Cycle Islington
@cycleislington.uk
Local LCC group. Join us in a borough where 🚶🏾♀️👨🏽🦽🛴& 🚲 are enabled for everyone; big, small,old, young. Getting greener and safer but still lots of work to do.
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"Sadiq Khan will pocket an estimated £320m a year from motorists after hiking the congestion charge, The Standard can reveal" This is bordering on the misleading, if not actively so.
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Sadiq Khan will pocket an estimated £320m a year from motorists after hiking the congestion charge, The Standard can reveal" This is bordering on the misleading, if not actively so.
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
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The Lower Thames Crossing is unaffordable.
If fully publicly financed, it would need £16 billion of taxpayers' money!
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/chancellor-u...
If fully publicly financed, it would need £16 billion of taxpayers' money!
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/chancellor-u...
Chancellor urged to scrap Lower Thames Crossing in favour of stronger growth-generating rail projects
Chancellor urged to scrap Lower Thames Crossing in favour of stronger growth-generating rail projects In its Budget submission to UK Chancellor of the Exchequer [1], Transport Action Network (TAN) has...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Lower Thames Crossing is unaffordable.
If fully publicly financed, it would need £16 billion of taxpayers' money!
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/chancellor-u...
If fully publicly financed, it would need £16 billion of taxpayers' money!
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/chancellor-u...
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We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
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We’ve joined forces across civil society & have written a joint letter to the HM Treasury advising urgent tax reform on the UK’s heaviest, most polluting cars.
We’re calling for change: a straightforward large vehicle levy, that would raise nearly £2bn for vital public investment.
#AutumnBudget
We’re calling for change: a straightforward large vehicle levy, that would raise nearly £2bn for vital public investment.
#AutumnBudget
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’ve joined forces across civil society & have written a joint letter to the HM Treasury advising urgent tax reform on the UK’s heaviest, most polluting cars.
We’re calling for change: a straightforward large vehicle levy, that would raise nearly £2bn for vital public investment.
#AutumnBudget
We’re calling for change: a straightforward large vehicle levy, that would raise nearly £2bn for vital public investment.
#AutumnBudget
That photo looks like the LCC Women's Network After Dark ride in February 2025 - those red gilets of the marshals and the @joyridersuk.bsky.social CEO leading are a bit of a give-away !
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social
That's incredibly disappointing and rather spineless.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Cycling UK say the decision was made following legal advice but that the rule change "doesn't alter our commitment to transgender and non-binary people" road.cc/content/news...
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
That photo looks like the LCC Women's Network After Dark ride in February 2025 - those red gilets of the marshals and the @joyridersuk.bsky.social CEO leading are a bit of a give-away !
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social
This scheme has already transformed King Henry’s Walk and made it much safer when I have to cycle through with the kids. We just need Boleyn Rd filter now. 👏 @islington-council.bsky.social
Mildmay liveable neighbourhood - a big step forward just happened
www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/...
www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/...
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Tonight !
⏰ 1900
🏢 Islington Town Hall
followed by ☕️ 🍻 🍷 💬🤗
⏰ 1900
🏢 Islington Town Hall
followed by ☕️ 🍻 🍷 💬🤗
🛎️ monthly meeting next Wednesday 12 November at 1900 in the Town Hall. Come and help with
🎉our 50th birthday plans
🚲 the ongoing campaign for a better and completed C50
🗣️influencing local politicians to support safe cycling for everyone 🗓️ 7 May 2026
Followed by ☕️ 🍻 🍷 💬 🤗
🎉our 50th birthday plans
🚲 the ongoing campaign for a better and completed C50
🗣️influencing local politicians to support safe cycling for everyone 🗓️ 7 May 2026
Followed by ☕️ 🍻 🍷 💬 🤗
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Tonight !
⏰ 1900
🏢 Islington Town Hall
followed by ☕️ 🍻 🍷 💬🤗
⏰ 1900
🏢 Islington Town Hall
followed by ☕️ 🍻 🍷 💬🤗
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping.
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stopping
The report delves into the nuances of Parisian cycling culture, exploring the vibrant community of riders who navigate the city's streets
momentummag.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Oh yes far too much complacency about causes of road deaths and
violence. Well done BMJ
violence. Well done BMJ
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Oh yes far too much complacency about causes of road deaths and
violence. Well done BMJ
violence. Well done BMJ
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🙋♂️ Fancy winning yourself this Kryptonite Diamond Standard U-Lock worth £269.99?
✍️ Simple take a few minutes to tell us your views and experience of cycle theft in London: bit.ly/4qH3jN3
✍️ Simple take a few minutes to tell us your views and experience of cycle theft in London: bit.ly/4qH3jN3
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🙋♂️ Fancy winning yourself this Kryptonite Diamond Standard U-Lock worth £269.99?
