Simon Munk
@psimonk.bsky.social
Head of Campaigns & Community Development, London Cycling Campaign. #ActiveTravel #HipHop #Veggie #Dad If I'm an idiot here, it's my fault.
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Our estimates off DfT data is London's 1.5 million cycled journeys daily now accounts for well over half of all cycle journeys made in England. That's an amazing end-of-year reflection alongside this ace @peterwalker99.bsky.social piece about what London & LCC included is getting so right...
Cycling in booming in London but fairly stagnant UK-wide. What’s going on? I spoke to some people who know about these sorts of things.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Our estimates off DfT data is London's 1.5 million cycled journeys daily now accounts for well over half of all cycle journeys made in England. That's an amazing end-of-year reflection alongside this ace @peterwalker99.bsky.social piece about what London & LCC included is getting so right...
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📅 It's been a record-breaking year for cycling in London, with the capital showing it's well on its way to becoming a city that runs on two wheels!
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
2025 in review: London's cycling boom - London Cycling Campaign
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December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📅 It's been a record-breaking year for cycling in London, with the capital showing it's well on its way to becoming a city that runs on two wheels!
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
It is infuriating that not only is this tone & quality of debate Lords make but also is entirely predictable from a former head of Met police. We have huge numbers of drivers on our streets driving illegally, without any enforcement, and millions nationwide without licence, insurance &/or MOT etc.
“I do not believe that cyclists are a group of people who are more criminal than the rest of society or than any other road users. However, they are less accountable than people who drive buses and cars, and general deterrence theory does not work for them,” said former Met head Lord Hogan-Howe
“Arrogant” cyclists riding at 70mph are ignoring police and making pavements “as dangerous as the road”, House of Lords told
During a debate on the Crime and Policing Bill, former Met Police head Lord Hogan-Howe reiterated his calls for bike number plates, while other peers claimed that the “threat” had shifted from “Lycra ...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It is infuriating that not only is this tone & quality of debate Lords make but also is entirely predictable from a former head of Met police. We have huge numbers of drivers on our streets driving illegally, without any enforcement, and millions nationwide without licence, insurance &/or MOT etc.
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🏆 Big congratulations to all of last nights winners at the LCC Awards!
🧑💻 Check out the blog on our website for the full list of prize winners, and nominees: bit.ly/3KZ0PcR
🧑💻 Check out the blog on our website for the full list of prize winners, and nominees: bit.ly/3KZ0PcR
December 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🏆 Big congratulations to all of last nights winners at the LCC Awards!
🧑💻 Check out the blog on our website for the full list of prize winners, and nominees: bit.ly/3KZ0PcR
🧑💻 Check out the blog on our website for the full list of prize winners, and nominees: bit.ly/3KZ0PcR
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Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
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LONDONERS! ⏰⏰⏰ Today is the LAST DAY to support the sustainable Transport Strategy consultation for Westminster. The borough has voted with its feet by adopting a LOT more cycling & walking, so let's make sure transport planning now reflects that! 🚴🚶♀️🌿https://sts.commonplace.is/
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
LONDONERS! ⏰⏰⏰ Today is the LAST DAY to support the sustainable Transport Strategy consultation for Westminster. The borough has voted with its feet by adopting a LOT more cycling & walking, so let's make sure transport planning now reflects that! 🚴🚶♀️🌿https://sts.commonplace.is/
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More and more organisations recognise the power of active travel to help their businesses, improve patient health, reduce inequalities and make the country a better place. I'm proud to have coordinated this effort to bring those voices together around #CWIS3 with @adamtranter.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
More and more organisations recognise the power of active travel to help their businesses, improve patient health, reduce inequalities and make the country a better place. I'm proud to have coordinated this effort to bring those voices together around #CWIS3 with @adamtranter.bsky.social
Quite the thread. Quite the terrifying document. The US' National Security Strategy is openly racist, pro-Putin, anti-democratic, verges on conspiracy theorist and appears to have been dictated to ChatGPT by a 4Chan user with zero understanding of geopolitics. PS far right, Reform etc will love it.
