Kylie
@netwench.bsky.social
Active travel campaigner.
Hackney dweller, married to a lovely fulla.
Maori/kiwi UK immigrant.
Loves school streets, low motor-trafficked neighbourhoods, cycling/walking infrastructure, parklets, climate action, Kidical Mass, people-friendly streets.
Hackney dweller, married to a lovely fulla.
Maori/kiwi UK immigrant.
Loves school streets, low motor-trafficked neighbourhoods, cycling/walking infrastructure, parklets, climate action, Kidical Mass, people-friendly streets.
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Kylie
@netwench.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Cycling the dunes in the Netherlands, September 2024. Photo taken by my 7yo whilst sitting on the back of a tandem.
The @hackneylcc.bsky.social HCC Burns Night is the winter event you need to get through these dark days.
Dinner, recitations, cash bar & cèilidh for an extremely good price (£35 waged/£22 unwaged).
I thoroughly recommend this!
24/1/26
City Academy, Homerton
hackneycycling.org.uk/news/burns-n...
Dinner, recitations, cash bar & cèilidh for an extremely good price (£35 waged/£22 unwaged).
I thoroughly recommend this!
24/1/26
City Academy, Homerton
hackneycycling.org.uk/news/burns-n...
January 14, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The @hackneylcc.bsky.social HCC Burns Night is the winter event you need to get through these dark days.
Dinner, recitations, cash bar & cèilidh for an extremely good price (£35 waged/£22 unwaged).
I thoroughly recommend this!
24/1/26
City Academy, Homerton
hackneycycling.org.uk/news/burns-n...
Dinner, recitations, cash bar & cèilidh for an extremely good price (£35 waged/£22 unwaged).
I thoroughly recommend this!
24/1/26
City Academy, Homerton
hackneycycling.org.uk/news/burns-n...
Without a change to decent investment (rather than current stop-start funding) and long-term planning and prioritisation, any efforts towards linking-up towns and cities with active travel routes will fail. And they need to succeed.
@heidialexander.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@heidialexander.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Without a change to decent investment (rather than current stop-start funding) and long-term planning and prioritisation, any efforts towards linking-up towns and cities with active travel routes will fail. And they need to succeed.
@heidialexander.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@heidialexander.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UN report
Māori political expression in parliament was “disproportionately scrutinised & sanctioned”.
Recent law changes risked “significantly curtailing statutory protections of Māori land rights”.
Call for strengthening the revitalisation of the Māori language.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Māori political expression in parliament was “disproportionately scrutinised & sanctioned”.
Recent law changes risked “significantly curtailing statutory protections of Māori land rights”.
Call for strengthening the revitalisation of the Māori language.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UN report sounds alarm over Māori rights in New Zealand
UN committee raised concerns over government policies including scrapping the Māori Health Authority and funding cuts for Indigenous services
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
UN report
Māori political expression in parliament was “disproportionately scrutinised & sanctioned”.
Recent law changes risked “significantly curtailing statutory protections of Māori land rights”.
Call for strengthening the revitalisation of the Māori language.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Māori political expression in parliament was “disproportionately scrutinised & sanctioned”.
Recent law changes risked “significantly curtailing statutory protections of Māori land rights”.
Call for strengthening the revitalisation of the Māori language.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Just received a Kryptonite d-lock lock as a freebie with my new @londoncycling.bsky.social membership.
I won't be using the frame mount, does anybody want it?
I won't be using the frame mount, does anybody want it?
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Just received a Kryptonite d-lock lock as a freebie with my new @londoncycling.bsky.social membership.
I won't be using the frame mount, does anybody want it?
I won't be using the frame mount, does anybody want it?
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It is so tiresome and unedifying to see sitting Labour councillors continue to attack their own administration’s traffic reduction measures, when
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
www.mylondon.news
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It is so tiresome and unedifying to see sitting Labour councillors continue to attack their own administration’s traffic reduction measures, when
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Its London Mayor’s Questions tomorrow & I understand that Greens on the London Assembly will be asking Sadiq Khan what the delay is with ending fossil fuel advertising on the tube & buses. If you too would like to drop the Mayor a polite email on this topic, please go to www.badverts.org/fossil-ads
Fossil Ads — Badvertising
www.badverts.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Its London Mayor’s Questions tomorrow & I understand that Greens on the London Assembly will be asking Sadiq Khan what the delay is with ending fossil fuel advertising on the tube & buses. If you too would like to drop the Mayor a polite email on this topic, please go to www.badverts.org/fossil-ads
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Is @camdencouncil.bsky.social now the council with the most #politicalWill aka cojones in all Greater London ? Perhaps with Waltham Forest as a close second ? Here in Islington we used to look up at Hackney and wish we could be more like them; now it's Camden.
