Eilidh Murray
@letsgetcracking.bsky.social
Scot living cycling walking in London. LCC trustee. Cycle Islington coordinator. LCC Women’s Network Steering Group member. No longer in Cycling UK's 100 women. Quite likes bicycles
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What our community lost on 18 February 2021. A reminder of why Islington council should have done better. Remembering Connor’s campaign.
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There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.
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** Walthamstow people/cycling types **
Can you help a friend track down his bike and that of his son which were taken from outside their house last Sunday, 8 Feb? They were, very cheekily, taken by people who thought they were being freecycled. Any clues - email in the attached text.
Pls share.
Can you help a friend track down his bike and that of his son which were taken from outside their house last Sunday, 8 Feb? They were, very cheekily, taken by people who thought they were being freecycled. Any clues - email in the attached text.
Pls share.
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 AM
** Walthamstow people/cycling types **
Can you help a friend track down his bike and that of his son which were taken from outside their house last Sunday, 8 Feb? They were, very cheekily, taken by people who thought they were being freecycled. Any clues - email in the attached text.
Pls share.
Can you help a friend track down his bike and that of his son which were taken from outside their house last Sunday, 8 Feb? They were, very cheekily, taken by people who thought they were being freecycled. Any clues - email in the attached text.
Pls share.
Go go @cyclingmikey.bsky.social - and thank you for all your efforts
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Go go @cyclingmikey.bsky.social - and thank you for all your efforts
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More than 250 people die each year in UK drink-drive crashes. Every death leaves a devastated family. Soft drinks are available. Surely no responsible pub needs a drink-driver’s trade? Anyone arguing for a different drink-drive position should meet with a bereaved family and see the lifelong impact.
A question on #DrivingUnderInfluence #RuralAreas tabled by Sir Julian Smith on 03-02-2026 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-03/110371
February 12, 2026 at 8:04 AM
More than 250 people die each year in UK drink-drive crashes. Every death leaves a devastated family. Soft drinks are available. Surely no responsible pub needs a drink-driver’s trade? Anyone arguing for a different drink-drive position should meet with a bereaved family and see the lifelong impact.
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Left: President Trump claims to have gone to Vietnam
Right: President Trump deferred 4 times, got a medical exemption for bone spurs, never served in the US armed forces, and did not go to Vietnam
Right: President Trump deferred 4 times, got a medical exemption for bone spurs, never served in the US armed forces, and did not go to Vietnam
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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This is a unremittingly grim tale.
Frankly it should have been an attempted murder charge.
Not even 4 years for almost killing someone in a rage using a vehicle.
The Pogo stick was ordered to be destroyed. Why not the car too which was the actual weapon?
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...
Frankly it should have been an attempted murder charge.
Not even 4 years for almost killing someone in a rage using a vehicle.
The Pogo stick was ordered to be destroyed. Why not the car too which was the actual weapon?
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...
'Noisy' e-bike rider chased by angry man with pogo stick who then mowed him down
Grimsby Crown Court was told the rider's injuries were so bad 'it took three teams at hospital to put him back together'
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This is a unremittingly grim tale.
Frankly it should have been an attempted murder charge.
Not even 4 years for almost killing someone in a rage using a vehicle.
The Pogo stick was ordered to be destroyed. Why not the car too which was the actual weapon?
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...
Frankly it should have been an attempted murder charge.
Not even 4 years for almost killing someone in a rage using a vehicle.
The Pogo stick was ordered to be destroyed. Why not the car too which was the actual weapon?
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...
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Looking for something to do this half-term? Then come along to one of our inclusive cycle sessions at the Ladywell Centre in Lewisham.
Open to Disabled people of all ages and impairments, the sessions take place on Fridays at 10:30am, 11:30am or 12:30pm.
Open to Disabled people of all ages and impairments, the sessions take place on Fridays at 10:30am, 11:30am or 12:30pm.
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Looking for something to do this half-term? Then come along to one of our inclusive cycle sessions at the Ladywell Centre in Lewisham.
Open to Disabled people of all ages and impairments, the sessions take place on Fridays at 10:30am, 11:30am or 12:30pm.
Open to Disabled people of all ages and impairments, the sessions take place on Fridays at 10:30am, 11:30am or 12:30pm.
Here in Islington, they've stalled a bit recently after some really welcome LTNs were installed in spite of usual noisy minority noise - hope they will speed up after local elections in May Keep at it !