1/ The new US National Security Strategy blames 'undemocratic' European governments for failing to make peace with Russia, takes a pro-Russian position on NATO, reflects white nationalist views on European demographics, and pledges overt support for far-right parties. ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Quite the thread. Quite the terrifying document. The US' National Security Strategy is openly racist, pro-Putin, anti-democratic, verges on conspiracy theorist and appears to have been dictated to ChatGPT by a 4Chan user with zero understanding of geopolitics. PS far right, Reform etc will love it.
This may well prove to be a boost for @pedalme.bsky.social & Zedify etc. But it also clearly is going to be a boost for private motor vehicle ownership & therefore use in London. Really hope others step in to provide this kind of service...
Zipcar is shutting down its UK operations, basically the only car club that worked in London. Massive kick to anyone who tries to live in capital without owning a car. Having been a customer for 17 years and used Zipvans to move house repeatedly, this is.... very bad! (Zipcar is owned by Avis)
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This may well prove to be a boost for @pedalme.bsky.social & Zedify etc. But it also clearly is going to be a boost for private motor vehicle ownership & therefore use in London. Really hope others step in to provide this kind of service...
THAT T-SHIRT IS TOO RED!
In today’s newsletter, we unpack what the UK Autumn Budget means for sustainable mobility. Plus, Bolt enters the AV race and London records 1.5 million daily cycling trips with progress still to unlock.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
THAT T-SHIRT IS TOO RED!
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👨💻 Emailed the Mayor to call for safer junctions?
🚧 Urgent action is needed across London, and especially in Wandsworth, if the most dangerous junctions are going to be made safe for cycling...
📨 Email the Mayor today: bit.ly/47QcmUF
🚧 Urgent action is needed across London, and especially in Wandsworth, if the most dangerous junctions are going to be made safe for cycling...
📨 Email the Mayor today: bit.ly/47QcmUF
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
👨💻 Emailed the Mayor to call for safer junctions?
🚧 Urgent action is needed across London, and especially in Wandsworth, if the most dangerous junctions are going to be made safe for cycling...
📨 Email the Mayor today: bit.ly/47QcmUF
🚧 Urgent action is needed across London, and especially in Wandsworth, if the most dangerous junctions are going to be made safe for cycling...
📨 Email the Mayor today: bit.ly/47QcmUF
>1,000 cycle 'hangars' in Waltham Forest. Amazing scenes @labourstone.bsky.social! "From 30 to 1,000 since 2015" says email. Fast catching up on frontrunners (AFAIK) Hackney, who currently have over 1,300 says their website. Secure cycle parking on residential streets in progressive boroughs FTW!
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
>1,000 cycle 'hangars' in Waltham Forest. Amazing scenes @labourstone.bsky.social! "From 30 to 1,000 since 2015" says email. Fast catching up on frontrunners (AFAIK) Hackney, who currently have over 1,300 says their website. Secure cycle parking on residential streets in progressive boroughs FTW!
If you need an excuse to join the amazing @londoncycling.bsky.social here's a good one. But really, amazing benefits and you support the work me & my team do nonstop to keep making London better, particularly for cycling.
🛍️ Black Friday is here, and to celebrate we've knocked 33% off the price of LCC Membership!
Does it still come with the welcome gift? It sure does, so you can still pick from either a...
💡 CatEye Lights Set
💨 Lezyne Hand Pump
🔐 Kryptonite D Lock
Join today: bit.ly/3KmhV46
Does it still come with the welcome gift? It sure does, so you can still pick from either a...
💡 CatEye Lights Set
💨 Lezyne Hand Pump
🔐 Kryptonite D Lock
Join today: bit.ly/3KmhV46
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
If you need an excuse to join the amazing @londoncycling.bsky.social here's a good one. But really, amazing benefits and you support the work me & my team do nonstop to keep making London better, particularly for cycling.
