Kai

That a metro system would be built in a northern UK city involving underground tunnels and stations is supposedly an impossible, unrealistic idea from an unserious mind. Meanwhile, Newcastle with 13km of bored tunnels and 9 underground stations built 13 years after first plans:

One of the key lessons from Dutch cycling history is cities didn't start with protected lanes. They began by making streets safer, calmer and more inviting; with lower speeds, parking restrictions, traffic filters and reduced through-traffic to create an environment in which cycling could flourish.🧵

New research from ACAS has found that nearly 70% of Disabled people have experienced issues at work. Employers have wrongly questioned requests for adjustments, delayed support, and failed to discuss workplace needs. 🔗 buff.ly/E71ygkQ

she didn't mention what her government in the UK is doing to trans people. it never came up. i'm not sure about all this "-our- rights" stuff. why not just drop the T from your acronym and be forthright about it?

This weekend is your last chance to have your say in the North East bus franchising scheme consultation. The proposed scheme seeks to return our bus services to public control - the biggest change to bus services in our region for 40 years. Please take the time to respond this weekend! Links below.

Only a couple of days left to respond to the bus franchising consultation. www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation... There are three key ways we think this will impact cycling across the region - Integration, Safety, and Infrastructure. We're asking for your help to shape that future.

I’ve got beaver-cam footage to show you but only if you get @protect.earth up to 500 followers. We’ve been blocked from BlueSky for months, but we’re back now. Get us that count and I’ll show you a big fat furry river baby. 🫡

Over to you, Newcastle.

⏰ Only 3 weeks left to have your say and support bus franchising in the North East. It’s time to take back control of our buses. For more info see OUR site: betterbusesne.org.uk Want BETTER BUSES? Speak up now, at: www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation... 👩‍💻 📱

Compare this to the central motorway and the significant cost to keep that open and risk to workers to keep vehicles flowing. Similar to the central motorway pedestrian bridge which has been closed for weeks with inpropper signage and a long diversion. Anyone remember the hierarchy of road users?

16, JFC, 16 - what are we doing?! Heartbreaking, that is my kid, your kid, your niece, nephew, friend, community member. We ask our children to do everything right on our streets so adult drivers can do everything wrong.

What I hate most about @kevinclimate.bsky.social is that the maths & physics in his prognosis are unfortunately very simple & that in my opinion makes it virtually certain he’s right. And that means 4° by 2100 so no, I really do not f’ing like it, not even a little!

Interesting when he just was quoted saying this ‘WorldPride would be an opportunity to showcase London’s values to the world’. Are those values supporting the funding of transphobic court cases and lobbying?

"They're selling snake oil again. Carbon capture is a pseudo-technology that's designed to maintain the status quo. It barely exists outside a laboratory, but whole swathes of academics still continue to work on it. Almost no one is working on radical emissions reductions for climate emergency."

Instead of saying that all these laws "prohibit trans people from using the bathroom of their choice" we should be more clear. Bathroom bans are intended to prohibit trans people from using the bathroom, or any public accomodations, at all.. Like be for real here.

I'm sure the Anti LTN crowd is out protesting this right... They were all about stopping people being banned from their mode of choice

This bus stop is very recently rebuilt and TfGM seem to have forgot that someone in a wheelchair may want to use it.

Anyone thinking Burnham might be alright… he’s immediately coming after disabled people like Starmer tried and failed to do. Anyone thinking he might focus on wealth tax is deluding themselves. It’s just more of the same old austerity and let them eat cake just with a different accent.

Less than a decade ago the Conservative party in government: - Had a costed plan to fix social care, understanding it was hugely challenging - Was at the forefront of promoting trans rights - Not only believed in net zero but passed legislation to enforce it. The Tories have not aged well.

A clear explanation of why some "legality" tests catch legal cycles, upon which many Disabled people rely. We're delighted to be working with forces and training providers to solve this problem while helping address the danger caused by illegal e-motorbikes shorturl.at/9roas

Repost with your most Binface policy idea Car horns must be as loud on the inside of the car as they are on the outside.

Making the the East Coast Main Line have 4 tracks to Morpeth or even Alnwick would be a great option instead. It would allow more local stopping services, new stations and reduce the number of cars traveling up the A1 making it safer. The mayor should lobby for this over polluting road schemes.

NEW: We have uncovered serious financial irregularities with the Lower Thames Crossing ‘smart’ motorway Help us make sure this is investigated! actionnetwork.org/letters/inve...

Don't allow people other than residents and their guests to drive to the island. All other traffic has to use a shuttle bus going from Berwick stopping at a carpark near to the causeway. Stops an expensive two way bridge having to be built and encourages public transport use.

This and they shouldn't have the 0.75m marking. There aren't any rules on how far you should ride from the side of the road. Often it's safer to take the lane, encouraging drivers to overtake fully in the other lane. This could make some sense is if they say the average span of a bike is 0.75m

How we elect our MPs impacts everything. Our healthcare. Education. Defence. Our safety. Our rights. What laws and passed and not passed. Whose voices are heard and whose interests are represented in Parliament. Electoral reform it's not a "fringe issue" - it's a priority.

Screw Reform. The north east will prevail long after your hate and bigotry are banished. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The war on cars continues.

This alt headline points to a broader storytelling crisis around cycling. There’s a growth opportunity for cycling advocates to tell more public joy- & health- based stories. And media outlets require training to ensure their reporting is evidence-based & narratively expansive.

Solar power is generating 46.3% of the UK's electricity right now. Only 7.2% is from fossil fuels. And so many rooftops don't yet have solar panels on them - this is only going to get better. Balcony solar panels will also soon be available in the UK: no middle man between you & the sun. 🎉☀️😎

The "War on Motorists" continues.

As Marx* said: "Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them…well, I have others." Disgraceful from Labour. *Groucho www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Still can't quite believe someone even considered scrapping it all. We've spent 40 million. How much more would it cost to make that worth absolutely nothing?

Here’s the rail expansion we wanted. Here’s the rail expansion Labour are trying to cancel.

NHS staff and teachers are to get free bus travel and Park & Ride parking in Oxford, funded by the city congestion charge. The plans were agreed at today’s Oxfordshire County Council cabinet meeting, which heard that schools and hospitals accounted for 42% of workplace parking within the ring road.

Selling Spanish bluebells is messed up and must be banned, but for the Brits this article is a reminder that it’s illegal to sell rhododendron ponticum in Ireland but still perfectly legal to sell in U.K. It’s destroying 822x more ancient woodland than HS2 in full. www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...

I just grabbed these screenshots from the Census in response to somebody suggesting that nearly everyone has to drive in poor northern towns (where I grew up, incidentally). The numbers who don't have cars can be staggering, not that you'd know it from a lot of transport discourse

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Queuing for a bus earlier - every time I see this, it annoys me.... we must be one of the few countries in the world, where towns have to bid to the central Gov for a bus. Must be a bid consultant's dream. The UK Gov logo is a collective sign of failure, not success.

Make anyone with the ability to control a vehicle have to have a licence from the area they are controlling the vehicle. A taxi licence would be appropriate as well.

Cities will micromanage an e-bike, but are fine with multi-ton cars being beta tested on our streets by remote workers overseas. Make it make sense.

Newcastle council are taking out some of the short stretches of protected cycle lanes we have in Gosforth in the name of decreasing bus delays. Meanwhile in London.