#paris | Marco Te Brömmelstroet | 75 comments For weeks, the narrative around the #Paris🇫🇷 mayoral election was clear: voters would punish Anne Hidalgo for the transformation of the city’s streets. The first-round results tell us a very different...

I'll be biting my fingernails for another fortnight, but Emmanuel Grégoire's decisive showing on Sunday is a win for the notion that a bold idea and the political will to see it through could be exactly what people were always waiting for.

Glasgow residents feel more confident walking and cycling according to new survey Glasgow Walking and Cycling Index 2025: 71 feel safer walking or wheeling locally. Residents back 20mph limits, safer streets, and better cycling…

"The figures from the Glasgow Walking and Cycling Index 2025 show 71% of residents now feel confident walking or wheeling in their local areas.

"Nearly half also believe it is safe to cycle nearby, with rising confidence among women, disabled people and parents."

Number of people using Glasgow's new cycle lanes revealed There are more bikes than cars on a busy route in Glasgow with a cycle lane at peak times, according to a study.

Build it and they will come: "There are more bikes than cars on a busy route in Glasgow with a cycle lane at peak times, according to a new study." #glasgow #cycling

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit, and for letting me know. 🫂

Screenshot of a news story about the death of a cyclist in Paris on 27 January 2026

Screenshot of an image of Emma Burke Newman (15/6/2000 - 27/1/2023) with three candles burning

Three years today and the first news story is the death of a cyclist, killed by the driver of a lorry in a collision at a junction in Paris 12e. Coeur brisé, j'envoi toutes mes condoléances à sa famille et son entourage. #EmmaBurkeNewman @accidentsvelo.bsky.social

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Yes, actually I knew that but angry and frustrated all the same. I'm very pleased that these road improvements have been made. I'm also very sad that a family will live forever with the grief of losing a child who was just trying to get to school. 😢

Safety improvements made to junction where schoolboy killed by bin lorry Thomas Wong, 11, was cycling on the pavement when he was struck by the bin lorry.

Leaving aside the fact that the person (not an autonomous 'bin lorry') who killed Thomas received only 1 year ban from driving, can we ask why we need to wait for a child to die before road improvements are fast-tracked? Have councillors deciding on @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk heard of Thomas Wong?

Remember that email in Dec '24 saying "The sky is falling! Painful choices are ahead. Including, sadly, redundancies. More to come!" And then mgmt took Twelve. Full. Months. to agree there would be no compulsory redundancies before June '26. The unnecessary anxiety people lived with for a full year!

His NYT review of your Stephen Tennant biography was a work of art. What a gift.

Glasgow sees big rise in cycling trips in first half of this year More people in Glasgow are walking, cycling and wheeling as a huge network of new cycle paths continue to be built.

What encourages uptake of active travel is delivering infrastructure that is adapted to the needs of the roads' myriad users, with clear signals that safety has been prioritised for pedestrians and non-motorised traffic. Q.E.D.

Barlinnie prisoners repair scrap bikes for Glasgow youths in council scheme Over 200 bikes have been diverted from Glasgow City Council’s waste centres since October.

'Hundreds of bikes destined for the scrapheap have been salvaged and revamped for people who can’t afford one. Workers at Glasgow’s household waste and recycling centres have been working with St Paul’s Youth Forum (SPYF), a charity, on a project to refurbish discarded bikes.'

Cab driver who struck pedestrian while trying to beat red light keeps licence Adel Amrouche struck the man on St John's Road in Corstorphine, causing him to fall to the ground and suffer a foot injury.

A perfect complement to yesterday’s post: Apparently you can ignore the Highway Code as a professional taxi driver, strike a pedestrian crossing on a green signal, and be allowed to carry on just doing your job. I’m sure the driver is “contrite” though, so all good.

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I am not someone who believes in jail time for most crimes. That said, a person who kills or seriously injures someone(s) while driving a motor vehicle should a proper driving ban, including lifetime suspension of a professional license when the collision is work related.

Hit and run carer who mowed down eight teenagers in Glasgow avoids jail Steven Gilmour, 37, was sentenced to 200 hours unpaid work and disqualified from driving after injuring a group of eight teenagers.

Deploying a weapon of mass destruction that left 8 children in hospital -- and then FLEEING THE SCENE -- is apparently a 'cause for concern' meriting barely a year of suspended license and 200 hours of 'community service'. Crack on, Scottish justice system! www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

Congratulations, Becca, and thank you to everyone at New Practice, for your love of Emma and for keeping alive her vision of more equitable, beautiful and inclusive cities. 🧡

Waiting to Happen was a key driver for the recent redesign of the Broomielaw junction where Emma Burke Newman was killed in 2023. Today vulnerable road users can move more safely through the intersection thanks to Becca's leadership in launching the campaign and working with GCC to make this happen.

100 Women in Cycling 2025 | Becca Thomas Designing safer streets for all

Becca Thomas and I met under the worst circumstances imaginable, and in the past nearly three years I have been humbled by her perseverance and passion as she and the whole team at New Practice have worked tirelessly on making Glasgow's streets safer for all road users.

« La voiture quand elle est utilisée comme ça a été le cas, sans respect, sans responsabilité, devient une arme. Une arme létale. » #PaulVarry

Am I the only one confused by the parking? The app says 'follow local rules' but the 'Edinburgh Rules' page doesn't clarify if you can park anywhere without a red P or only in designated blue P spots. There are multiple bikes parked on my street while closest blue P is half a mile away. 🤔

NB: In this case, the bus had ample time to stop on amber before the first ASL and instead slowly eased into and then through the bike box on red. While Highway Code allows encroaching when you're already in the box, this driver made the choice to prevent cyclists from access to this safe(r) space.

Photo taken from inside the closed door of a bus, showing encroachment into the bike box area of the road bed.

I'm all for educating cyclists about how little a driver can see when they take the time to look. I'm also still waiting for bike box enforcement and more driver education from LB. This was 22/8 on Leith St where we are still waiting for cycle-first traffic signals. Update @chasbooth.bsky.social ?

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He had been seen on camera multiple times looking at his phone *while reversing*. He failed to take proper precautions and look left before setting off. And all he gets is a year off driving?!?? I am ... speechless.

Thank you. It was removed for the road works and it's gratifying to see someone has placed a new one in the same spot now that's finished.

I am grateful Glasgow listened. But this is one junction, one step forward. We shouldn't have to lose people to fix dangerous infrastructure. We shouldn't burden the grieving with preventing future grief. Other cities: learn from Glasgow's example. Move from Waiting to Happen to Made it Happen.

I witnessed cyclists moving through the intersection in a safer way than they could have before, giving form to the more equitable, beautiful, and inclusive cities Emma dreamed of designing.

Yesterday I saw protected cycle lanes, easier pedestrian crossings, and advanced stop lines that were being respected by the motor traffic. Someone has installed a new ghost bike in Emma's memory.

The combination of concrete evidence, sustained engagement with decision-makers and the cycling community, and regular media coverage gave Glasgow City Council what they needed to prioritise this junction and deliver the redesign that is now in place.

Emma's former employer New Practice responded by launching the Waiting to Happen campaign, gathering hard data on three Glasgow intersections where lethal collisions were ‘waiting to happen’.

Rose and John, Emma's parents, brought her story to local and national media whenever they would listen. We met with councillors and officials, went to sub-committee meetings, engaged with community groups, spoke at cycling events, showed up anywhere people might be willing to hear from us.