Ben House
@rustytrike.bsky.social
Haringey Cycling Campaign coordinator | Cycling instructor | Brompton rider | ictuk.org | HaringeyCyclists.org
#VisionZero #ActiveTravel
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Ben House
@rustytrike.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Brilliant to see my daughter Sabine’s first article in print in the Ham & High www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/255880..., telling her story about the day she stopped waiting for the bus – and started saving £1,000 a year.
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Oh. And this happened this morning on Hale Road - one of the many roads which makes up the mess below. An obvious result of this @TfL funded racetrack.
January 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Oh. And this happened this morning on Hale Road - one of the many roads which makes up the mess below. An obvious result of this @TfL funded racetrack.
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I’ve also been enjoying this alternative newsletter headline some joker created. Sounds quite accurate if you ask me 😂
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January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I’ve also been enjoying this alternative newsletter headline some joker created. Sounds quite accurate if you ask me 😂
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WHO WROTE THIS RATHER GOOD NEWSLETTER FOR HARINGEY CYCLING?! 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️😃😃
It’s about the exit of @mikehakata.bsky.social. Check out these photos we unearthed, what a rockstar. And here at HCC, we’ll be thinking about The Plans™️ he mentions from now on.
lcc.civiplus.net/civicrm/mail...
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It’s about the exit of @mikehakata.bsky.social. Check out these photos we unearthed, what a rockstar. And here at HCC, we’ll be thinking about The Plans™️ he mentions from now on.
lcc.civiplus.net/civicrm/mail...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
WHO WROTE THIS RATHER GOOD NEWSLETTER FOR HARINGEY CYCLING?! 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️😃😃
It’s about the exit of @mikehakata.bsky.social. Check out these photos we unearthed, what a rockstar. And here at HCC, we’ll be thinking about The Plans™️ he mentions from now on.
lcc.civiplus.net/civicrm/mail...
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It’s about the exit of @mikehakata.bsky.social. Check out these photos we unearthed, what a rockstar. And here at HCC, we’ll be thinking about The Plans™️ he mentions from now on.
lcc.civiplus.net/civicrm/mail...
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The Cowley Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have saved 30 collisions over 3 years within the LTNs and boundary roads according to latest casualty data, analysed by @cohsat.bsky.social
The Cowley LTNs were implemented in April 2021, after sporadic coronavirus lockdowns between March 2020 and March 2021.
The Cowley LTNs were implemented in April 2021, after sporadic coronavirus lockdowns between March 2020 and March 2021.
January 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The Cowley Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have saved 30 collisions over 3 years within the LTNs and boundary roads according to latest casualty data, analysed by @cohsat.bsky.social
The Cowley LTNs were implemented in April 2021, after sporadic coronavirus lockdowns between March 2020 and March 2021.
The Cowley LTNs were implemented in April 2021, after sporadic coronavirus lockdowns between March 2020 and March 2021.
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'46%of road fatalities .... happened in the dark'
Let's fix the 24% of TfL cycle routes in London which do not meet the LCC Women's Network social safety criteria
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@beancycling.bsky.social
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@rustytrike.bsky.social
lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
Let's fix the 24% of TfL cycle routes in London which do not meet the LCC Women's Network social safety criteria
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@beancycling.bsky.social
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@rustytrike.bsky.social
lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
January 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
'46%of road fatalities .... happened in the dark'
Let's fix the 24% of TfL cycle routes in London which do not meet the LCC Women's Network social safety criteria
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@beancycling.bsky.social
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@rustytrike.bsky.social
lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
Let's fix the 24% of TfL cycle routes in London which do not meet the LCC Women's Network social safety criteria
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@beancycling.bsky.social
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@rustytrike.bsky.social
lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
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It’s the end of an era! My favourite ever local politician resigned this week - the indomitable @mikehakata.bsky.social is off to pastures new.
I’ve been inundated with messages from people all over the country expressing their shock/disappointment with the news.
Luckily I managed … /1
I’ve been inundated with messages from people all over the country expressing their shock/disappointment with the news.
Luckily I managed … /1
January 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM
It’s the end of an era! My favourite ever local politician resigned this week - the indomitable @mikehakata.bsky.social is off to pastures new.
I’ve been inundated with messages from people all over the country expressing their shock/disappointment with the news.
Luckily I managed … /1
I’ve been inundated with messages from people all over the country expressing their shock/disappointment with the news.
Luckily I managed … /1
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Not long until our yearly social / fundraising céilidh!
www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
Dinner and dancing, perfect to chase away the January blues.
www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
Dinner and dancing, perfect to chase away the January blues.
January 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Not long until our yearly social / fundraising céilidh!
www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
Dinner and dancing, perfect to chase away the January blues.
www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
Dinner and dancing, perfect to chase away the January blues.
