Steve Knattress
@cycleoptic.bsky.social
“retired" broadcast technical editor. Islington, North London.
Campaigning for a safer London for cycling and walking.
https://m.youtube.com/@cycleoptic
Everything is possible, somethings just take longer than others !
Opinions my own
Campaigning for a safer London for cycling and walking.
https://m.youtube.com/@cycleoptic
Everything is possible, somethings just take longer than others !
Opinions my own
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Every Essex county councillor should be required to have their own children or grandchildren cycle along that "path" in the rain at night, and report back on how safe they felt. #deathstrip
January 8, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Every Essex county councillor should be required to have their own children or grandchildren cycle along that "path" in the rain at night, and report back on how safe they felt. #deathstrip
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Even if there had been a national ban, there would have been local discretion to allow pavement parking in places. However the presumption would have been that it was banned. DfT have made the presumption that pavement parking is allowed.
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Even if there had been a national ban, there would have been local discretion to allow pavement parking in places. However the presumption would have been that it was banned. DfT have made the presumption that pavement parking is allowed.
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Yesterday we introduced the Cikada brand on @cyclingelectric.bsky.social with a cargo model. Today it's the turn of the Urban model, showing a good hand at the competitive £2,000 price point. We are now spoilt for choice for well-priced commuter e-bikes.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/cika...
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/cika...
Cikada Urban Cruise review
Firming up our early introduction of the Cikada electric bike brand, today we have a review of the Urban Cruise,
www.cyclingelectric.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Yesterday we introduced the Cikada brand on @cyclingelectric.bsky.social with a cargo model. Today it's the turn of the Urban model, showing a good hand at the competitive £2,000 price point. We are now spoilt for choice for well-priced commuter e-bikes.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/cika...
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/cika...
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All 5 "ebike deaths" in an Ottawa study involved illegally modified ebikes. In other words, they were electric motorcycle deaths
January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
All 5 "ebike deaths" in an Ottawa study involved illegally modified ebikes. In other words, they were electric motorcycle deaths
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DfT press release on footway parking.
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
New local powers to keep pavements clear for those who rely on them most
Local councils will be given the power to crack down on problem pavement parking.
www.gov.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
DfT press release on footway parking.
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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I was very disappointed to see no real detail on widening 20mph. Lots of further "consultation" to delay key issues they should've been delivering on. Nothing on pavement parking (we've already waited 5years for promised report!).
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I was very disappointed to see no real detail on widening 20mph. Lots of further "consultation" to delay key issues they should've been delivering on. Nothing on pavement parking (we've already waited 5years for promised report!).
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Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
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The only target for the number of people killed on the road should be zero.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
The Road Safety Strategy is an opportunity to address the dangers pedestrians face every day, but the vision should be for zero people to lose their lives. We should not accept that a certain number of people will die on our roads.
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
“The vision should be for zero people to lose their lives”
Living Streets comments on the Government's first Road Safety Strategy in over a decade, released today (7 January).
livingstreets.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The only target for the number of people killed on the road should be zero.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
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The Road Safety Strategy lacks clear leadership on reducing speeds, fails to significantly improve safety for those outside of motor vehicles, or make pavements safe to use all year round.
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/road-safety-...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/road-safety-...
Road safety strategy leaves vulnerable road users exposed
Road safety strategy leaves vulnerable road users exposed Transport Action Network (TAN)1 has welcomed today’s publication of the government’s Road Safety Strategy2. The strategy, long overdue, contai...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The Road Safety Strategy lacks clear leadership on reducing speeds, fails to significantly improve safety for those outside of motor vehicles, or make pavements safe to use all year round.
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/road-safety-...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/road-safety-...
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Comments from AA, RAC and IAM and no other voices. That speaks volumes to me.
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Comments from AA, RAC and IAM and no other voices. That speaks volumes to me.
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Are you in possession of an 11-14 year old interested in animation? We've got a stop-motion workshop combining archives and Aardman animations (!!!!) 7 Feb. A responsible adult MUST come along and join in (oh no).
Applications open: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/fa...
Applications open: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/fa...
