Cyclist in London. Passionate about politics and the environment. Professional musician.
London, England
Joined May 2021
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Cyclebarbara retweeted
🦺 Louise, 24: “I'm here because I don't have a future. You might hate me for doing this, but I wish you would direct all that anger and hatred at our Government. They are betraying young people like me — I wouldn't have to be here if they did their duty.”
#FreeLouis #FreeJosh
Cyclebarbara retweeted
The second most-read story on the BBC News website tonight. The world is watching, @LutfurRahmanTH; will you do the right thing? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
Cyclebarbara retweeted
You are not a scientist, and you are wrong.
Cyclebarbara retweeted
The transformation of Hammersmith Broadway from something out of Ben Hur into a really rather safe and lovely junction between Chiswick and the Deathzone of @RBKC has gone really well. It used to be shocking:
Cyclebarbara retweeted
Honoured to be guest of @durhamunion in @hotelindigo with DUS President @amymitchell125 and her staff including @WPFRome1 & @t_jstubbs — such great company; please come to hear me speak in 6 minutes: "Why Everyone Should Ride A Penny Farthing" ❤️
Cyclebarbara retweeted
I see this as the most important of all issues: the collapse of the Earth systems on we and all the living wonders with which we share this planet depend. It is happening in front of our eyes, and it should dominate the news everywhere, every day. theguardian.com/environment/…
Cyclebarbara retweeted
More Londoners are choosing to walk & cycle, but short-term funding deals forced @TfL & boroughs to pause spending on some permanent schemes. With funding agreed, I’m delighted we're restarting work on vital schemes & starting design work for the next generation of new projects.
Cyclebarbara retweeted
In ONE journey yesterday, I met all three: the roller, the squeaker, and the lunger.
Have a look. And be careful on your 🚲 around these clowns!
FAO @MikeyCycling @DawnNeesom @DavoodGhadami @xandvt @SherlocksSpring @ladygaga @betterstreetskc @MPSHammFul
Cyclebarbara retweeted
I've given up getting angry with drivers like this. The MGIF mindset is so ingrained, it's like an illness. From a short ride yesterday in #Barnes.
@MikeyCycling @Lord_nikon0131 @CyclingHull @HounslowCycling @RuthMayorcas @SonOfTheWinds @AracerRacer @IndieChris71 @ChrisCalviFree
Cyclebarbara retweeted
I’ve taken my bike on the ferry many, many times but I have to say, getting on at Dover was pretty damn great! NCN route goes right up to the port entrance, then there are signs and a separate bike area guiding you through. Couldn’t be easier.
Cyclebarbara retweeted
The biggest irony is that taking the cycle lane out actually SLOWED down the motor traffic.
Cyclebarbara retweeted
Today is the final day of TfL's #ULEZ consultation. Please get behind it - the recent extreme heat and wildfires were a wake-up call. We need to reduce emissions, & fast. Let's make it fairer to all, and expand the ULEZ. #WeLoveULEZ #AirPollution bit.ly/uleztool
Cyclebarbara retweeted
I'm so excited to get started as the council's Air Quality champion! #cleanair should be a universal right, and no child should grow up disadvantaged because of the city (or borough) that they live in. 1/2
Labour’s manifesto promised residents that we would urgently tackle air quality problems in Wandsworth.
Out first step is to appoint the excellent Jamie Colclough @cmie_j as our Air Quality Champion 👍
Cyclebarbara retweeted
Bikes absolutely everywhere, being ridden by regular people in regular clothes- workers in suits, elegant ladies, old folks, groups of friends off to the pub. Yet Copenhagen has similar rainfall to London, and the wind is terrible- as I found out today! Where there's a will... – at Copenhagen, Denmark
Cyclebarbara retweeted
It’s #CleanAirDay and I’m pledging my support to keep campaigning for clean air and stop the deaths from air pollution.
I did air monitoring in Putney today and saw the surge with buses and idling.
We need green buses, safe cycle routes, school streets and WHO targets. – at Wandsworth, London
Cyclebarbara retweeted
He’s not ‘quietly trying to cut bus routes’ he’s been loudly complaining for over a year that he will have no choice but to cut bus routes unless a sensible long term funding agreement can be reached
Cyclebarbara retweeted
BREAKING: The entire senior leadership of the Church of England (every bishop in the House of Lords) has joined to decry the Rwanda scheme as "an immoral policy that shames Britain" in letter to @TheTimes thetimes.co.uk/article/immor…
Cyclebarbara retweeted
‘Refugees are welcome here!’ Demonstration at the Home Office now.
#RefugeesWelcome #RwandaNotInMyName
Cyclebarbara retweeted
To great uncertainty and controversy, in 2007, Ljubljana closed 12 hectares of its city center to private cars. Just 40% of residents approved.
A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”. – at Republic of Slovenia
ALT A car-free plaza in a Eastern European city. Church spires pierce the skyline, and the square is filled with people.
ALT A car-free street in a Eastern European city. Church spires pierce the skyline, and a terrace lines one side covered with umbrellas.
ALT A car-free street in a Eastern European city. Church spires pierce the skyline, and a terrace lines one side covered with umbrellas.
ALT A car-free plaza in a Eastern European city. A pink neoclassical building sits in the left, and the square is filled with people.