This www.transportxtra.com/publications... by The Car Expert ed made me so angry I replied: www.transportxtra.com/publications...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
Cutting the cost of motoring is expensive for communities
It's rare I'm ever incensed enough to write in to the august pages of respected publications such as TransportXtra, but Stewart Masson's opinion piece on t
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November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This www.transportxtra.com/publications... by The Car Expert ed made me so angry I replied: www.transportxtra.com/publications...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
A true mega-city for cycling? London's doing it baby. BUT... outer London... Mayoral boldness... TfL 'business as usual' approach... appropriate funding levels? London still has some real issues and a long way to go. But this is great news!
Our @psimonk.bsky.social got rather excited about news London now seeing average 1.5 million journeys cycled daily this morning: bsky.app/profile/lond....
Now here's his slightly calmer & more detailed analysis: lcc.org.uk/news/1-5-mil... covering funding case, outer v inner London & a lot more.
Now here's his slightly calmer & more detailed analysis: lcc.org.uk/news/1-5-mil... covering funding case, outer v inner London & a lot more.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A true mega-city for cycling? London's doing it baby. BUT... outer London... Mayoral boldness... TfL 'business as usual' approach... appropriate funding levels? London still has some real issues and a long way to go. But this is great news!
The Thames & London deserves a lot better. Must read horrific investigation by @andrewkersley.bsky.social for @londonermag.bsky.social into @londonportauth.bsky.social. Lays bare literally 'toxic' culture in org. I've had couple of work encounters w PLA officers. Not a constructive experience IMO.
In August, 25,000 kilograms of ‘toxic’ tar was spilled in the Thames. Why was no-one told?
This is a saga of broken valves, anonymous whistleblowers and hundreds of undisclosed oil spills.
My investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...
This is a saga of broken valves, anonymous whistleblowers and hundreds of undisclosed oil spills.
My investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...
How 25,000 kilograms of ‘toxic’ tar was spilled in the Thames
'You start to think: hang on, if that’s floating in the water, what's that giving off?'
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Thames & London deserves a lot better. Must read horrific investigation by @andrewkersley.bsky.social for @londonermag.bsky.social into @londonportauth.bsky.social. Lays bare literally 'toxic' culture in org. I've had couple of work encounters w PLA officers. Not a constructive experience IMO.
Lack of political will in London is perhaps most starkly visible in inaction around London's most #DangerousJunctions
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
NEW: INACTION CONTINUES ON DANGEROUS JUNCTIONS
📊The latest data published today, shows a picture of inaction from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social, TfL and local councils, when it comes to making junctions safe for cycling...
🧑💻 Email the mayor and demand action: bit.ly/47QcmUF
📊The latest data published today, shows a picture of inaction from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social, TfL and local councils, when it comes to making junctions safe for cycling...
🧑💻 Email the mayor and demand action: bit.ly/47QcmUF
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lack of political will in London is perhaps most starkly visible in inaction around London's most #DangerousJunctions
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
This. This right here is years of long hard campaigning by @londoncycling.bsky.social that saved lives. Huge kudos to ex staffer Charlie Lloyd and current staffer Tom Bogdanowicz for their work instigating and maintaining this campaign through to now and beyond. #EndLorryDanger #RoadSafetyWeek
👏 Some great news to start of #RoadSafetyWeek!
🪧 Two decades of LCC campaigning helped bring in this life saving legislation to reduce blind spots in HGVs: bit.ly/4oKn05f
Safer lorries mean safer cycling for everyone on London's roads 🚲
🪧 Two decades of LCC campaigning helped bring in this life saving legislation to reduce blind spots in HGVs: bit.ly/4oKn05f
Safer lorries mean safer cycling for everyone on London's roads 🚲
New data shows that since @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tinyurl.com/j3475ua3
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tinyurl.com/j3475ua3
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This. This right here is years of long hard campaigning by @londoncycling.bsky.social that saved lives. Huge kudos to ex staffer Charlie Lloyd and current staffer Tom Bogdanowicz for their work instigating and maintaining this campaign through to now and beyond. #EndLorryDanger #RoadSafetyWeek
This is an absolutely shockingly powerful simple read: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is an absolutely shockingly powerful simple read: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
This cracking commentary by @francesryan.bsky.social nails my views on politics of hopelessness. When people feel their lives, hopes, dreams are just getting worse & worse, they turn to authoritarian, populist, fascist leaders. Reform & billionaire media owners thrive off this downward spiral...
