Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK? theguardian.com/cities/2024/ap…

Who’s doing Ford RideLondon ?

Gosh, this sounds terrible.

Imagine losing 70% of your customers overnight…….

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Or do we think someone might be being slightly economical with the truth?

Let’s dig in!

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👉🏻 “Survey of 21,374 residents in 18 UK cities found 56% in favour & only 17% against moving money from road building to active travel & public transport. 58% support more cycle paths along roads, even if it removes space for cars, only 22% are opposed”. transportxtra.com/publications/l…

Early start in #Aylesford with Tracey Crouch to see why by Active Travel England and Department for Transport are investing £1.2 million investment to renovate the cycling 🚴 and walking 🚶‍♂️ river trail to Maidstone

Damaged by floods & subsidence the renovation of Medway path=good news👍1/

Last year we applied for Active Travel England funding, but got much less than we hoped for.

That was a fair reflection of where we were on our journey.

Today, we have been given £4.86 million for improvements to walking and wheeling across South Yorkshire 🥳

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Massive boost to cycling and walking today with dozens of major investments to boost active travel, tourism, cheaper commuting and so much more 👍
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More details here
gov.uk/government/new…

Nine in 10 journeys to #NationalParks are made in a car. Today's new funding is for England's National Parks to develop plans to produce great active travel links to public transport 🌳🏞️ #activetravel #joyinjourneys gov.uk/government/new…

I think you’ll find The Beatles have a stronger claim so Beatle lines or beelines for short? ‘Taking a Beeline to school’ 🤔

'How far we've come! Since 2021 when that video was made, the number of very short 🚗 journeys in Greater Manchester has dropped by a staggering 100 MILLION a year. Build it and they will come. So they are'

1.5B 🚗 trip every year of less than 1 mile. Solution? Reimagine what we already have. Zebras at mouth of side roads = 65% more drivers stop, 8:10 parents want it = journeys on foot easier, safer for slow crossers & more independence for kids to walk to school = we all win.

We're having a #bbcnewscast Virtual Town Hall meeting tomorrow .. LTN's and more .. wd you send your stump speech or question to [email protected] or What's App a V/N 0330 1239480 ?

With 1.5 billon car journeys every year of less than 1 mile (!) this is such an important partner to ensure people have more transport alternatives, especially locally. 👏👏 Active Travel England National Highways

On the train, and I think this means these seats are for me right? 😀

Barely 2 foot wide for walking or pushing a pram, and even that is stolen. I’m utterly sick of it.

Recharge weekend. Raining when I got here yesterday, look what I bumped into today! Soul now full. Ready for the next week 👊

The Kate Middleton Photo Scandal has now got me seriously questioning this. 😒

Feel free to come along! 👇🚲

2/2 ....do we get people to try different? Here's a 6yr study of an area that made the necessary changes to their streets & is now reaping the rewards.
When there's not much money around, building health directly into our everyday lives = a good idea... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

1/2 A couple of papers for us nerds & some top data:
'Active travel is a “best buy” for improving health. Commuting by cycling reduces incidence of, and mortality from, heart disease and cancer BY OVER 30% Imagine a drug that could do that.
But how....
bmj.com/content/384/bm…