✍️ Simple take a few minutes to tell us your views and experience of cycle theft in London: bit.ly/4qH3jN3
✍️ Simple take a few minutes to tell us your views and experience of cycle theft in London: bit.ly/4qH3jN3
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Here’s where you can hire a cargo bike in Camden (£3ph):
Bloomsbury WC1E 7EU
Camden Rd NW1 9EA
Crowndale Rd NW1 1TT
Fitzrovia Community Centre W1T 4JH
Queens Crescent Library NW5 4HH
Coal Drops Yard N1C 4PQ
Sweet Things Bakery (Primrose Hill) NW1 8XD
The Winch (Swiss Cottage) NW3 3NR
Bloomsbury WC1E 7EU
Camden Rd NW1 9EA
Crowndale Rd NW1 1TT
Fitzrovia Community Centre W1T 4JH
Queens Crescent Library NW5 4HH
Coal Drops Yard N1C 4PQ
Sweet Things Bakery (Primrose Hill) NW1 8XD
The Winch (Swiss Cottage) NW3 3NR
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Here’s where you can hire a cargo bike in Camden (£3ph):
Bloomsbury WC1E 7EU
Camden Rd NW1 9EA
Crowndale Rd NW1 1TT
Fitzrovia Community Centre W1T 4JH
Queens Crescent Library NW5 4HH
Coal Drops Yard N1C 4PQ
Sweet Things Bakery (Primrose Hill) NW1 8XD
The Winch (Swiss Cottage) NW3 3NR
Bloomsbury WC1E 7EU
Camden Rd NW1 9EA
Crowndale Rd NW1 1TT
Fitzrovia Community Centre W1T 4JH
Queens Crescent Library NW5 4HH
Coal Drops Yard N1C 4PQ
Sweet Things Bakery (Primrose Hill) NW1 8XD
The Winch (Swiss Cottage) NW3 3NR
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Yes this!
For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Yes this!
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More of this sort of thing please!
Sadly missed it but absolute credit to @lb-southwark.bsky.social running a 'Guided Cycle Consultation' where Officers actually got out & cycled with residents to consult changes. People saying it was the best consultation they've ever seen. FANTASTIC progress that every Council should copy.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
More of this sort of thing please!
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Abolishing cycle-to-work schemes in the middle of a climate emergency is exactly the sort of thing this dour, unimaginative lot would do.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Abolishing cycle-to-work schemes in the middle of a climate emergency is exactly the sort of thing this dour, unimaginative lot would do.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
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@londoncycling.bsky.social
Women's Network Family Ride 2025
The clocks might have gone back, but, unlike our Freedom After Dark ride, this special jaunt is in daylight !
hosted by the Women's Network.
lcc.org.uk/campaigns/wo...
youtu.be/JCG7DiBAs5E
Women's Network Family Ride 2025
The clocks might have gone back, but, unlike our Freedom After Dark ride, this special jaunt is in daylight !
hosted by the Women's Network.
lcc.org.uk/campaigns/wo...
youtu.be/JCG7DiBAs5E
LCC Women's Family Ride 2025
YouTube video by Steve Knattress
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@londoncycling.bsky.social
Women's Network Family Ride 2025
The clocks might have gone back, but, unlike our Freedom After Dark ride, this special jaunt is in daylight !
hosted by the Women's Network.
lcc.org.uk/campaigns/wo...
youtu.be/JCG7DiBAs5E
Women's Network Family Ride 2025
The clocks might have gone back, but, unlike our Freedom After Dark ride, this special jaunt is in daylight !
hosted by the Women's Network.
lcc.org.uk/campaigns/wo...
youtu.be/JCG7DiBAs5E
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Cycleway works in Westminster klaxon! 📢
They're starting to build kerb-separated cycle tracks on George Street, Marylebone, for Cycleway 43 🥳
Cycling's about to get safer in Westminster - thank you @adamhug.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social
They're starting to build kerb-separated cycle tracks on George Street, Marylebone, for Cycleway 43 🥳
Cycling's about to get safer in Westminster - thank you @adamhug.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Cycleway works in Westminster klaxon! 📢
They're starting to build kerb-separated cycle tracks on George Street, Marylebone, for Cycleway 43 🥳
Cycling's about to get safer in Westminster - thank you @adamhug.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social
They're starting to build kerb-separated cycle tracks on George Street, Marylebone, for Cycleway 43 🥳
Cycling's about to get safer in Westminster - thank you @adamhug.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social
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Years ago, while watching the incredible transformations of places like Paris, we asked ourselves, “Why are these leaders breaking through the status quo?”