“Policies that favour the interests of the working class are disregarded as a fantasy, whereas those that push wealth and power towards the rich are seen as a realistic status quo.”
My col. on a politics and media that normalises Reform and dismisses the Greens. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on a politics and media that normalises Reform and dismisses the Greens. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan
Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This cracking commentary by @francesryan.bsky.social nails my views on politics of hopelessness. When people feel their lives, hopes, dreams are just getting worse & worse, they turn to authoritarian, populist, fascist leaders. Reform & billionaire media owners thrive off this downward spiral...
Top 100 baby! Or, put another way, hugely honoured and humbled to be named in Zag Daily's 2nd annual Zag List as one of 100 "mobility changemakers" zagdaily.com/featured/the...
Not sure how "tireless" I feel right now, but we'll keep London moving forward @londoncycling.bsky.social!
Not sure how "tireless" I feel right now, but we'll keep London moving forward @londoncycling.bsky.social!
The Zag List: 100 Mobility Changemakers
In the 2nd annual edition of The Zag List, we are recognising 100 trailblazers driving the global shift toward cleaner, safer and more connected mobility worldwide.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Top 100 baby! Or, put another way, hugely honoured and humbled to be named in Zag Daily's 2nd annual Zag List as one of 100 "mobility changemakers" zagdaily.com/featured/the...
Not sure how "tireless" I feel right now, but we'll keep London moving forward @londoncycling.bsky.social!
Not sure how "tireless" I feel right now, but we'll keep London moving forward @londoncycling.bsky.social!
Not sure I agree these 16 'critical safety issues' for designing for active travel all as stringent as needed, particularly vehicle speed only kicking in when 85% of vehicles on road doing 30+mph But glad @ategov.bsky.social rounded these up & updated them: www.gov.uk/government/p... Very helpful.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Not sure I agree these 16 'critical safety issues' for designing for active travel all as stringent as needed, particularly vehicle speed only kicking in when 85% of vehicles on road doing 30+mph But glad @ategov.bsky.social rounded these up & updated them: www.gov.uk/government/p... Very helpful.
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🎉 Camden's new plans for Holborn are mind-blowingly good: bit.ly/4qOtVMg
Major changes for Theobalds Rd, Southampton Row, Kingsway, High Holborn & further afield. New Oxford Street & Great Ormond Street plans look like big changes for better!
Kudos Cllr @adamdkharrison.bsky.social 👏
Major changes for Theobalds Rd, Southampton Row, Kingsway, High Holborn & further afield. New Oxford Street & Great Ormond Street plans look like big changes for better!
Kudos Cllr @adamdkharrison.bsky.social 👏
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🎉 Camden's new plans for Holborn are mind-blowingly good: bit.ly/4qOtVMg
Major changes for Theobalds Rd, Southampton Row, Kingsway, High Holborn & further afield. New Oxford Street & Great Ormond Street plans look like big changes for better!
Kudos Cllr @adamdkharrison.bsky.social 👏
Major changes for Theobalds Rd, Southampton Row, Kingsway, High Holborn & further afield. New Oxford Street & Great Ormond Street plans look like big changes for better!
Kudos Cllr @adamdkharrison.bsky.social 👏
HT to @bearlypolitics.co.uk who I've been reading for a while now via Substack & rate as absolutely excellent on political analysis for summarising this absolute dunk on X/Twitter/Musk. Also huge HT to @news.sky.com for this in-depth, data-driven investigation into X/Twitter's biased algorithm...
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
HT to @bearlypolitics.co.uk who I've been reading for a while now via Substack & rate as absolutely excellent on political analysis for summarising this absolute dunk on X/Twitter/Musk. Also huge HT to @news.sky.com for this in-depth, data-driven investigation into X/Twitter's biased algorithm...