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  1. New here, why I’m here

    I joined Facebook 20yrs ago when it felt genuine and personal. Now, as a cyclist and former hill walker and motorcyclist, my feed is filled with clickbait about accidents involving those activities. Same with Twitter, which started great for connecting with my edtech tribe but then turned vitrioolic. Hoping Mastodon offers a kinder, more thoughtful space.

    What's been your experience?

    #introductions #slowtravel #biketooters #blioggers #ActiveTravel

  2. First it's concerns about hindering ambulances, then car parking, build disruption, and now trees. There's always something. #CoventryCityCouncil needs to just get on and build this essential missing section of route. The short-term noise will die down after a few years and soon be forgotten.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lpjy

    #CliffordBridgeRoad #Coventry #Cycling #ActiveTravel

  3. On active travel, it looks like an extra £100m for the financial year - so, scraping behind the sofa for money for walking, wheeling, and cycling. Great, thanks(!)

    #UKBudget #ActiveTravel #UKLabour #WalkingAndWheeling #Cycling

  4. This is the leader of #NBBCouncil, Councillor Kris Wilson (Cons), demonstrating the typical outdated, anti-cycling attitude common to the local Tories. They are actively standing in the way of providing safer routes for vulnerable road users and enabling modal shift for local journeys.

    youtube.com/watch?v=CvdKX8BX-6

    #cycling #ActiveTravel #Nuneaton #Bedworth #Warwickshire

  5. More local Tory councillors have shown their hostility to enabling modal shift and improving cycling infrastructure in a recent Borough Council Committee session, with comments that are ill-informed and untrue.

    Blog, session video and transcript: fiets.uk/2023-01-20/ill-inform

    #cycling #activeTravel #Nuneaton #Bedworth #NBBCouncil #warwickshire