After analyzing eleven cities around the world, we found some answers, and it starts with prioritizing impact over power.
youtu.be/jHDKb0l4nHg
After analyzing eleven cities around the world, we found some answers, and it starts with prioritizing impact over power.
youtu.be/jHDKb0l4nHg
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Years ago, while watching the incredible transformations of places like Paris, we asked ourselves, “Why are these leaders breaking through the status quo?”
After analyzing eleven cities around the world, we found some answers, and it starts with prioritizing impact over power.
youtu.be/jHDKb0l4nHg
After analyzing eleven cities around the world, we found some answers, and it starts with prioritizing impact over power.
youtu.be/jHDKb0l4nHg
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@cycleoptic.bsky.social Good luck with your knee op. 🙂
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@cycleoptic.bsky.social Good luck with your knee op. 🙂
Have a read - some facts about Liveable Neighbourhoods which also enable people on bikes to cycle safely away from the many dangers posed by traffic
www.barnsburylaycock.uk/why-a-liveab...
www.barnsburylaycock.uk/why-a-liveab...
Why a Liveable Neighbourhood in Barnsbury Could Save Lives
If you live in or around Barnsbury, you’ll know the tension: on quieter residential streets, we enjoy a sense of calm and safety, but just around the corner, busier roads carry the burden of heavy tra...
www.barnsburylaycock.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Have a read - some facts about Liveable Neighbourhoods which also enable people on bikes to cycle safely away from the many dangers posed by traffic
www.barnsburylaycock.uk/why-a-liveab...
www.barnsburylaycock.uk/why-a-liveab...
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Led ride around Hackney this Sunday, starting at 11am from the Rio Cinema. Taking in a good portion of the borough and its cycleways / LTNs. Weather is looking, quite frankly, ridiculously good for November!
See the link below to sign up:
See the link below to sign up:
Hackney Cycle Ways 20km Loop - London Cycling Campaign
Join us for a ride round the borough, taking in many of Hackney’s cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods, Cycleways and parks. Dalston, Millfields, Chatsworth, Hackney Central, Well St Common, Londo...
lcc.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Led ride around Hackney this Sunday, starting at 11am from the Rio Cinema. Taking in a good portion of the borough and its cycleways / LTNs. Weather is looking, quite frankly, ridiculously good for November!
See the link below to sign up:
See the link below to sign up:
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Views of the most recently completed cycling infrastructure on the Silvertown Way viaduct. @edmondchuihw.bsky.social @raynoldchow.bsky.social
youtu.be/njfyYSbD4eY?...
youtu.be/njfyYSbD4eY?...
Full Journey | Route DLR6 to Canning Town | Brand New YuTong U11DD ⚡| 30107 (YK75 LLJ)
YouTube video by Timothy Lam
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Views of the most recently completed cycling infrastructure on the Silvertown Way viaduct. @edmondchuihw.bsky.social @raynoldchow.bsky.social
youtu.be/njfyYSbD4eY?...
youtu.be/njfyYSbD4eY?...
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That's incredibly disappointing and rather spineless.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Cycling UK say the decision was made following legal advice but that the rule change "doesn't alter our commitment to transgender and non-binary people" road.cc/content/news...
Several winners of Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling prize decline award due to exclusion of transwomen
Cycling UK say the decision was made following legal advice but that the rule change "doesn't alter our commitment to transgender and non-binary people"
road.cc
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
That's incredibly disappointing and rather spineless.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Bravo @camdencouncil.bsky.social - you've got political will in spades to get stuff done. Can you share your secrets with other councils please ?
🎉 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 5:53 PM
Bravo @camdencouncil.bsky.social - you've got political will in spades to get stuff done. Can you share your secrets with other councils please ?
Recognise any streets here ?!
More praise for Low Traffic Neighborhoods via @nyc.streetsblog.org @usa.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/07/f...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/07/f...
Friday Video: The Utopia of London’s Low-Traffic Neighborhoods - Streetsblog New York City
Streetsfilms follows an urban planner around the “low-traffic neighborhood” of St. Peter’s in the London borough of Islington.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Recognise any streets here ?!
If you only do one survey this winter, make it this one. Bike theft is a massive barrier for many, putting people off cycling and causing massive inconvenience and financial hardship. It's NOT a victim-less crime
🔐 🚨 What's been your experience of cycle theft in London?
👨💻 Spare five minutes to take our survey, as we aim to build a picture of its impact on Londoners, to help inform our future campaigning: bit.ly/4qH3jN3
(Plus, if you do, you can win a Kryptonite lock 👇)
👨💻 Spare five minutes to take our survey, as we aim to build a picture of its impact on Londoners, to help inform our future campaigning: bit.ly/4qH3jN3
(Plus, if you do, you can win a Kryptonite lock 👇)
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you only do one survey this winter, make it this one. Bike theft is a massive barrier for many, putting people off cycling and causing massive inconvenience and financial hardship. It's NOT a victim-less crime