Camden leads where Hackney fails.
Pembury Junction redesign should have separate cycle track. @hackneylcc.bsky.social gave indicative, fully specced designs.
Camden show (at York Way & Agar Grove junction) they know how to build-in safety, whereas Hackney wouldn't.
@sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social
Pembury Junction redesign should have separate cycle track. @hackneylcc.bsky.social gave indicative, fully specced designs.
Camden show (at York Way & Agar Grove junction) they know how to build-in safety, whereas Hackney wouldn't.
@sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Is @camdencouncil.bsky.social now the council with the most #politicalWill aka cojones in all Greater London ? Perhaps with Waltham Forest as a close second ? Here in Islington we used to look up at Hackney and wish we could be more like them; now it's Camden.
Camden leads where Hackney fails.
Pembury Junction redesign should have separate cycle track. @hackneylcc.bsky.social gave indicative, fully specced designs.
Camden show (at York Way & Agar Grove junction) they know how to build-in safety, whereas Hackney wouldn't.
@sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social
Pembury Junction redesign should have separate cycle track. @hackneylcc.bsky.social gave indicative, fully specced designs.
Camden show (at York Way & Agar Grove junction) they know how to build-in safety, whereas Hackney wouldn't.
@sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Camden leads where Hackney fails.
Pembury Junction redesign should have separate cycle track. @hackneylcc.bsky.social gave indicative, fully specced designs.
Camden show (at York Way & Agar Grove junction) they know how to build-in safety, whereas Hackney wouldn't.
@sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social
Pembury Junction redesign should have separate cycle track. @hackneylcc.bsky.social gave indicative, fully specced designs.
Camden show (at York Way & Agar Grove junction) they know how to build-in safety, whereas Hackney wouldn't.
@sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social
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The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
This exposé is also our experience at Haggerston School, Hackney. Not enough is being done to ensure secondary school students are taught well in a safe environment without draconion punishment systems and ever-changing curriculum & standards.
youtu.be/NAmX8e74RJo?...
youtu.be/NAmX8e74RJo?...
Parents and teachers say academy chain has created toxic culture at school
YouTube video by Times Radio
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This exposé is also our experience at Haggerston School, Hackney. Not enough is being done to ensure secondary school students are taught well in a safe environment without draconion punishment systems and ever-changing curriculum & standards.
youtu.be/NAmX8e74RJo?...
youtu.be/NAmX8e74RJo?...
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The Welsh 20mph default reduced casualties by 25% and insurance costs by £90m. If done in England expect reductions of 15,000 casualties pa and insurance by £2bn pa. Implementation cost would be approx £0.5bn. For comparison, 1st yr depreciation on new cars registered in England in 2024 was £78bn
October 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The Welsh 20mph default reduced casualties by 25% and insurance costs by £90m. If done in England expect reductions of 15,000 casualties pa and insurance by £2bn pa. Implementation cost would be approx £0.5bn. For comparison, 1st yr depreciation on new cars registered in England in 2024 was £78bn
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What if you need to move a piano to a school?
I’d like to see your bike do th……
🚲🎹
I’d like to see your bike do th……
🚲🎹
The piano's eco-friendly journey reflects Priory School's commitment to creative delivery methods
#iwnews #IsleofWight @keert.bsky.social
#iwnews #IsleofWight @keert.bsky.social
Community collaboration celebrated as Priory School welcomes piano on a bicycle
The piano's eco-friendly journey reflects Priory School's commitment to creative delivery methods
onthewight.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
What if you need to move a piano to a school?
I’d like to see your bike do th……
🚲🎹
I’d like to see your bike do th……
🚲🎹
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One lane of vans stuck in traffic.
One lane of cargo bikes flowing freely.
This photo powerfully shows the potential of cargo bikes in our cities.
(📷: Honor Elliott)
One lane of cargo bikes flowing freely.
This photo powerfully shows the potential of cargo bikes in our cities.
(📷: Honor Elliott)
September 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
One lane of vans stuck in traffic.
One lane of cargo bikes flowing freely.
This photo powerfully shows the potential of cargo bikes in our cities.
(📷: Honor Elliott)
One lane of cargo bikes flowing freely.
This photo powerfully shows the potential of cargo bikes in our cities.