A quick Bluesky survey for UK folk.
Is your local authority still creating Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs)?
Is your local authority still creating Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs)?
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Here in Islington, they've stalled a bit recently after some really welcome LTNs were installed in spite of usual noisy minority noise - hope they will speed up after local elections in May Keep at it !
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Isn’t it time we changed the language of “sex trafficking”? Instead use “Rape trafficking”. Sex implies consent. There is none. This is rape, coercion and abuse of vulnerable people. Our language should reflect the harm inflicted. Words matter.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
Epstein victims demand US time limit on sex trafficking cases be dropped
Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s Law’ to remove barriers for survivors of sexual violence from seeking justice
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Isn’t it time we changed the language of “sex trafficking”? Instead use “Rape trafficking”. Sex implies consent. There is none. This is rape, coercion and abuse of vulnerable people. Our language should reflect the harm inflicted. Words matter.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
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Mandelson has long cultivated a reputation as a master PR spinner. In reality, he’s mostly succeeded in repeatedly turning himself into a symbol of corrupt politics.
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Mandelson has long cultivated a reputation as a master PR spinner. In reality, he’s mostly succeeded in repeatedly turning himself into a symbol of corrupt politics.
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
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In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport aren’t competitors—they’re teammates. Invest in one, and the other gets stronger.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
February 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport aren’t competitors—they’re teammates. Invest in one, and the other gets stronger.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
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The rise in serious injuries makes the publication of the Mayor’s Vision Zero Action Plan 2 all the more urgent.
We need every tool in the book to reduce danger on London’s roads and provide viable alternatives to driving with safe crossings, bike lanes, speed limits and a huge culture shift.
We need every tool in the book to reduce danger on London’s roads and provide viable alternatives to driving with safe crossings, bike lanes, speed limits and a huge culture shift.
New TfL data shows serious injuries for those cycling on rise. Not good. HT @rosslydall.bsky.social @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Piece also highlights rise of ebike hirer injuries ("1% in 2017 to 17% in 2025" of all serious cycle injuries) from @willnorman.co.uk...
Piece also highlights rise of ebike hirer injuries ("1% in 2017 to 17% in 2025" of all serious cycle injuries) from @willnorman.co.uk...
E-bike crashes account for almost 1 in 5 serious injuries to cyclists in London
1,200 cyclists likely to have been seriously injured in the capital in 2025 as risk of being badly hurt or killed increases
www.standard.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The rise in serious injuries makes the publication of the Mayor’s Vision Zero Action Plan 2 all the more urgent.
We need every tool in the book to reduce danger on London’s roads and provide viable alternatives to driving with safe crossings, bike lanes, speed limits and a huge culture shift.
We need every tool in the book to reduce danger on London’s roads and provide viable alternatives to driving with safe crossings, bike lanes, speed limits and a huge culture shift.
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As in piece, most London collisions with those cycling remain mostly about 'driver error'. To eliminate those, we need enforced 20mph & joined up network of safe cycle routes: cycle tracks, LTNs, crossings, junctions etc. That's what cuts collisions fastest, although rider behaviour also important.
February 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
As in piece, most London collisions with those cycling remain mostly about 'driver error'. To eliminate those, we need enforced 20mph & joined up network of safe cycle routes: cycle tracks, LTNs, crossings, junctions etc. That's what cuts collisions fastest, although rider behaviour also important.
Where does this leave Vision Zero ?
New TfL data shows serious injuries for those cycling on rise. Not good. HT @rosslydall.bsky.social @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Piece also highlights rise of ebike hirer injuries ("1% in 2017 to 17% in 2025" of all serious cycle injuries) from @willnorman.co.uk...
Piece also highlights rise of ebike hirer injuries ("1% in 2017 to 17% in 2025" of all serious cycle injuries) from @willnorman.co.uk...
E-bike crashes account for almost 1 in 5 serious injuries to cyclists in London
1,200 cyclists likely to have been seriously injured in the capital in 2025 as risk of being badly hurt or killed increases
www.standard.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Where does this leave Vision Zero ?
Good luck Laura - am still a total beginner at punctures 🫢
Got a puncture at one of my favourite spots yesterday. A fix with a view. Am now at F1 speed puncture repair levels - in my mind.
