Andrew Abbess
@stirlingbiketr.bsky.social
Trainer of Cycle Trainers & Ride Leaders. Passionate campaigner
Volunteer Chair Cycling UK Scottish Advisory Committee
https://stirlingcycletraining.com
Volunteer Chair Cycling UK Scottish Advisory Committee
https://stirlingcycletraining.com
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#Drem-#Gullane campaign for station link path avoiding B1345
👍 Congrats to you & #FentonBarns ... looks like a big step forward!
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@edi.bike @lothianloop.bsky.social @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social @lizallan.bsky.social
👍 Congrats to you & #FentonBarns ... looks like a big step forward!
--> dgcorepath.wixsite.com/website/post...
@edi.bike @lothianloop.bsky.social @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social @lizallan.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#Drem-#Gullane campaign for station link path avoiding B1345
👍 Congrats to you & #FentonBarns ... looks like a big step forward!
--> dgcorepath.wixsite.com/website/post...
@edi.bike @lothianloop.bsky.social @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social @lizallan.bsky.social
👍 Congrats to you & #FentonBarns ... looks like a big step forward!
--> dgcorepath.wixsite.com/website/post...
@edi.bike @lothianloop.bsky.social @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social @lizallan.bsky.social
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Classic case of private capital privileging its consumers at huge cost to everyone else, while government fails to regulate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Classic case of private capital privileging its consumers at huge cost to everyone else, while government fails to regulate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🌎We were delighted to join @sccscot.bsky.social's Mass Lobby in Holyrood yesterday.
📢More than 250 people from across Scotland—from Shetland to the Scottish Borders—met with 28 MSPs, including First Minister John Swinney, calling on them to #ActNowChangeForever
📢More than 250 people from across Scotland—from Shetland to the Scottish Borders—met with 28 MSPs, including First Minister John Swinney, calling on them to #ActNowChangeForever
September 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌎We were delighted to join @sccscot.bsky.social's Mass Lobby in Holyrood yesterday.
📢More than 250 people from across Scotland—from Shetland to the Scottish Borders—met with 28 MSPs, including First Minister John Swinney, calling on them to #ActNowChangeForever
📢More than 250 people from across Scotland—from Shetland to the Scottish Borders—met with 28 MSPs, including First Minister John Swinney, calling on them to #ActNowChangeForever
Stirling council consultation on Taxi licensing includes a question do you agree drivers should attend a road user awareness training course to learn about safely driving with people cycling on the road engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
Consultation closes 24 September 2025
Consultation closes 24 September 2025
engage.stirling.gov.uk
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Stirling council consultation on Taxi licensing includes a question do you agree drivers should attend a road user awareness training course to learn about safely driving with people cycling on the road engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
Consultation closes 24 September 2025
Consultation closes 24 September 2025
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A bit of paint does not make a cycle lane ‘safe’ as claimed by some politicians.
“Painted cycle lanes and shared bus lanes tended to increase the likelihood of injury, compared to there being no such infrastructure.”
www.westminster.ac.uk/news/typical...
“Painted cycle lanes and shared bus lanes tended to increase the likelihood of injury, compared to there being no such infrastructure.”
www.westminster.ac.uk/news/typical...
Typical British cycle infrastructure is failing to protect cyclists, study finds
www.westminster.ac.uk
August 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A bit of paint does not make a cycle lane ‘safe’ as claimed by some politicians.
“Painted cycle lanes and shared bus lanes tended to increase the likelihood of injury, compared to there being no such infrastructure.”
www.westminster.ac.uk/news/typical...
“Painted cycle lanes and shared bus lanes tended to increase the likelihood of injury, compared to there being no such infrastructure.”
www.westminster.ac.uk/news/typical...
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death yle.fi/a/74-20174831 A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and higher-quality cycling and walking infrastructure.
See Edinburgh, it can be done!
See Edinburgh, it can be done!
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 31, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death yle.fi/a/74-20174831 A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and higher-quality cycling and walking infrastructure.
See Edinburgh, it can be done!
See Edinburgh, it can be done!