(📷: Honor Elliott)
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www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/... - Join the next #KidicalMassLond too on the 20th Sep, with @ibikelondon.bsky.social ending at #CarFreeDay celebrations and a huge #PlayStreet!
Hackney families to join Kidical Mass ride in support of safer streets
Families from Hackney are meeting at Stonebridge Gardens ('Snakepark') in Haggerston on Saturday 20th September to set off together at 10am for Kidical Mass London. The main ride will leave from...
www.lowtraffichackney.org
September 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/... - Join the next #KidicalMassLond too on the 20th Sep, with @ibikelondon.bsky.social ending at #CarFreeDay celebrations and a huge #PlayStreet!
Balanced article on illegal ebikes concludes perhaps it's the "industry that exploits vulnerable people while making huge profits, and online marketplaces that sell unsafe products with no liability or retribution" who need targeting rather than Deliveroo drivers.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger
E-bikes can legally travel at 15.5mph. But the fastest the police have seized was capable of 70mph. What will stop the rise of these souped-up and potentially fatal vehicles?
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Balanced article on illegal ebikes concludes perhaps it's the "industry that exploits vulnerable people while making huge profits, and online marketplaces that sell unsafe products with no liability or retribution" who need targeting rather than Deliveroo drivers.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Consultation to support: the Dalston LN scheme would substantially improve walking & cycling.
But, the proposed filters would leave a route open for through-traffic from Cecilla Rd to Montague Rd, and the scheme should be adjusted to address this.
consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...
But, the proposed filters would leave a route open for through-traffic from Cecilla Rd to Montague Rd, and the scheme should be adjusted to address this.
consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...
August 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Consultation to support: the Dalston LN scheme would substantially improve walking & cycling.
But, the proposed filters would leave a route open for through-traffic from Cecilla Rd to Montague Rd, and the scheme should be adjusted to address this.
consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...
But, the proposed filters would leave a route open for through-traffic from Cecilla Rd to Montague Rd, and the scheme should be adjusted to address this.
consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/...
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A message to Richard Tacon, CEO of Bathurst Resources, the biggest coal company in Aotearoa.
🐌 🌳 ⛰️ This land is too precious to destroy. Opening new coal mines now is nothing short of reckless. We will not stand by. We will oppose you at every step.
#StopTheFastTrack #EndCoal #StopFossilFuels
🐌 🌳 ⛰️ This land is too precious to destroy. Opening new coal mines now is nothing short of reckless. We will not stand by. We will oppose you at every step.
#StopTheFastTrack #EndCoal #StopFossilFuels
August 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A message to Richard Tacon, CEO of Bathurst Resources, the biggest coal company in Aotearoa.
🐌 🌳 ⛰️ This land is too precious to destroy. Opening new coal mines now is nothing short of reckless. We will not stand by. We will oppose you at every step.
#StopTheFastTrack #EndCoal #StopFossilFuels
🐌 🌳 ⛰️ This land is too precious to destroy. Opening new coal mines now is nothing short of reckless. We will not stand by. We will oppose you at every step.
#StopTheFastTrack #EndCoal #StopFossilFuels
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Excellent new reel on Instagram from @punterspolitics.bsky.social about Adani’s attempts at getting Australian tax payers to fund his fossil fuel expansion.
Brilliant touch at the end about $2bn in clean up costs also @justinmikulka.bsky.social
Brilliant touch at the end about $2bn in clean up costs also @justinmikulka.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Excellent new reel on Instagram from @punterspolitics.bsky.social about Adani’s attempts at getting Australian tax payers to fund his fossil fuel expansion.
Brilliant touch at the end about $2bn in clean up costs also @justinmikulka.bsky.social
Brilliant touch at the end about $2bn in clean up costs also @justinmikulka.bsky.social
Recommendations for panniers!
We bought two sets of Ortlieb panniers 6 years ago expecting them to last a lifetime, they claim they're "built to endure". Not so. One set has the same manufacturing fault of torn seams that Ortlieb says are "unrepairable".
Let me know of better manufacturers please!
We bought two sets of Ortlieb panniers 6 years ago expecting them to last a lifetime, they claim they're "built to endure". Not so. One set has the same manufacturing fault of torn seams that Ortlieb says are "unrepairable".
Let me know of better manufacturers please!
August 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Recommendations for panniers!
We bought two sets of Ortlieb panniers 6 years ago expecting them to last a lifetime, they claim they're "built to endure". Not so. One set has the same manufacturing fault of torn seams that Ortlieb says are "unrepairable".
