Superilla Sally
@superillasally.bsky.social
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Does your child go to a school in Tower Hamlets?
Ask the school and council to work together to make it safe for travel to and from actively.
Make a safe space for your child and their friends to exercise in and move freely in.
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/transpo... @eastendkids.bsky.social
Ask the school and council to work together to make it safe for travel to and from actively.
Make a safe space for your child and their friends to exercise in and move freely in.
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/transpo... @eastendkids.bsky.social
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Important stuff from @katjadiehl.bsky.social, linking children’s exclusion from their streets to both car-centrism and adultism (which are of course connected):
“how deeply adultism is ingrained in our cities — and how it robs children of what they need most: freedom, movement and self-efficacy”
“how deeply adultism is ingrained in our cities — and how it robs children of what they need most: freedom, movement and self-efficacy”
Adultism in the car-centric transport system: When children are marginalised.
medium.com/@backoffice_...
medium.com/@backoffice_...
Adultism in the car-centric transport system: When children are marginalised.
In the debate about fairer mobility, one aspect that has long been overlooked is increasingly coming to the fore: the systematic…
medium.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Important stuff from @katjadiehl.bsky.social, linking children’s exclusion from their streets to both car-centrism and adultism (which are of course connected):
“how deeply adultism is ingrained in our cities — and how it robs children of what they need most: freedom, movement and self-efficacy”
“how deeply adultism is ingrained in our cities — and how it robs children of what they need most: freedom, movement and self-efficacy”
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We underestimate children’s abilities to bike their own bike for transportation because our infrastructure doesn’t work for children. My daughter can easily bike over 5 miles, which is around the distance of many errands, but my fear of her safety holds us back from taking those trips.
May 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We underestimate children’s abilities to bike their own bike for transportation because our infrastructure doesn’t work for children. My daughter can easily bike over 5 miles, which is around the distance of many errands, but my fear of her safety holds us back from taking those trips.
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❌ When you have kids, you need a car.
✔️ When you have kids, you need comfortable, convenient, safe bicycle infrastructure.*
*Also when you don't have kids.
✔️ When you have kids, you need comfortable, convenient, safe bicycle infrastructure.*
*Also when you don't have kids.
We underestimate children’s abilities to bike their own bike for transportation because our infrastructure doesn’t work for children. My daughter can easily bike over 5 miles, which is around the distance of many errands, but my fear of her safety holds us back from taking those trips.
May 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
❌ When you have kids, you need a car.
✔️ When you have kids, you need comfortable, convenient, safe bicycle infrastructure.*
*Also when you don't have kids.
✔️ When you have kids, you need comfortable, convenient, safe bicycle infrastructure.*
*Also when you don't have kids.
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Very good, evidence-based comment piece about low-traffic neighbourhoods - and how opponents often use them as a proxy for problems which are caused instead by too many cars.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Just ignore all the myths about low traffic neighbourhoods: they’re popular, effective and here to stay | Izzy Romilly
After the high court ruled one high-profile scheme unlawful, it is important to make the case for LTNs. Luckily, there is a strong one to make, says Izzy Romilly of climate charity Possible
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Very good, evidence-based comment piece about low-traffic neighbourhoods - and how opponents often use them as a proxy for problems which are caused instead by too many cars.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In this house, we believe in mobility options.
✅ carshare
✅ folding bike
✅ electric wheelchair
✅ carshare
✅ folding bike
✅ electric wheelchair
May 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
In this house, we believe in mobility options.
✅ carshare
✅ folding bike
✅ electric wheelchair
✅ carshare
✅ folding bike
✅ electric wheelchair
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“Across the continent, no city, Paris included, had done enough to warrant an “A” grade from the report’s authors.”
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
Paris races to top of European rankings of cycling-friendly cities for children
French capital overtakes Amsterdam, where there are concerns about rising road speeds under rightwing government
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“Across the continent, no city, Paris included, had done enough to warrant an “A” grade from the report’s authors.”
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
The article is behind a paywall but you’ll get the gist from👇.
As the article says: “Poll after poll has shown it is not the weather that puts people in Scotland off cycling, it is the fear of being hit by cars.”
Where safe cycling networks have been built people are using them.
As the article says: “Poll after poll has shown it is not the weather that puts people in Scotland off cycling, it is the fear of being hit by cars.”
Where safe cycling networks have been built people are using them.
Increases in people travelling by bike recorded across Scotland
Recent analysis of national cycle counter data shows 24 locations across Scotland recording increases of above 30% in cycle journeys in June 2024, compared with 2023.
cycling.scot
May 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The motor vehicle used as a weapon for attempted murder www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Japanese police arrest man after alleged car attack on schoolchildren, say reports
Motorist held in Osaka on suspicion of attempted murder after seven children injured, according to local media
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Accurate reporting by @theguardian.com
Motor vehicle used as a weapon to seriously injure people www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nottingham attacks survivors speak out for the first time
Sharon Miller and Wayne Birkett were hit by a van driven by Valdo Calocane on 13 June 2023.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Accurate reporting by @theguardian.com
A #Hackney Sunday Streets event is happening on 25th May, as part of the London Cycling Festival 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 @londoncycling.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @mayoroflondon.bsky.social @zeroemissions.bsky.social including a loop closed off to traffic, free bike hire, Dr Bike and more!