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IMPORTANT: Paris has more than “vision.” They have clear plans. Including a 5-Year Pedestrian Plan:
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
IMPORTANT: Paris has more than “vision.” They have clear plans. Including a 5-Year Pedestrian Plan:
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
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🙋♂️ Looking to keep up to date on all the latest cycling news in 2026?
📧 Join the LCC mailing list, and get notified on the latest consultations, protests, campaigns, and more: bit.ly/4i0blLJ
📧 Join the LCC mailing list, and get notified on the latest consultations, protests, campaigns, and more: bit.ly/4i0blLJ
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🙋♂️ Looking to keep up to date on all the latest cycling news in 2026?
📧 Join the LCC mailing list, and get notified on the latest consultations, protests, campaigns, and more: bit.ly/4i0blLJ
📧 Join the LCC mailing list, and get notified on the latest consultations, protests, campaigns, and more: bit.ly/4i0blLJ
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Happy Christmas everyone!
Especially to those campaigning for change and our supporters. And especially those campaigning for a safe route through the borough we live in, like along this stretch 🙌🏻 IYKYK
Other things … 1/3
Especially to those campaigning for change and our supporters. And especially those campaigning for a safe route through the borough we live in, like along this stretch 🙌🏻 IYKYK
Other things … 1/3
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Happy Christmas everyone!
Especially to those campaigning for change and our supporters. And especially those campaigning for a safe route through the borough we live in, like along this stretch 🙌🏻 IYKYK
Other things … 1/3
Especially to those campaigning for change and our supporters. And especially those campaigning for a safe route through the borough we live in, like along this stretch 🙌🏻 IYKYK
Other things … 1/3
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This blog by @adamtranter.bsky.social
mentions our very own @rustytrike.bsky.social (Ben House) and his daughter Sabine!
Link here for those with a substack account … 3/3
open.substack.com/pub/bikeisbe...
mentions our very own @rustytrike.bsky.social (Ben House) and his daughter Sabine!
Link here for those with a substack account … 3/3
open.substack.com/pub/bikeisbe...
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This blog by @adamtranter.bsky.social
mentions our very own @rustytrike.bsky.social (Ben House) and his daughter Sabine!
Link here for those with a substack account … 3/3
open.substack.com/pub/bikeisbe...
mentions our very own @rustytrike.bsky.social (Ben House) and his daughter Sabine!
Link here for those with a substack account … 3/3
open.substack.com/pub/bikeisbe...
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Brilliant to see my daughter Sabine’s first article in print in the Ham & High www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/255880..., telling her story about the day she stopped waiting for the bus – and started saving £1,000 a year.
1/7
1/7
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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With so much good work to trumpet
@citywestminster.bsky.social
was commended by
@londoncycling.bsky.social
and our own
@marksmithies.bsky.social won an award
🎉🥳🙌...
We EVEN spotted this CYCLING ELF doing a victory lap in the city! Feels like Christmas has come early - bring on 2026!!!
@citywestminster.bsky.social
was commended by
@londoncycling.bsky.social
and our own
@marksmithies.bsky.social won an award
🎉🥳🙌...
We EVEN spotted this CYCLING ELF doing a victory lap in the city! Feels like Christmas has come early - bring on 2026!!!
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
With so much good work to trumpet
@citywestminster.bsky.social
was commended by
@londoncycling.bsky.social
and our own
@marksmithies.bsky.social won an award
🎉🥳🙌...
We EVEN spotted this CYCLING ELF doing a victory lap in the city! Feels like Christmas has come early - bring on 2026!!!
@citywestminster.bsky.social
was commended by
@londoncycling.bsky.social
and our own
@marksmithies.bsky.social won an award
🎉🥳🙌...
We EVEN spotted this CYCLING ELF doing a victory lap in the city! Feels like Christmas has come early - bring on 2026!!!
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Haringey Green Lanes
Politically unpalatable: safe cycling
Politically acceptable: chronic traffic, air pollution on a neighbour high street.
Grim.
Politically unpalatable: safe cycling
Politically acceptable: chronic traffic, air pollution on a neighbour high street.
Grim.
April 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Haringey Green Lanes
Politically unpalatable: safe cycling
Politically acceptable: chronic traffic, air pollution on a neighbour high street.
Grim.
Politically unpalatable: safe cycling
Politically acceptable: chronic traffic, air pollution on a neighbour high street.
Grim.
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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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For reference, @ippr.org said "£35 per head per year for a decade is needed to deliver walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure" so even the best funded places are getting under one-fifth what they need.
www.ippr.org/media-office...
www.ippr.org/media-office...
