Passionate about nature, beauty and heritage, air quality, MTB & dogs
Bristol, England
Joined January 2018
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Managed to get out for #volunteerweek and volunteer for @SustransSouth on the Bristol Bath Railway Path and my community in a local nature reserve. Great to speak with so many people who use these spaces. Grateful that my employer allows #volunteer days @nationaltrust
If you needed another reason to stop burning wood - “… a message for policymakers, and the public is clear. Wood heater smoke is not safe.”
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It’s world #carfree day so I caught a lift off @Knowlesy83 to get me to Waterloo before a trip to #hounslow for a #playstreet event
Fantastic to hear that @ruthcarlson_ won the #london emerging engineers award @ICE_eng last night
Super proud of our talented @ruthcarlson_ who won the @ICE_engineers London regional final of the Emerging Engineers Awards.Her research and recommendations looked at slowing the ⬆️trend in average car size on our roads and how civil engineers can influence this. 👏🏼@JamesCleeton
ALT Six people standing around the winner of the London regional finals of the Emerging Engineers Awards. The are on a red carpeted staircase. The winner is holding a potted plant which she had been present with.
ALT Engineer, Ruth Carlson, presenting at the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Every ride starts and finishes with somewhere to park your cycle states Ben @Wheels4Well storage felt more keenly by people using adapted cycles. Second only to infrastructure as a barrier to increasing cycling levels #bashthebarrier #cyclingactionplan
2/4 Prioritising London’s least well-off areas for expanded cycle networks is fantastic news. Making it easier, safer and cheaper for many Londoners to travel around the capital @TfL #CycligActionPlan
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3/4 Also encouraging the @MayorofLondon has published new guidance on how restrictive access barriers should be redesigned to create fully accessible routes for everyone. capital @TfL #CycligActionPlan tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publica…
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Great to be in the room with key London transport folk at the @TfL #CycligActionPlan refresh launch. Pleased to see the focus on accessibility and equity tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-t…
Ministers face legal challenge over cuts to #walking and #cycling investment “Chris Todd, TAN’s director, said the cuts to active travel risked being “the Jenga block that makes climate, air quality, levelling up and health plans all come tumbling down”. theguardian.com/politics/202…
Great to see #volunteers out in #lowersydenham for a #community clear up day. Thank you @NaturalEngland for the funding that is going to further improve this community assett
Thank you so much to all who came and supported the community clear up in Lower Sydenham! Thank you @NaturalEngland for the funding for our soon to come new benches, planting, signage, community lock up and much more. @HIPPOWASTE huge thank you for the free charity collection!
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Love this - good reminder that the Netherlands made difficult decisions to create THE model of sustainable urban planning that we all aspire to
In the 1970s, Dutch cities like Amsterdam were full of traffic and air pollution.
Now they are models of sustainable urban planning.
Here's the story of how the Netherlands started building their cities for humans, not cars.
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Attending the @landorlinks #schoolstreets conference today. Arguably schoolstreets are the single best intervention to improve #airquality and increase #walking #cycling and #wheeling in school neighbourhoods. Looking forward to hear what everyone has to say
I’ll be attending the launch of the #disabledCitizensInquiry today, funded by @motability and in partnership with @TransportForAll it is about giving disabled people a voice in #walking #wheeling policy and practice sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/new…
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At Sustrans, we’re proud to be working with the NHS to help the organisation meet its NetZero target. Read from p54 below to learn how we use active travel to save money, improve wellbeing and meet Green Plan goals #activetravel #nhs #NetZero2050
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Fantastic to see ambition and action in #lambeth #lambethbigshift
For the climate 🌍 and the rising cost of living 💷 it’s time for a big shift in how we all travel. So today we’re announcing a £17.7m investment to help people do this
#LambethBigShift 🚲👟🛴
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Walked round the Clay Bottom wiggle part of refurbished #bristol #bath #railwaypath today. Great to see art and people pausing to use benches. And the new access point making it far more #accessible
A success even before it’s complete @SustransSouth @BrisParksForum
An eye opening, straight talking and uplifting evening spent with my wonderful wife, 500 + women, maybe 5 men and Davina McCall at @Bathfestivals #menopausing we learn about, puberty and childbirth but not what comes next. Time to change that 🙏 @ThisisDavina
Out and about in London keeping the #NCN visible for #londoners
We’ve been out improving signage on #NCN4 in #Southwark and #Lewisham today, ending at wonderful Prince Street planters and the awesome @thedogandbell pub. @LewishamCouncil
ALT Young man applies a National cycle network sticker to a lamp column.
ALT National cycle network sign on a planter with large umbrella and inviting seating out side a pub, lots if greenery and flowers
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We need cycle training - simple as that
🚨 BREAKING - We've just found out that @TfL are cutting funding for cycling training to ZERO. London is boiling in the #heatwave but @SadiqKhan is planning to cut green jobs when we need them most! 🚴🌡️
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An area of significant impact for the #healthystreets officer programme has been enabling nearly 300 #SchoolStreets projects across #London 30 school streets delivered in 3 weeks in #Richmond & #wandsworth @SustransLondon @willnorman
