Brilliant new cycling proposals from Andy Street in his 2024 manifesto. 46 mentions for 'cycling'. £20 per head funding: andystreet.org.uk/news/andy-stre…

Important read today for all Conservative activists - there are good schemes and bad schemes, but on average they are popular. If you oppose _all_ LTNs including the best, you will be opposing some very popular schemes indeed, and will lose elections. gov.uk/government/pub…

We're looking forward to this community event we're taking part in tomorrow. Lots of people to make it happen. See you on the ride tomorrow, or before the ride, or after it 😀
So much going on
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Road safety should not be treated as light entertainment twitter.com/adamtranter/st…

Why are we building new cycle lanes in the West Midlands?

The evidence for doing so is clear but too often you hear politicians trying to talk it down because they’re worried it might not be universally popular.

Not Andy Street, who explained to a caller earlier on BBC Radio WM 👇

Another shocking bike theft story from Cambridge APPG for Cycling & Walking - facebook.com/c6bikes/posts/…

A few people (actually quite a lot) have asked me what I think of recent announcements on “the war on motorists.” Here is my reply which I suspect will annoy people on both sides …

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Along with fellow Active Travel Commissioners Ed Clancy OBE, Dame Sarah Storey & simonobtv, I've written to Rishi Sunak about the Plan for Drivers.

We believe the most effective plan for drivers will be to get right behind the Government’s own Gear Change plan.

Here's why 🧵👇

Driving and cycling is not an either/or choice. Active travel has a vital role in solving transport problems and supporting public health.

Tonight is our AGM! We’re looking forward to welcoming you in person or online and discussing better active travel and #ClimateSafeStreets in Westminster City Council

Ditching conservative environmental policies is the wrong lesson from Uxbridge says Conservative Environment Network cen.uk.com/post/sam-hall-…

Punitive charges on the motorists least able to pay them without viable alternatives will lose elections week in week out. LTNs vary widely in implementation - the worst are net unpopular. Typically however they are significantly net popular and opposing them loses elections.

June 2023:

17% oppose

58% support

21% neither

National Highways has been accused of a “systemic failure” on cycling provision after FOI requests revealed it did not know whether its infrastructure meets its own design standards. theguardian.com/news/2023/jul/…

Great to see Simon Clarke MP supporting a new cycleway between Nunthorpe and Guisborough. Ben Houchen and the Conservatives are really delivering for Teeside. facebook.com/simon4MSEC/pos…

This is completely correct. The lesson of Uxbridge is that environmental policies cannot be clumsily designed, hair-shirt experiences for consumers/taxpayers. We need to align them with market forces in the way we have successfully done with energy generation. (1/2)

I continue to see criticism of enforcement of mobile phone use (distraction) whilst in stationary traffic. Below are findings covering this issue which clearly demonstrate the increased risk (which I know can be fatal). Can we now focus criticism towards the phone using driver?!

£19 MILLION for active travel & public transport in South Coventry 🚨

🚲 New cycle routes
🚌 Improved bus times
🚦Safer crossings

We’re using the £1BILLION transport fund we won from Government to invest heavily in our network to give people a viable alternative to the car ✅

If the UK wants to promote active travel, people must feel confident that their bikes are safe. Some thoughts on tackling bike theft: cfoc.org.uk/index.php/2023…

Congratulations to our co-chair Christine Wallace twitter.com/Chrissie_W13/s…