Years of under-investment in England’s streets has left people walk wary and cycle cautious, says new report | IPPR
Just 2 per cent of total transport budget is spent on infrastructure to support active travel, IPPR finds Less than one in five people walk, wheel or cycle
www.ippr.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
For reference, @ippr.org said "£35 per head per year for a decade is needed to deliver walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure" so even the best funded places are getting under one-fifth what they need.
www.ippr.org/media-office...
www.ippr.org/media-office...
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That's 3m wide and by walls, knock off 0.5m on each side to give an effective width of 2m; so it wasn't very good in the first place.
These barriers are disgraceful.
(here for others interested: maps.app.goo.gl/WMDovGQxCwr2...)
These barriers are disgraceful.
(here for others interested: maps.app.goo.gl/WMDovGQxCwr2...)
maps.app.goo.gl
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
That's 3m wide and by walls, knock off 0.5m on each side to give an effective width of 2m; so it wasn't very good in the first place.
These barriers are disgraceful.
(here for others interested: maps.app.goo.gl/WMDovGQxCwr2...)
These barriers are disgraceful.
(here for others interested: maps.app.goo.gl/WMDovGQxCwr2...)
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Here's a blog someone else wrote about them doing this. yorkcyclecampaign.bike/2021/03/20/t...
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Here's a blog someone else wrote about them doing this. yorkcyclecampaign.bike/2021/03/20/t...
Two interesting new videos by my colleague Barnaby Eager, with plenty of tips on cycling in town – you may or may not agree with him, but well worth watching.
Amazing to see the sheer number of people cycling in central London
@londoncycling.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk
youtu.be/zd822jBr-A4?...
Amazing to see the sheer number of people cycling in central London
@londoncycling.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk
youtu.be/zd822jBr-A4?...
Cyclists Everywhere! | 2. FOCUS: Morning commute | LONDON BRIDGE TO THE CITY
YouTube video by The Eager Cyclist
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Two interesting new videos by my colleague Barnaby Eager, with plenty of tips on cycling in town – you may or may not agree with him, but well worth watching.
Amazing to see the sheer number of people cycling in central London
@londoncycling.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk
youtu.be/zd822jBr-A4?...
Amazing to see the sheer number of people cycling in central London
@londoncycling.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk
youtu.be/zd822jBr-A4?...
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Just when you thought #Cycleway1 couldn’t get any worse! It was awful enough that the route takes us through a seedy alleyway, but Haringey Council thought it would go one further and install these barriers!!! Good luck to cargo bike riders. Depressing. @willnorman.co.uk @mikehakata.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just when you thought #Cycleway1 couldn’t get any worse! It was awful enough that the route takes us through a seedy alleyway, but Haringey Council thought it would go one further and install these barriers!!! Good luck to cargo bike riders. Depressing. @willnorman.co.uk @mikehakata.bsky.social
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Many of my pals are 60+ and are not stopping cycling any time soon. The physical, mental, social and financial benefits of using a bike are already proven. If we can live longer as well, bring it on. Some of us even 'did' Dunwich this year 🥹
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives
If you’re looking for yet another reason to hop on your bicycle today—especially if you’re in your 60s or beyond—new research out of Japan has delivered a big one.
momentummag.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Many of my pals are 60+ and are not stopping cycling any time soon. The physical, mental, social and financial benefits of using a bike are already proven. If we can live longer as well, bring it on. Some of us even 'did' Dunwich this year 🥹
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“Life would be just a neutral wasteland if one always ran away from the joys of love merely because one knew that pain and grief might be involved too.”
― Dervla Murphy, author and bicycle adventurer
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dervla!
November 28 (1931-2022)
― Dervla Murphy, author and bicycle adventurer
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dervla!
November 28 (1931-2022)
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Life would be just a neutral wasteland if one always ran away from the joys of love merely because one knew that pain and grief might be involved too.”
― Dervla Murphy, author and bicycle adventurer
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dervla!
November 28 (1931-2022)
― Dervla Murphy, author and bicycle adventurer
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dervla!
November 28 (1931-2022)
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Looks like we're not hanging our helmets up any time soon. Our top two Dangerous Junctions have been on our to-do list for years. Nothing is happening. We need to get noisy.
@london.gov.uk and @islington-council.bsky.social need to step up
cycleislington.uk/2025/islingt...
@london.gov.uk and @islington-council.bsky.social need to step up
cycleislington.uk/2025/islingt...
Islington’s Dangerous Junctions 2020 – 2024 – Cycle Islington
cycleislington.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Looks like we're not hanging our helmets up any time soon. Our top two Dangerous Junctions have been on our to-do list for years. Nothing is happening. We need to get noisy.
@london.gov.uk and @islington-council.bsky.social need to step up
cycleislington.uk/2025/islingt...
@london.gov.uk and @islington-council.bsky.social need to step up
cycleislington.uk/2025/islingt...