May 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A #Hackney Sunday Streets event is happening on 25th May, as part of the London Cycling Festival 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 @londoncycling.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @mayoroflondon.bsky.social @zeroemissions.bsky.social including a loop closed off to traffic, free bike hire, Dr Bike and more!
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Can we please stop normalizing #Motonormativity with our children?
By not introducing them to transportation alternatives, we limit their growth and the future health of our communities
By not introducing them to transportation alternatives, we limit their growth and the future health of our communities
May 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Can we please stop normalizing #Motonormativity with our children?
By not introducing them to transportation alternatives, we limit their growth and the future health of our communities
By not introducing them to transportation alternatives, we limit their growth and the future health of our communities
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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The car traffic got BETTER.
The car traffic got BETTER.
May 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The car traffic got BETTER.
The car traffic got BETTER.
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Elandsgracht, Amsterdam in 1985 and today
May 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Elandsgracht, Amsterdam in 1985 and today
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Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.
What an amazing ride last nice with the Critical Mass. We rode our bikes through the new Slivertown Tunnel. What a lovely experience.
April 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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If you want children to be able to safely cycle in your city then you need protected cycle tracks that continue through junctions
April 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you want children to be able to safely cycle in your city then you need protected cycle tracks that continue through junctions
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I highly recommend the book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster. Dana Thomas was a style reporter for WaPost and Newsweek. She was able to get into factories that made luxury goods
www.danathomas.com/deluxe.html
www.danathomas.com/deluxe.html
April 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I highly recommend the book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster. Dana Thomas was a style reporter for WaPost and Newsweek. She was able to get into factories that made luxury goods
www.danathomas.com/deluxe.html
www.danathomas.com/deluxe.html
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Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
April 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
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Meanwhile, following yearly rising rail fares....
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Meanwhile, following yearly rising rail fares....
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Hackney LOVES cycling.
Come join a HCC History Cycle: A bike tour of Hackney, a part of the Hackney History Festival.
Register: www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
Cost: £5 (all proceeds will go to Pedro Youth Club's cycling projects)
📆 Sun 18 May; 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍NE corner of Hackney Downs
Come join a HCC History Cycle: A bike tour of Hackney, a part of the Hackney History Festival.
Register: www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
Cost: £5 (all proceeds will go to Pedro Youth Club's cycling projects)
📆 Sun 18 May; 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍NE corner of Hackney Downs
April 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hackney LOVES cycling.
Come join a HCC History Cycle: A bike tour of Hackney, a part of the Hackney History Festival.
Register: www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
Cost: £5 (all proceeds will go to Pedro Youth Club's cycling projects)
📆 Sun 18 May; 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍NE corner of Hackney Downs
Come join a HCC History Cycle: A bike tour of Hackney, a part of the Hackney History Festival.
Register: www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
Cost: £5 (all proceeds will go to Pedro Youth Club's cycling projects)
📆 Sun 18 May; 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍NE corner of Hackney Downs
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People often cite hair as a reason to not like wearing helmets.
As it’s not really a choice for my children, and one of them likes to have beautiful smooth hair, we needed a solution for helmets.
We found that using a silk scarf under the helmet really makes a big difference!
As it’s not really a choice for my children, and one of them likes to have beautiful smooth hair, we needed a solution for helmets.
We found that using a silk scarf under the helmet really makes a big difference!
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
People often cite hair as a reason to not like wearing helmets.
As it’s not really a choice for my children, and one of them likes to have beautiful smooth hair, we needed a solution for helmets.
We found that using a silk scarf under the helmet really makes a big difference!
As it’s not really a choice for my children, and one of them likes to have beautiful smooth hair, we needed a solution for helmets.
We found that using a silk scarf under the helmet really makes a big difference!
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This evening @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Streetscene Team presented to the scrutiny commission on the transport strategy. Most people walk around Hackney (see photo) and most don’t have access to a car.
What should transport look like in 2035? news.hackney.gov.uk/transforming...
What should transport look like in 2035? news.hackney.gov.uk/transforming...
April 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This evening @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Streetscene Team presented to the scrutiny commission on the transport strategy. Most people walk around Hackney (see photo) and most don’t have access to a car.
What should transport look like in 2035? news.hackney.gov.uk/transforming...
What should transport look like in 2035? news.hackney.gov.uk/transforming...
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A mum and her two young children, casually cycling along a safe, protected cycle track in the Dutch countryside next to a main road, but a world away from danger. This is what freedom looks like when you design for people, not just cars
March 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A mum and her two young children, casually cycling along a safe, protected cycle track in the Dutch countryside next to a main road, but a world away from danger. This is what freedom looks like when you design for people, not just cars
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A pleasure to see so many kids enjoying the Enfield Road playstreet in the sunshine today. Now we just need to stop drivers from driving and parking on the pavement outside Hackney New Primary. @transportforlondon.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
Another fantastic Enfield Road playstreet today and lovely to meet @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social who came to show her support and see some of the problems we have with streets in this area. #StreetsforKids
March 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A pleasure to see so many kids enjoying the Enfield Road playstreet in the sunshine today. Now we just need to stop drivers from driving and parking on the pavement outside Hackney New Primary. @transportforlondon.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
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Looking forward to our zero emissions network event next week. Lots of local #hackney organisations coming to talk about how to get about with zero emissions. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zero-emiss... @greenerhackney.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Looking forward to our zero emissions network event next week. Lots of local #hackney organisations coming to talk about how to get about with zero emissions. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zero-emiss... @greenerhackney.bsky.social