Lyndsey Melling
@grandnarrative.bsky.social
IT PM at Sustrans, Chair of St George Active Travel. Supporter of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood. All opinions are my own.
At Dad’s so listening to the Jeremy Vine phone in on Radio 2. They’re debating flags. Nicola from Nottingham has just been on; she has house sized union and St George flags which they fly for international sports matches, VE Day etc. She’s not going to fly it any more…
August 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
At Dad’s so listening to the Jeremy Vine phone in on Radio 2. They’re debating flags. Nicola from Nottingham has just been on; she has house sized union and St George flags which they fly for international sports matches, VE Day etc. She’s not going to fly it any more…
That’s the fighting talk I love to hear 💪
Ed Miliband says Labour will ‘win fight’ against UK net zero critics
The energy secretary was speaking at the launch of a £1bn investment scheme to bolster jobs in offshore wind
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
That’s the fighting talk I love to hear 💪
Wow Bristol! #KidicalMass was epic! So wonderful to take the streets back with these kids
June 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wow Bristol! #KidicalMass was epic! So wonderful to take the streets back with these kids
🚲 East Bristol Kidical Mass feeder ride – this Saturday!
Join families riding along the Wesley Way to Castle Park to call for safer streets for kids.
Then we roll on to the Festival of Nature 🌿
All welcome!
Route/map: www.justgoride.co.uk/ext/routes/1...
Main event: fb.me/e/5McLfV7tr
Join families riding along the Wesley Way to Castle Park to call for safer streets for kids.
Then we roll on to the Festival of Nature 🌿
All welcome!
Route/map: www.justgoride.co.uk/ext/routes/1...
Main event: fb.me/e/5McLfV7tr
June 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚲 East Bristol Kidical Mass feeder ride – this Saturday!
Join families riding along the Wesley Way to Castle Park to call for safer streets for kids.
Then we roll on to the Festival of Nature 🌿
All welcome!
Route/map: www.justgoride.co.uk/ext/routes/1...
Main event: fb.me/e/5McLfV7tr
Join families riding along the Wesley Way to Castle Park to call for safer streets for kids.
Then we roll on to the Festival of Nature 🌿
All welcome!
Route/map: www.justgoride.co.uk/ext/routes/1...
Main event: fb.me/e/5McLfV7tr
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It’s been a week since the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood six month trial officially began. A long read looking on the range of opinions in the community affected.
Please do read:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Please do read:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
The diverse Bristol neighbourhood divided by new traffic scheme
The controversial six month trial is finally underway
www.bristolpost.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It’s been a week since the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood six month trial officially began. A long read looking on the range of opinions in the community affected.
Please do read:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Please do read:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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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...
Commuting
- Bristol Ferry from Netham Lock
- Bristol Ferry from Netham Lock
May 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Commuting
- Bristol Ferry from Netham Lock
- Bristol Ferry from Netham Lock
Pleased to see at least one of the filters in the #EastBristolLivableNeighbourhood repositioned so it’s no longer blocking dropped curbs. Yes, it should never have been installed incorrectly in the first place, but the benefit of the trial is the flexibility to correct mistakes
May 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pleased to see at least one of the filters in the #EastBristolLivableNeighbourhood repositioned so it’s no longer blocking dropped curbs. Yes, it should never have been installed incorrectly in the first place, but the benefit of the trial is the flexibility to correct mistakes
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Are we still debating LTNs? If so, this very thorough meta-study about LTNs in London by @centreforlondon.bsky.social says they are generally more popular than believed, and that there is strong evidence they work well. So there we are.
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
www.centreforlondon.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Are we still debating LTNs? If so, this very thorough meta-study about LTNs in London by @centreforlondon.bsky.social says they are generally more popular than believed, and that there is strong evidence they work well. So there we are.
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
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The usual complaint about low traffic neighbourhoods is that they're designed to make posh areas posher by pushing traffic into working class streets. But in Barton Hill, Bristol, where I live, it's that they're picking on a poorer community, creating segregation. It's almost as if they can't win!
April 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The usual complaint about low traffic neighbourhoods is that they're designed to make posh areas posher by pushing traffic into working class streets. But in Barton Hill, Bristol, where I live, it's that they're picking on a poorer community, creating segregation. It's almost as if they can't win!