February 11, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Good luck Laura - am still a total beginner at punctures 🫢
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The cost:benefit ratio of alternatives is usually vastly higher but we fetishise road schemes. They’re bigger and more glamorous than subsidising a local bus or making a safe cycle route from a commuter town to a city & they don’t satisfy the car lobby’s endless demands for ever more roadspace
February 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
The cost:benefit ratio of alternatives is usually vastly higher but we fetishise road schemes. They’re bigger and more glamorous than subsidising a local bus or making a safe cycle route from a commuter town to a city & they don’t satisfy the car lobby’s endless demands for ever more roadspace
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Banning cyclists from roads over 25mph — with criminal penalties, even imprisonment — would have been one of the worst laws in history. Active travel saves lives, improves health and cuts congestion. Focus on the real risk: dangerous driving. Cyclists cause under 1% of fatal crashes.
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Banning cyclists from roads over 25mph — with criminal penalties, even imprisonment — would have been one of the worst laws in history. Active travel saves lives, improves health and cuts congestion. Focus on the real risk: dangerous driving. Cyclists cause under 1% of fatal crashes.
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Utter bollocks as usual. My team and I are more productive at home than we ever were in the office.
It really helps work life balance too.
Farage is looking out for billionaire office block owners, not the workers who would be forced to return to them.
It really helps work life balance too.
Farage is looking out for billionaire office block owners, not the workers who would be forced to return to them.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Utter bollocks as usual. My team and I are more productive at home than we ever were in the office.
It really helps work life balance too.
Farage is looking out for billionaire office block owners, not the workers who would be forced to return to them.
It really helps work life balance too.
Farage is looking out for billionaire office block owners, not the workers who would be forced to return to them.
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Ohh lovely. May reissue my postcard series....
Low Traffic Neighborhoods!
Low Traffic Neighborhoods!
All in one mega blog post is a huge resource containing the most popular films, photos, diagrams & links on LTN's.
Bookmark. Share. Link to it. Host a screening. Advocate.
@talyaschwartz.bsky.social @solomonge.bsky.social @openplans.org
Low Traffic Neighborhoods!
All in one mega blog post is a huge resource containing the most popular films, photos, diagrams & links on LTN's.
Bookmark. Share. Link to it. Host a screening. Advocate.
@talyaschwartz.bsky.social @solomonge.bsky.social @openplans.org
London’s Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTN’s) Ultimate Resource Page — Streetfilms
If you need some enlightenment about Low Traffic Neighborhoods…well you came to the right place! Films! Maps! Photos! Presentations! It’s one-stop LTN shopping!
www.streetfilms.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Ohh lovely. May reissue my postcard series....
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𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 - 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝟴 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛: All welcome as Kingston's next family-friendly group ride explores 4 boroughs in just 6.5 miles! Starting from Manor Park, what better way to give your cycling confidence a spring boost & celebrate International Women's Day. Free sign up on tiny.cc/FunRideMarch26
Kingston family-friendly spring bike ride - London Cycling Campaign
GIVE YOUR CYCLING CONFIDENCE A SPRING BOOST Join Kingston Cycling Campaign and local friends on Sunday 8 March 2026 for a fun-filled ride through the borough – and beyond! This […]
tiny.cc
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 - 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝟴 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛: All welcome as Kingston's next family-friendly group ride explores 4 boroughs in just 6.5 miles! Starting from Manor Park, what better way to give your cycling confidence a spring boost & celebrate International Women's Day. Free sign up on tiny.cc/FunRideMarch26
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Seven years ago this week, our family reduced our earthly possessions to a few suitcases and swapped the peaks of Vancouver for the lowlands of Delft.
Not one of us regrets the life-changing move, as we continue to reap the rewards of a place rich in mobility choices and refreshingly short on cars.
Not one of us regrets the life-changing move, as we continue to reap the rewards of a place rich in mobility choices and refreshingly short on cars.
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Seven years ago this week, our family reduced our earthly possessions to a few suitcases and swapped the peaks of Vancouver for the lowlands of Delft.
Not one of us regrets the life-changing move, as we continue to reap the rewards of a place rich in mobility choices and refreshingly short on cars.
Not one of us regrets the life-changing move, as we continue to reap the rewards of a place rich in mobility choices and refreshingly short on cars.
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Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
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This Builder’s Merchant and DIY shop in Hackney hasn’t moaned about LTNs - instead it switched to cargo bike delivery, saving time money and environment. 👏 Kts4diy.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This Builder’s Merchant and DIY shop in Hackney hasn’t moaned about LTNs - instead it switched to cargo bike delivery, saving time money and environment. 👏 Kts4diy.co.uk