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We are writing in support. This is not about major new cycle routes, it is about slow-cycling local access to shops and premises.
East to West cycle access has been legal for decades; this is just to legalise West to East also. No one who wants a quick through-route would ever divert to Rose St!
East to West cycle access has been legal for decades; this is just to legalise West to East also. No one who wants a quick through-route would ever divert to Rose St!
July 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We are writing in support. This is not about major new cycle routes, it is about slow-cycling local access to shops and premises.
East to West cycle access has been legal for decades; this is just to legalise West to East also. No one who wants a quick through-route would ever divert to Rose St!
East to West cycle access has been legal for decades; this is just to legalise West to East also. No one who wants a quick through-route would ever divert to Rose St!
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Media coverage is fuelling a backlash against e-bikes. But often, the stories aren't even about e-bikes at all.
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
July 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Media coverage is fuelling a backlash against e-bikes. But often, the stories aren't even about e-bikes at all.
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
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Locations in Stirling have seen a rise in the number of people cycling from one winter to the next, including Pike Road (40% growth), Forthside Way (34%) and the Cambusbarron Footbridge (32%).
🚲 Find out more about these and other locations in Scotland seeing increases in cycling: buff.ly/cEqEy6c
🚲 Find out more about these and other locations in Scotland seeing increases in cycling: buff.ly/cEqEy6c
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Locations in Stirling have seen a rise in the number of people cycling from one winter to the next, including Pike Road (40% growth), Forthside Way (34%) and the Cambusbarron Footbridge (32%).
🚲 Find out more about these and other locations in Scotland seeing increases in cycling: buff.ly/cEqEy6c
🚲 Find out more about these and other locations in Scotland seeing increases in cycling: buff.ly/cEqEy6c
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NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Shocking to see multi-billion pound delivery platforms taking no responsibility for how their riders operate.
Riders are incentivised to break rules to make ends meet. It puts themselves and others in danger.
Well done to @lauralaker.bsky.social for holding them to account on BBC Breakfast 🧵
Riders are incentivised to break rules to make ends meet. It puts themselves and others in danger.
Well done to @lauralaker.bsky.social for holding them to account on BBC Breakfast 🧵
July 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Shocking to see multi-billion pound delivery platforms taking no responsibility for how their riders operate.
Riders are incentivised to break rules to make ends meet. It puts themselves and others in danger.
Well done to @lauralaker.bsky.social for holding them to account on BBC Breakfast 🧵
Riders are incentivised to break rules to make ends meet. It puts themselves and others in danger.
Well done to @lauralaker.bsky.social for holding them to account on BBC Breakfast 🧵
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NEWS: National cycle counter data has revealed a rise in the number of people travelling by bike in Aviemore.
📈 It’s among 34 locations across Scotland that saw increases of over 30% in the number of cycle journeys in winter 2024-25 compared with the previous year. @highland.gov.uk
buff.ly/zGQ4Vuq
📈 It’s among 34 locations across Scotland that saw increases of over 30% in the number of cycle journeys in winter 2024-25 compared with the previous year. @highland.gov.uk
buff.ly/zGQ4Vuq
July 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
NEWS: National cycle counter data has revealed a rise in the number of people travelling by bike in Aviemore.
📈 It’s among 34 locations across Scotland that saw increases of over 30% in the number of cycle journeys in winter 2024-25 compared with the previous year. @highland.gov.uk
buff.ly/zGQ4Vuq
📈 It’s among 34 locations across Scotland that saw increases of over 30% in the number of cycle journeys in winter 2024-25 compared with the previous year. @highland.gov.uk
buff.ly/zGQ4Vuq
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As promised, my written evidence is now on the @cityinfinity.bsky.social website blog. It has also been acknowledged by Parliamentary support.
I hope you understand why I have unusually disabled replies.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2025/06/30/b...
I hope you understand why I have unusually disabled replies.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2025/06/30/b...
June 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As promised, my written evidence is now on the @cityinfinity.bsky.social website blog. It has also been acknowledged by Parliamentary support.
