More people are walking and cycling as fuel costs rise, but women risk greater social exclusion without affordable alternatives Rising fuel costs due to the war in Iran have led more UK drivers to walk or cycle, but Cycling UK warns that without affordable options, the shift could leave many, particularly women, increasingly i...

More people are walking and cycling as fuel costs rise, but women risk greater social exclusion without affordable alternatives.

Reminder of the Active Travel + Clean Air Hustings next week. An important opportunity to ensure that we have streets fit for all users and not just motorists

Image of bike wheel with text 50 years of Cycle Islington est 1976 in the middle

Photo of woman wearing a blue tshirt with 50 years of Cycle Islington and holding a bike

Join us for some or all of our 50th anniversary celebrations ! Exhibition, bike ride, birthday cake, merch AND ceilidh - a very busy June in store

cycleislington.uk/2026/our-50t...
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@hackneycycling.org.uk

'Absolutely unacceptable': campaigners rage as LBC reveals 96% of hit-and-runs on London’s cyclists go unpunished | LBC Figures obtained exclusively by LBC show 100+ drivers in the capital are yet to be prosecuted for fleeing the scene last year alone, writes Benji Hyer

106 vehicle hit-and-runs on cyclists in London in 2025 - zero arrests. Only prosecutions involved 4 drivers coming forward voluntarily after leaving scene says @lbc.co.uk news. "Absolutely unacceptable" says our senior policy officer, Tom Bogdanowicz, in response: www.lbc.co.uk/article/cycl... ...

Are Bike Lanes Actually Ruining Our Cities? YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

Why do we want #cyclelanes and why does it gets the back up of some roader users?

Come join us on 22 April and ensure that safer cycling is on Haringey Council's agenda at the upcoming local elections

Call for a safe cycle network today Tell your next council leader you want cycle routes that are safe & fun for everyone

Have the candidates vying to be your next council leader committed to our Streets For Cycling campaign yet? Ask them to today to commit to building a proper network of cycle routes in your area in the next four years, takes just 1 min: lcc.org.uk/streets
This week, we've had pledges from...

Call for a safe cycle network today Tell your next council leader you want cycle routes that are safe & fun for everyone

Reach out to candidates in your area and ask them to make streets safer for cyclists action.lcc.org.uk/streets #saferstreets

Chair: Henry Mance (FT chief features writer)
Candidates:
•⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Cllr Ibrahim Ali (Lab)
•⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Cllr Ruairidh Paton (Green)
•⁠ ⁠Cllr Luke Cawley-Harrison (LibDem)
Other candidates to be confirmed

🚲 Haringey Active Travel + Clean Air Hustings 🦽🚶‍♀️🌿 - London Cycling Campaign One hour. All the main parties. Your questions. Join our local election debate and ask the candidates directly: How will they make walking, wheeling and cycling in Haringey safe and […]

Join our local election debate and ask the candidates directly:
•⁠ ⁠How will they make walking, wheeling and cycling in Haringey safe and fun?
•⁠ ⁠Will they build a safe cycle network?
•⁠ ⁠How will they ensure we can all breathe clean air?

🎟️Book your free ticket here:
lcc.org.uk/events/harin...

Book now for ⁠Haringey Active Travel + Clean Air Hustings
🗓️ Date: Weds 22nd April
⏰ Time: 7:30–8:30pm
📍 Venue: North Harringay Primary School, 5 Falkland Rd N8 0NU
See sub posts for further information and booking link

⁠Everyone welcome to our Haringey Cycling 🚲 Campaign meeting:
🗓️ Date: Tues 14th April
⏰ Time: 7:30–9pm
📍 Venue: Upstairs @ Great Northern Railway Tavern
Guest: ⁠Cllr Ibrahim Ali, the new cabinet member for Liveable Neighbourhoods, Climate & Environment
Room booked 7-10pm – stay for a chat and a 🍻

🔐 From more funding for secure parking, to greater awareness around the need for bike marking, the solutions to combat cycle theft are there...

The problem is political will - sign our petition and show you want action: bit.ly/4bRyUXr

Ever been riding with someone new to biking or from out of town and you feel it's your personal responsibility to protect them and keep them safe the entire ride?

Would be really great if our cities felt like this.

💚🙌 Share the Joy funding is back!