April 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
April 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Now watching: ‘Boy and Bicycle’, dir. Ridley Scott, 1965, starring Tony Scott (the director of Top Gun!) as a schoolboy who skives off school and spends the day cycling around Hartlepool. 🎥🎬
March 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Now watching: ‘Boy and Bicycle’, dir. Ridley Scott, 1965, starring Tony Scott (the director of Top Gun!) as a schoolboy who skives off school and spends the day cycling around Hartlepool. 🎥🎬
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The more things change, the more they stay the same
March 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Had to try this at Left Handed Giant taproom in Bristol
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social @nedboulting.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social @nedboulting.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Had to try this at Left Handed Giant taproom in Bristol
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social @nedboulting.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social @nedboulting.bsky.social
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Lots of great examples of delivered schemes in the UK.
He makes clear that network level planning means LTNs or whatever you want to call them are ESSENTIAL. You can't deliver everything via bike lanes.
He makes clear that network level planning means LTNs or whatever you want to call them are ESSENTIAL. You can't deliver everything via bike lanes.
February 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Lots of great examples of delivered schemes in the UK.
He makes clear that network level planning means LTNs or whatever you want to call them are ESSENTIAL. You can't deliver everything via bike lanes.
He makes clear that network level planning means LTNs or whatever you want to call them are ESSENTIAL. You can't deliver everything via bike lanes.
The #EastBristolLiveableNeighbourhood #EBLN has tamed Beaufort Road to the point that we’ve been able to restart our #PlayStreet @playingout.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
February 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The #EastBristolLiveableNeighbourhood #EBLN has tamed Beaufort Road to the point that we’ve been able to restart our #PlayStreet @playingout.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
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Bristol Cycling Campaign did a poll recently that asked what colour bike infrastructure should be to clearly delineate it from road space or general pavement.
The main suggestions are:
GREEN
RED
YELLOW (buff)
BLUE
Which is your personal preference and why?
The main suggestions are:
GREEN
RED
YELLOW (buff)
BLUE
Which is your personal preference and why?
January 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Bristol Cycling Campaign did a poll recently that asked what colour bike infrastructure should be to clearly delineate it from road space or general pavement.
The main suggestions are:
GREEN
RED
YELLOW (buff)
BLUE
Which is your personal preference and why?
The main suggestions are:
GREEN
RED
YELLOW (buff)
BLUE
Which is your personal preference and why?
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Pearl Jam guitar tech Jeff Ousley pilots frontman Eddie Vedder on a beer run before one of their shows.
#BicycleBirthday Eddie Vedder
#BornOnThisDay December 23, 1964
#BicycleBirthday Eddie Vedder
#BornOnThisDay December 23, 1964
December 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Pearl Jam guitar tech Jeff Ousley pilots frontman Eddie Vedder on a beer run before one of their shows.
#BicycleBirthday Eddie Vedder
#BornOnThisDay December 23, 1964
#BicycleBirthday Eddie Vedder
#BornOnThisDay December 23, 1964
This episode of Streets Ahead, covering the judicial review of the decision to remove Tower Hamlets LTNs, has a lot of interesting parallels with the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood. Definitely worth a listen;
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Taking a council to the High Court
Podcast Episode · Streets Ahead · 29/11/2024 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:24 PM
This episode of Streets Ahead, covering the judicial review of the decision to remove Tower Hamlets LTNs, has a lot of interesting parallels with the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood. Definitely worth a listen;
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Hey everyone - @wheelsforwellbeing.bsky.social is now here! An important follow for disability cycling and mobility
December 14, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Hey everyone - @wheelsforwellbeing.bsky.social is now here! An important follow for disability cycling and mobility
More East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood supporter posters have arrived! Pick up from Bike Bristol at 282 Church Road, or DM for delivery to your door
December 14, 2024 at 1:02 PM
More East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood supporter posters have arrived! Pick up from Bike Bristol at 282 Church Road, or DM for delivery to your door
I‘m attending today’s full council meeting, which will include a debate on the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood.
You can watch it here; www.youtube.com/live/jTbSPFs...
You can watch it here; www.youtube.com/live/jTbSPFs...
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December 10, 2024 at 2:07 PM
I‘m attending today’s full council meeting, which will include a debate on the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood.
You can watch it here; www.youtube.com/live/jTbSPFs...
You can watch it here; www.youtube.com/live/jTbSPFs...