I hope you understand why I have unusually disabled replies.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2025/06/30/b...
I hope you understand why I have unusually disabled replies.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2025/06/30/b...
Transport Scotland’s active travel infrastructure and behaviour change programmes, including details on confirmed funding to date for programmes in 2025-26. www.transport.gov.scot/progress-upd...
Bulletin - June 2025 - Active Travel Transformation | Transport Scotland
www.transport.gov.scot
June 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Transport Scotland’s active travel infrastructure and behaviour change programmes, including details on confirmed funding to date for programmes in 2025-26. www.transport.gov.scot/progress-upd...
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🚴♀️ Know a woman making waves through cycling? Nominations for #100WomeninCycling 2025 are open!
Like Chella Quint an award-winning author, OBE, and e-trike rider championing inclusion, menstrual literacy, and joyful, accessible cycling in Sheffield.
👉 cyclinguk.org/100women/2025
Like Chella Quint an award-winning author, OBE, and e-trike rider championing inclusion, menstrual literacy, and joyful, accessible cycling in Sheffield.
👉 cyclinguk.org/100women/2025
June 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚴♀️ Know a woman making waves through cycling? Nominations for #100WomeninCycling 2025 are open!
Like Chella Quint an award-winning author, OBE, and e-trike rider championing inclusion, menstrual literacy, and joyful, accessible cycling in Sheffield.
👉 cyclinguk.org/100women/2025
Like Chella Quint an award-winning author, OBE, and e-trike rider championing inclusion, menstrual literacy, and joyful, accessible cycling in Sheffield.
👉 cyclinguk.org/100women/2025
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Some more good news to brighten up your Bluesky feed! It may not be until the 2030s, but we're counting down the days already 🤩
Eurostar vows to run direct trains from UK to Germany and Switzerland
Cross-Channel rail operator, which is trying to fend off rivals for its London depot space, regards early 2030s as feasible
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Some more good news to brighten up your Bluesky feed! It may not be until the 2030s, but we're counting down the days already 🤩
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We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road.
Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.
(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.
(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
June 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road.
Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.
(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.
(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
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First read of the Play Commission report “Everything To Play For” - it’s an incredibly comprehensive document recognising the value of play in all the spaces of children’s lives: homes, doorsteps, neighbourhoods, schools, hospitals, parks & playgrounds.
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Inquiry Calls For a New National Play Strategy for England to Reclaim Childhood and Tackle the Scourge of Addictive Doom-Scrolling — Play Commission
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
June 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
First read of the Play Commission report “Everything To Play For” - it’s an incredibly comprehensive document recognising the value of play in all the spaces of children’s lives: homes, doorsteps, neighbourhoods, schools, hospitals, parks & playgrounds.
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
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⏲️🏆 Just a few days left to get your nominations in for your Cycling Champion of the Year, before the closing date of Monday 16 June! ➡️ buff.ly/BpQCsZu
Help celebrate someone who's had an real impact this year in changing the cycling landscape in Scotland. #CyclingChampionAwards
Help celebrate someone who's had an real impact this year in changing the cycling landscape in Scotland. #CyclingChampionAwards
🏆 Do you know someone who's had a real impact this year in supporting cycling at a local, regional or national level in Scotland? #CyclingChampionAwards
🚲 Learn more about previous winners and take just a few minutes to nominate your Cycling Champion of the Year for 2025: buff.ly/BpQCsZu
🚲 Learn more about previous winners and take just a few minutes to nominate your Cycling Champion of the Year for 2025: buff.ly/BpQCsZu
June 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
⏲️🏆 Just a few days left to get your nominations in for your Cycling Champion of the Year, before the closing date of Monday 16 June! ➡️ buff.ly/BpQCsZu
Help celebrate someone who's had an real impact this year in changing the cycling landscape in Scotland. #CyclingChampionAwards
Help celebrate someone who's had an real impact this year in changing the cycling landscape in Scotland. #CyclingChampionAwards
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🎉 What better time to celebrate the Flora Stevenson Bike Bus’s 1st birthday than during #BikeWeek?