Let me know of better manufacturers please!
We bought two sets of Ortlieb panniers 6 years ago expecting them to last a lifetime, they claim they're "built to endure". Not so. One set has the same manufacturing fault of torn seams that Ortlieb says are "unrepairable".
Let me know of better manufacturers please!
Notes from good, welcoming public realm in French towns;
1. Colour the separated cycle track surface
2. Introduce fun images (superhero cyclist)
3. Prioritise people walking/cycling at junctions & lights. Zebra crossings on side-streets.
4. Create outside third spaces -> picnic tables for 20+ people
1. Colour the separated cycle track surface
2. Introduce fun images (superhero cyclist)
3. Prioritise people walking/cycling at junctions & lights. Zebra crossings on side-streets.
4. Create outside third spaces -> picnic tables for 20+ people
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Notes from good, welcoming public realm in French towns;
1. Colour the separated cycle track surface
2. Introduce fun images (superhero cyclist)
3. Prioritise people walking/cycling at junctions & lights. Zebra crossings on side-streets.
4. Create outside third spaces -> picnic tables for 20+ people
1. Colour the separated cycle track surface
2. Introduce fun images (superhero cyclist)
3. Prioritise people walking/cycling at junctions & lights. Zebra crossings on side-streets.
4. Create outside third spaces -> picnic tables for 20+ people
I can't get over the amount of high-quality cycling infrastructure in towns outside Paris!
We cycled in Orléans, Blois, Saumur, Tours, Caen & found separated cycle track/cycle priority, low/no motor vehicle city centres & ongoing improvements for cycling including Dutch roundabouts.
Impressed with 🇫🇷
We cycled in Orléans, Blois, Saumur, Tours, Caen & found separated cycle track/cycle priority, low/no motor vehicle city centres & ongoing improvements for cycling including Dutch roundabouts.
Impressed with 🇫🇷
August 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I can't get over the amount of high-quality cycling infrastructure in towns outside Paris!
We cycled in Orléans, Blois, Saumur, Tours, Caen & found separated cycle track/cycle priority, low/no motor vehicle city centres & ongoing improvements for cycling including Dutch roundabouts.
Impressed with 🇫🇷
We cycled in Orléans, Blois, Saumur, Tours, Caen & found separated cycle track/cycle priority, low/no motor vehicle city centres & ongoing improvements for cycling including Dutch roundabouts.
Impressed with 🇫🇷
The beginning of the return trip back to London, after a great cycling adventure along the Loire.
August 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The beginning of the return trip back to London, after a great cycling adventure along the Loire.
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#ANZ stop providing banking services to planet-killing fossil fuel industries like #BathurstResources!
🤝 There are many, many of us & we will not sit quietly as ANZ partners with Bathurst Resources to destroy #DennistonPlateau and our #climate.
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #A22Network
🤝 There are many, many of us & we will not sit quietly as ANZ partners with Bathurst Resources to destroy #DennistonPlateau and our #climate.
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #A22Network
August 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#ANZ stop providing banking services to planet-killing fossil fuel industries like #BathurstResources!
🤝 There are many, many of us & we will not sit quietly as ANZ partners with Bathurst Resources to destroy #DennistonPlateau and our #climate.
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #A22Network
🤝 There are many, many of us & we will not sit quietly as ANZ partners with Bathurst Resources to destroy #DennistonPlateau and our #climate.
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #A22Network
More countries need to introduce RUCs:
"The [NZ] government has recognised reality & is getting on with the transition.
"It isn't fair to have Kiwis who drive less & who can't afford a fuel-efficient car paying more than people who can afford one & drive more often."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"The [NZ] government has recognised reality & is getting on with the transition.
"It isn't fair to have Kiwis who drive less & who can't afford a fuel-efficient car paying more than people who can afford one & drive more often."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
What we know so far about the new road user charges and the end of petrol tax
Explainer - The government calls it the biggest change to road funding in 50 years. But what are these RUCs that will replace the petrol tax?
www.rnz.co.nz
August 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
More countries need to introduce RUCs:
"The [NZ] government has recognised reality & is getting on with the transition.
"It isn't fair to have Kiwis who drive less & who can't afford a fuel-efficient car paying more than people who can afford one & drive more often."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"The [NZ] government has recognised reality & is getting on with the transition.
"It isn't fair to have Kiwis who drive less & who can't afford a fuel-efficient car paying more than people who can afford one & drive more often."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...