Aardman Academy stop-motion workshop - The National Archives
We are going to be working with Aardman Academy on a special event for families.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Are you in possession of an 11-14 year old interested in animation? We've got a stop-motion workshop combining archives and Aardman animations (!!!!) 7 Feb. A responsible adult MUST come along and join in (oh no).
Applications open: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/fa...
Applications open: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/fa...
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This was a big problem with Susan hall’s campaign. Who wants to vote for someone who so openly despises where you live
"If Sadiq Khan thinks today that London is the greatest city in the world, then he's deluded," says Nigel Farage.
Suspect there may be one or two Londoners who, for all its faults, don't much like their city being talked down.
Suspect there may be one or two Londoners who, for all its faults, don't much like their city being talked down.
January 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This was a big problem with Susan hall’s campaign. Who wants to vote for someone who so openly despises where you live
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Wonder what percentage of people stuck in traffic in London don't have a vote for mayor.
Cunningham says that as mayor she will "end the war on motorists", saying: “For all you Londoners stuck in traffic, I will get London moving again."
In place of a war on motorists: a war on the laws of physics.
In place of a war on motorists: a war on the laws of physics.
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Wonder what percentage of people stuck in traffic in London don't have a vote for mayor.
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If I had to choose between these three, I would definitely choose Zack Polanski.
January 7, 2026 at 7:56 AM
If I had to choose between these three, I would definitely choose Zack Polanski.
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Just like his disastrous schemes as mayor of London: garden bridge 57 million supposedly costing Londoners nothing, the dodgy London Stadium deal he fought to keep secret, the cable car, bikes, buses, the Olympic scupture costing more in interest than the 12 millon it cost for literal scrap metal.
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Just like his disastrous schemes as mayor of London: garden bridge 57 million supposedly costing Londoners nothing, the dodgy London Stadium deal he fought to keep secret, the cable car, bikes, buses, the Olympic scupture costing more in interest than the 12 millon it cost for literal scrap metal.
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It is VERY slippery out on the roads & pavements today. We’ve already heard about a couple of pedestrian falls & collisions between cars. Council don’t seem to have done any gritting. Please be careful out there!
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
It is VERY slippery out on the roads & pavements today. We’ve already heard about a couple of pedestrian falls & collisions between cars. Council don’t seem to have done any gritting. Please be careful out there!
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A reminder to people discussing the government’s road safety strategy today, bereaved families and seriously injured crash survivors will be listening.
The only goal for the numbers of people killed on the road each year is ZERO.
The only goal for the numbers of people killed on the road each year is ZERO.
January 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
A reminder to people discussing the government’s road safety strategy today, bereaved families and seriously injured crash survivors will be listening.
The only goal for the numbers of people killed on the road each year is ZERO.
The only goal for the numbers of people killed on the road each year is ZERO.
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Road casualties are utterly normalised in political debate, but in England and Wales alone, on average around 80 people are killed or suffer injuries which could change their lives forever *every single day*. More should be done.
January 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Road casualties are utterly normalised in political debate, but in England and Wales alone, on average around 80 people are killed or suffer injuries which could change their lives forever *every single day*. More should be done.
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Because all pubs sell is alcohol.
they actually make more profit on soft drinks, but once again it's useful idiots trying to find any excuse so drivers do not have to be responsible adults.
If you drink and drive then you're not responsible, you're a selfish wanker.
they actually make more profit on soft drinks, but once again it's useful idiots trying to find any excuse so drivers do not have to be responsible adults.
If you drink and drive then you're not responsible, you're a selfish wanker.
Minister rejects claim tougher drink-driving rules will kill off rural pubs – UK politics live
Minister rejects claim tougher drink-driving rules will kill off rural pubs – UK politics live
Minister says evidence from Scotland suggests cutting drink-drive limit does not have a ‘significant impact’ on pub trade
Good morning. Keir Starmer is taking his first PMQs of 2026 today, and it is hard to imagine that he will get through that without being able to comment on Donald Trump escalating his threats about annexing Greenland – a prospect that would tear apart Nato.