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead joined the celebratory ride – part of our #MyRideOurRight campaign – with 30+ families, campaigners & councillors.
🔗 cyclinguk.org/flora-stevenson-bike-bus
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead joined the celebratory ride – part of our #MyRideOurRight campaign – with 30+ families, campaigners & councillors.
🔗 cyclinguk.org/flora-stevenson-bike-bus
Celebrating the Flora Stevenson Bike Bus
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead, Scott Runciman, joined the Flora Stevenson Bike Bus to celebrate its first birthday - an uplifting ride that also highlighted the need for safer routes to school
cyclinguk.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🎉 What better time to celebrate the Flora Stevenson Bike Bus’s 1st birthday than during #BikeWeek?
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead joined the celebratory ride – part of our #MyRideOurRight campaign – with 30+ families, campaigners & councillors.
🔗 cyclinguk.org/flora-stevenson-bike-bus
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead joined the celebratory ride – part of our #MyRideOurRight campaign – with 30+ families, campaigners & councillors.
🔗 cyclinguk.org/flora-stevenson-bike-bus
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Spending review 2025: "allocating £616 million for Active Travel England from 2026-27 to 2029-30 to support local authorities (LAs) to build and maintain walking and cycling infrastructure." www.gov.uk/government/p...
Spending Review 2025 (HTML)
www.gov.uk
June 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Spending review 2025: "allocating £616 million for Active Travel England from 2026-27 to 2029-30 to support local authorities (LAs) to build and maintain walking and cycling infrastructure." www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🗓️ SAVE THE DATE 🗓️
Join us for our Scotland Annual Gathering which will include inspiring speakers and social opportunities. And it's free!
📅 Saturday 1st November 2025 10.30am - 4.00 pm
📍 Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
🥪 Lunch provided
🙂 Non-members welcome
Join us for our Scotland Annual Gathering which will include inspiring speakers and social opportunities. And it's free!
📅 Saturday 1st November 2025 10.30am - 4.00 pm
📍 Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
🥪 Lunch provided
🙂 Non-members welcome
June 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE 🗓️
Join us for our Scotland Annual Gathering which will include inspiring speakers and social opportunities. And it's free!
📅 Saturday 1st November 2025 10.30am - 4.00 pm
📍 Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
🥪 Lunch provided
🙂 Non-members welcome
Join us for our Scotland Annual Gathering which will include inspiring speakers and social opportunities. And it's free!
📅 Saturday 1st November 2025 10.30am - 4.00 pm
📍 Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
🥪 Lunch provided
🙂 Non-members welcome
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We are passionate about helping Disabled people to get cycling. The #Wheels4Me London loan scheme promises free delivery/collection, free advice, free insurance against theft/damage, and a free training session at time of delivery. Real FREEdom. Find out more at: www.wheels4me.co.uk/
Non-standard Cycles | Wheels4Me
Wheels4Me London is a ground-breaking scheme offering free bike loans for Londoners with specific needs or disabilities.
www.wheels4me.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We are passionate about helping Disabled people to get cycling. The #Wheels4Me London loan scheme promises free delivery/collection, free advice, free insurance against theft/damage, and a free training session at time of delivery. Real FREEdom. Find out more at: www.wheels4me.co.uk/
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Even in the context of what we already knew about the effects of physical activity on health, this is pretty extraordinary stuff.
June 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Even in the context of what we already knew about the effects of physical activity on health, this is pretty extraordinary stuff.
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Local Politicians Blame ‘Rude’ Cycling Advocates For Lack Of High-Quality Cycle Lanes — story now uopdated with sage comment from @ianwalker.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Local Politicians Blame ‘Rude’ Cycling Advocates For Lack Of High-Quality Cycle Lanes
Local politicians believe creating cycle lanes is "controversial" because of a "toxic" debate led by antis.
www.forbes.com
June 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Local Politicians Blame ‘Rude’ Cycling Advocates For Lack Of High-Quality Cycle Lanes — story now uopdated with sage comment from @ianwalker.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...