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Ned ‘Jonathan’ SchofieldBuses are great and all but…55 minutes to get to the bike shop to pick up my bike10 minutes to cycle it home again<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activeTravel</a>

edi.bike | weekly news digest🚲 edi.bike | issue 87 | 7th Apr '25 In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:Bike Station Announce New Location; School of Rocks Off-road Community Starts New Term; April Transport Committee Roundup, community events, route closures and more:<a href="https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-87-7th-apr-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-87-7th-apr-25/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cyclingUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyclingUK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/localNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#localNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edinburgh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newsletter</a>

BicycleBenBad news - serious cyclist injury on Eastboro Way, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nuneaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nuneaton</a> today. This is a busy, 40mph road (but with some drivers going faster) with industrial units and thus heavy traffic. There is no cycle infrastructure and the one footpath is not wide, but it's an important route to bypass the town centre.<a href="https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/cyclist-seriously-injured-collision-closed-31332665" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/cyclist-seriously-injured-collision-closed-31332665</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cycling</a>

michael<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> put off <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> by safety fears and intimidating drivers – study Research by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyclingUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyclingUK</a> finds female cyclists report more threatening incidents, as well as a lack of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/31/women-put-off-cycling-by-safety-fears-and-intimidating-drivers-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/31/women-put-off-cycling-by-safety-fears-and-intimidating-drivers-study</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activeTravel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransportPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransportPolicy</a>

Jules"The <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CycleToWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CycleToWork</a> scheme should be rebranded “Cycle for Health” and opened up to low-income employees, freelance workers, and pensioners, as part of a series of reforms urgently required to tackle inequality and lack of access to active travel, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) has said." <a href="https://road.cc/content/news/mps-call-urgent-reform-cycle-work-scheme-313241" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://road.cc/content/news/mps-call-urgent-reform-cycle-work-scheme-313241</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/UKBikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKBikeTooter</a>

Ciarán Ferrie"To pause for a moment and consider that 54 people were killed using active transport last year, while no national emergency plan was implemented, is to realise that these deaths are factored in as the cost of a car-centric culture, where no impediment to driver convenience will be tolerated."Excellent piece by Keith Adams of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. <a href="https://www.jcfj.ie/2025/03/24/danger-rolling-through-irelands-cities-and-towns/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jcfj.ie/2025/03/24/danger-rolling-through-irelands-cities-and-towns/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoadSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a>

Matthew CullisWe keep talking of climate change, cost of living, congestion in our cities. I don't know, it seems like we are still not getting our priorities right. If these issues are so big, why are we investing so little in active travel compared to roads?<a href="https://mstdn.matthewmcgranahan.me/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#budget</a> <a href="https://mstdn.matthewmcgranahan.me/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.matthewmcgranahan.me/tags/activetravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activetravel</a>

Duck Marshall 🚲Families like mine, two working parents with young kids living in suburbia, tend to need two cars. I don't like driving if I don't have to. Instead of a second car, my cargo bike is my SUV! I can haul my two primary school kids all around town, do a full week grocery shop for four— and even carry a new, large, swimming pool home from the retail park through the lovely sunshine past the ducks at Callendar Park!<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/utilityCycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#utilityCycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bike</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/activeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activeTravel</a>

AnnaIn January '24, I took part in a consultation about improving local walking and cycling routes. The local rag was against it and people were apoplectic on social media. The results are finally out and for 9 out of the 10 proposed routes, more than 50% of respondents were supportive. Just goes to show why people should respond to the actual consultation, rather than whinging online 😂 Anyway, last night the council passed the LCWIP. Now they just need to get the funding... <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a>

BicycleBenThe long-awaited Nuneaton to Coventry “super cycleway” may take a small step forward later this week with a tiny part of the route being put to the Portfolio Holder for Transport for approval. This features as part of a broader programme of road improvements and covers the south-most section through Exhall – only about 0.55km (0.35mi) and with serious compromises in quality.<a href="https://fiets.uk/2025-03-10/decision-due-on-part-of-the-nuneaton-bedworth-coventry-cycle-scheme/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fiets.uk/2025-03-10/decision-due-on-part-of-the-nuneaton-bedworth-coventry-cycle-scheme/</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nuneaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nuneaton</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bedworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bedworth</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Exhall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exhall</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Coventry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coventry</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Warwickshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Warwickshire</a>

edi.bike | weekly news digest🚲 edi.bike | issue 83 | 10th Mar '25 In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:Infrasisters Ride (Today!); George St Spending; CCWEL Stats; Carers Travel Survey; March TEC Roundup, community events, route closures and more:<a href="https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-83-10th-mar-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-83-10th-mar-25/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cyclingUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyclingUK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/localNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#localNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edinburgh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newsletter</a>

MattBike parking at Schiedam station, 2019. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/activetravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activetravel</a>

Niall in Raglan :laserkiwi:<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/MissingThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MissingThePoint</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SmallerLighterBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallerLighterBetter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a>

Fragarach<a href="https://social.coop/@afewbugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@afewbugs</a> It's a shame really. In the early days of the bicycle, it was a symbol of female empowerment. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Sustrans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustrans</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

JulesAlmost twice as many boys as girls cycle in UK, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Sustrans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustrans</a> report finds <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/26/almost-twice-as-many-boys-as-girls-cycle-in-uk-sustrans-report-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/26/almost-twice-as-many-boys-as-girls-cycle-in-uk-sustrans-report-finds</a>? <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

michaelAlmost twice as many boys as girls cycle in UK, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustrans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustrans</a> report finds Charity sounds alarm over gender gap – but finds <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> enthusiastic about measures to make cycling easier<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/26/almost-twice-as-many-boys-as-girls-cycle-in-uk-sustrans-report-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/26/almost-twice-as-many-boys-as-girls-cycle-in-uk-sustrans-report-finds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activeTravel</a>

Alec RobertsE-bikes and Cargo Bikes: The Transport Revolution Australia Needs <a href="https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/e-bikes-and-cargo-bikes-the-transport-revolution-australia-needs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/e-bikes-and-cargo-bikes-the-transport-revolution-australia-needs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cycling</a> A comprehensive study published last year by scientists from the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh shows that we’re not just losing time and money by clinging to our car culture – we’re losing lives. Tens of thousands of premature deaths could be prevented annually by making a simple but profound shift: moving from cars to bikes and walking. 1/2

Christian Lawson-PerfectStreet Life North Tyneside have written a good response to the North East Combined Authority's local travel plan: <a href="https://streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/02/17/our-response-to-north-east-combined-authoritys-local-travel-plan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/02/17/our-response-to-north-east-combined-authoritys-local-travel-plan/</a>Really, it's just a long list of demands, but they make sense. The point about how many dangerous junctions you have to cross when cycling from north tyneside to Newcastle resonates with me, and feels like an obvious priority for the cycle network.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/NorthTyneside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTyneside</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a>

Ciarán Ferrie"What is needed now is a comprehensive shift towards smaller cars, lower speed limits and better cycling and pedestrian infrastructure. All these steps taken together can have multiple benefits: fewer road deaths, less congestion, lowered fossil fuel emissions, less air pollution, and better healthier more liveable cities.So what are we waiting for?"Very timely piece from Dr Catherine Conlon<a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41575183.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41575183.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoadSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LiveableCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiveableCities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SustainableTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SustainableTransport</a>

Cuilfail<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HutLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HutLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hutting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hutting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Highlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highlands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHighlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishHighlands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> There is a track about 1km away, access by foot, hoof and oar :-)

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