But, even with the world in crisis, domestic policy making has to continue and this morning the government is focusing on something closer to home – its road safety strategy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Because all pubs sell is alcohol.
they actually make more profit on soft drinks, but once again it's useful idiots trying to find any excuse so drivers do not have to be responsible adults.
If you drink and drive then you're not responsible, you're a selfish wanker.
they actually make more profit on soft drinks, but once again it's useful idiots trying to find any excuse so drivers do not have to be responsible adults.
If you drink and drive then you're not responsible, you're a selfish wanker.
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Their chosen candidate, Laila Cunningham, is telling a Reform press conference about how London is a crime-ridden hellhole and no one feels safe, a perspective that does not survive even the briefest contact with actual statistics.
January 7, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Their chosen candidate, Laila Cunningham, is telling a Reform press conference about how London is a crime-ridden hellhole and no one feels safe, a perspective that does not survive even the briefest contact with actual statistics.
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My old friend Patrick Matthews slogged for years to build up a few small struggling cafes in London parks. Now they're a success, so the parks are rewarding him by giving the cafes to someone who offered them more money.
www.change.org/p/require-th...
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Sign the Petition
Require the City of London to retain current cafe operators
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January 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
My old friend Patrick Matthews slogged for years to build up a few small struggling cafes in London parks. Now they're a success, so the parks are rewarding him by giving the cafes to someone who offered them more money.
www.change.org/p/require-th...
veganconfidential.substack.com/p/the-park-c...
www.change.org/p/require-th...
veganconfidential.substack.com/p/the-park-c...
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Sorry ... but you're still using that word, "accidents".
And it's a dangerous word - FAR too often used to exonerate the driver/s responsible?
And worse, it provides a sort of "cover", an "insulation" ... for the carelessly complacent driving behaviours we ALL know (and excuse/accept?).
And it's a dangerous word - FAR too often used to exonerate the driver/s responsible?
And worse, it provides a sort of "cover", an "insulation" ... for the carelessly complacent driving behaviours we ALL know (and excuse/accept?).
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sorry ... but you're still using that word, "accidents".
And it's a dangerous word - FAR too often used to exonerate the driver/s responsible?
And worse, it provides a sort of "cover", an "insulation" ... for the carelessly complacent driving behaviours we ALL know (and excuse/accept?).
And it's a dangerous word - FAR too often used to exonerate the driver/s responsible?
And worse, it provides a sort of "cover", an "insulation" ... for the carelessly complacent driving behaviours we ALL know (and excuse/accept?).
Most collisions are not accidents, they are preventable.
Accidents are not limited to the older driver unfortunately.
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Most collisions are not accidents, they are preventable.
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Venezuelans were forced to flee the country due to economic collapse resulting from crippling US sanctions. Venezuelans have free healthcare and education perhaps the UK can give them back the Gold that the government stole.
www.stvincenttimes.com/uk-used-its-...
www.stvincenttimes.com/uk-used-its-...
UK used its funds to steal Venezuelan gold: Report
The British Foreign Office spent some 80 pounds sterling, coming from public funds, to support the campaign of oppositio
www.stvincenttimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Venezuelans were forced to flee the country due to economic collapse resulting from crippling US sanctions. Venezuelans have free healthcare and education perhaps the UK can give them back the Gold that the government stole.
www.stvincenttimes.com/uk-used-its-...
www.stvincenttimes.com/uk-used-its-...
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So... Maduro's 'repressive regime' must be held accountable, but we're perfectly happy with Bibi's genocidal Apartheid regime in Israel and Saudi Arabia's MBS (Mine's a Bone-Saw) is our BFF?
The surreal, twisted moral compass of a 'British politician'!
The surreal, twisted moral compass of a 'British politician'!
January 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
So... Maduro's 'repressive regime' must be held accountable, but we're perfectly happy with Bibi's genocidal Apartheid regime in Israel and Saudi Arabia's MBS (Mine's a Bone-Saw) is our BFF?
The surreal, twisted moral compass of a 'British politician'!
The surreal, twisted moral compass of a 'British politician'!