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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Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
www.standard.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...
This is naked fascism. This is history repeating. That we have sitting MPs and politicians who would absolutely support this in the UK should be a source of national shame for us too. Time to stand up against those who would sow hate and divide us. We are a country that fights fascism & wins...
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 AM
This is naked fascism. This is history repeating. That we have sitting MPs and politicians who would absolutely support this in the UK should be a source of national shame for us too. Time to stand up against those who would sow hate and divide us. We are a country that fights fascism & wins...
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Thoughts with family & friends. 39 year old woman killed cycling, New Cross Road ~8:30pm last night. www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
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Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
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Cyclist, 39, dies in horror crash with lorry on major road
The 39-year-old woman who was pronounced dead at the scene
www.mylondon.news
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thoughts with family & friends. 39 year old woman killed cycling, New Cross Road ~8:30pm last night. www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
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Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
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'No one cycles in rain/winter' - strangely not something usual anti-cycling suspects say in London these days. 08:52, heavy rain, C6 shot from Holborn Viaduct. More cycles than track can cope with & than motor vehicles. Yet we still are struggling to get enough capacity. @londoncycling.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
'No one cycles in rain/winter' - strangely not something usual anti-cycling suspects say in London these days. 08:52, heavy rain, C6 shot from Holborn Viaduct. More cycles than track can cope with & than motor vehicles. Yet we still are struggling to get enough capacity. @londoncycling.bsky.social
Broadly, the increasing ability of the richest to isolate themselves from the rest of us has hugely distorting impacts & doesn't make for a better planet for the richest or the rest of us. Even flattening the growth in wealth among the richest would be a hug boon to us all, them included...
Every goddamn word of this ⬇️
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid Robeyns
Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Broadly, the increasing ability of the richest to isolate themselves from the rest of us has hugely distorting impacts & doesn't make for a better planet for the richest or the rest of us. Even flattening the growth in wealth among the richest would be a hug boon to us all, them included...
Important work by @carolinerussell.bsky.social & @london.gov.uk (see the full exchange in reply post below) & @willnorman.co.uk & all. It's not enough to make a road 20mph in theory. Particularly not where there's a lethal pattern & drivers are cutting through area at speed...
A driver doing 50mph in a 20mph limit killed 27 year old Harry Webb two years ago in Kenworthy Rd in Hackney.
Communities rightly remember people killed on roads, treated as race tracks, by people speeding through.
We all need to be clear that speeding is harmful and a risk never worth taking.
Communities rightly remember people killed on roads, treated as race tracks, by people speeding through.
We all need to be clear that speeding is harmful and a risk never worth taking.
January 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Important work by @carolinerussell.bsky.social & @london.gov.uk (see the full exchange in reply post below) & @willnorman.co.uk & all. It's not enough to make a road 20mph in theory. Particularly not where there's a lethal pattern & drivers are cutting through area at speed...
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Another eight pupils at Nigel Farage's school accuse him of racism.
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Another eight pupils at Nigel Farage's school accuse him of racism.
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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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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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
www.transportxtra.com
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!