With nearly 60% of journeys under 5 miles currently driven, combined with high living costs, congestion, pollution and the #ClimateEmergency, there's never been a better time to reconsider the best tool for short journeys. The answer more than ever is the bike #BikeIsBest

Double whammy bus and trammy! @OfficialTfGM

TAKE MY MONEY!!

We’ve published our ambitious GM Bus Strategy to make bus the first choice for more journeys news.tfgm.com/press-releases…

Groan. "Boom and Bus". I'm normally up for a pun but that is truly awful. Full credit to the person at TfGM who slipped that one in.

The natural conclusion of being a ‘friend’ of the motorist

Pretty sure they've got CCTV at Piccadilly Gardens... "CCTV at new park confirmed after fears it could become 'new Piccadilly Gardens'" manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cctv-new-…

This. Is. Phenomenal. Corrie characters aghast at “London?”

Nice local journalism showcasing benefits people feel when they take up cycling - 'I'm saving £1000 a year by changing the way I travel - it's been liberating' birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

I am told the PM has now taken the decision to shelve the Manchester leg of HS2. Confirmation, and detail of the re-allocation of funds to other transport projects in the north, will presumably come very soon.

Metro: It's Manc robbery! #TomorrowsPapersToday

someone has snuck a stack of these beer mats into Tory conference and is handing them out to delegates #HS2

Did they get a graphics GCSE student to design the logo?

Greening up in Altringham 🌳 🌱 👍

This new government report on ‘Network North’ has labelled Preston as Manchester. Jesus wept. 🤦🏾‍♂️ Helen Pidd #HS2

🚍 IT'S OFFICIAL...WE'RE TAKING BACK CONTROL 🚍 🗣️ Steve Rotheram has just announced that the Liverpool City Region will be franchising its buses! 📅 Today our region has made history as only the second area outside of London to franchise its services since 1985.

I have an idea! 💡

Interested in helping us build the Bee Network? Then I have the job for you! We’re recruiting a Project & Policy Officer to support our Transport Commissioner Vernon Everitt and our Active Travel Commissioner Dame Sarah Storey. More details here: w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.asp…

Alas I shall not be attending the NatInfraCommission second assessment launch event in Leeds this morning. The irony is not lost on me 🚝😩

Thanks Urban Transport Group for putting together such an inspiring programme. The last 18 months have been amazing, not least getting to know my colleagues from across the UK. Not sure what to do with myself now it’s over!