In partnership with Lime and LOUD Mobility, Share the Joy is accepting applications from grassroots community cycling groups 🚴‍♀️

🫵 If you're part of an organisation or group, who's main goal is getting more people on a bike, then apply today: bit.ly/4jXxZGn

Sat 21 March: Haringey Spring Equinox Cycle Ride on Tottenham Marshes - London Cycling Campaign 📣 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♂️ Join us for the Haringey Spring Equinox Cycle Ride on Tottenham Marshes on Sat 21st March – all welcome! 🗓️ Date: Saturday, 21st March ⏰ Time: 10:00 […]

Reminder that we've got a family friendly ride around Tottenham Marshes this Saturday. Register with the link below and join us at Stonebridge Lock Waterside Cafe at 10am

lcc.org.uk/events/sat-2...

Sat 21 March: Haringey Spring Equinox Cycle Ride on Tottenham Marshes - London Cycling Campaign 📣 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♂️ Join us for the Haringey Spring Equinox Cycle Ride on Tottenham Marshes on Sat 21st March – all welcome! 🗓️ Date: Saturday, 21st March ⏰ Time: 10:00 […]

Come celebrate Spring Equinox with Haringey Cycling Campaign with a roll around Tottenham Marshes on Saturday 21 March with a ride for all the family
⏰ Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
📍+ 🏁 Start + Finish: Stonebridge Lock Waterside Cafe N17 0XD
Register here and come along
lcc.org.uk/events/sat-2...

An incredible thing has happened in Westminster’s Connaught Village this week - there’s hardly any traffic at all!

This is music to our ears, it’s what we’ve always wanted. Turn up the sound, for the sound of NO MOTOR TRAFFIC! 🎶

It’s because a road is currently closed. - 1/5

London needs a safe, connected cycle network!

Great to see tri-borough momentum:
Haringey, Islington and Hackney cabinet leads + LCC members visited the incomplete C50 route which ends dangerously at Finsbury Park bridge.

Hi @willnorman.co.uk + @sebdance.bsky.social how soon can you start here?

This Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream Of YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

Global Cycling Network look at the need for political will if we're to deliver environments that are more hospitable to #activetravel www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4pO...

With thanks to all who discussed the dismal lack of progress on C50 @haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@hackneylcc.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social

Calling @willnorman.co.uk @london.gov.uk - this was announced in 2018, would be super to complete by 2028 ?

youtu.be/pYHVj9JRzGY

Out in Finsbury Park today with our neighbours @islington-council.bsky.social @rowchampion.bsky.social and Haringey Council’s Cllr Ibrahim Ali and @londoncycling.bsky.social looking at how to work with Transport for London to extend Cycleway C50 so we can ride safely through all of our boroughs.

We had our first HCC in-person meet up of the year, last week, and we recognised everyone’s tireless work for change.

Now the big question: how to get these cycle infrastructure plans – currently “sitting in a drawer in the town hall” – out onto people’s desks, and built on our streets?

👀 👀 👀 consultation on improvements on Market Road- have your say by 8 March !
www.letstalk.islington.gov.uk/market-road-...

This link between us and Camden is embarassing - things can only get better ! cycleislington.uk/2025/market-....
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social

Me with certificate

Everyone with their certificates

In December, we at @haringeycyclists.bsky.social
won two awards at the LCC bash.

Ben House and I cycled in to collect them, but we wanted to make sure the appreciation reached the right people.

So on Tuesday, at our first real life meet of the year, we did our own awards ceremony … 1/7

🚲 Missing cycle link fixed! Dalston to Finsbury Park without traffic YouTube video by London cycle routes

He goes on: “My understanding is that there are designs for this but that they’re sitting in a drawer in town hall”. Hmmm.

It’s about time someone whipped those designs out and got building isn’t it!

Jump to 5 mins in for the Haringey bit … 4/5

youtu.be/igvYHUiv5mE

'Inspirational cycle campaigner's speech was so powerful people were crying' Haringey Cycling Campaign's Carla Francome reflects on the impact of Cllr Mike Hakata’s resignation on cycling in Haringey.

And my piece is here. I was limited to 500 words so it won’t take you long to race through … 5/5

www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2581323...

Jeremy Vine loves him, motorists hate him. Is this man London’s most controversial cyclist? How Cycling Mikey's quest for road safety divided London

Public reporting deters crime. We urge it for burglary, assault, fraud — so why not road danger?? Reporting helps tackle reckless driving and save lives. The Daily Mail mocking this as “villainy” misses the point. Accountability on our roads protects everyone.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/jeremy-vine-...

Go go @cyclingmikey.bsky.social - and thank you for all your efforts

One of our members, Carla Francome, has written about @mikehakata.bsky.social's departure in the Ham and High - one line of his resignation letter has piqued our interest. And it’s all about the future plans.