful route away from traffic. I use this route regularly and feel incredibly lucky to be able to enjoy it as I travel through my constituency. It's one of the things that binds my constituency...
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Some pertinent comments from @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social and Dr Anna Dixon MP during Tuesday's Westminster Hall debate: Women's safety while walking, wheeling, cycling and running.
It's wonderful to hear the National Cycle Network described as 'binding' a constituency in this way 👇
Such a no-brainer to make it easier to build or improve railway paths. Here's a quick reminder of one step which could be taken.
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Great to hear @ollyglover.bsky.social MP and Local Transport Minister Lilian Greenwood's positive exchange about re-purposing railway paths for walking wheeling and cycling. There are paths over the country ready to be built and we'd love to talk about how we could make it easier to get going ⛏️
