Using all the MRP chat as an excuse to big up UK in a Changing Europe’s guide to polling… 📈🗳️

Good quality infrastructure makes a huge difference, as Gareth explains here. The Chorlton Cycleway is brilliant – now let's see more like it across GM!

Taxes paid in London fund ever more of Britain's public spending. Twenty five years ago the English Midlands were net contributors to the Treasury, now they are more dependent on fiscal transfers than Scotland.

Just went on a penny hike with our guides looking for joy & welcome - inspired by Eve Holt !

This Tudor wooden panel depicts all the Bishops of Chichester throughout the ages. There’s just one problem. The artist, Lambert Barnard, didn’t know what they all looked like, so he instead just depicted the current bishop - his patron - again and again…

I was deliberating taking part in the mum’s race #sportsday Uphill & grass in a wheelchair isn’t easy 🙈 I did it and look at this for support 🥰😲👇🏻 #JustDoIt ♿️ doesn’t have to mean you must ‘sit out’ My heart melted when my daughter said she was proud #last ❤️

Really useful & thorough research

The electric tricycle is ubiquitous on Dutch streets, and—with an ageing population—is one of the fastest growing segments of the retail market. Is it terrain? Weather? Culture? Not really. As with so many things, it comes down to the quality of their infrastructure networks. 🧵

Cyclists! Please help A friend is completing her masters at UCL. Her dissertation explores barriers to cycling as transport with a focus on bike theft. Can you please fill in & share the survey? There’s an “outside London” option. Answers are anonymous qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_7R…

I'm leading a 3-year Motability Foundation funded project 'Monitoring access control removal on traffic-free routes'. Using Vivacity sensors, interviews & surveys, we'll monitor the impacts of barrier removal on intended & antisocial use. 1/

There is clear national guidance on when “Cyclists dismount and use footway” signs can be used - usually only when the carriageway is closed.

Ever wondered how transport where you live compares with other places? We have built an open-source toolkit for measuring the performance of transport networks. It can be applied throughout the UK and internationally to generate comparable insights 👇 datasciencecampus.ons.gov.uk/transport-perf…

📢Greater Manchester walking, wheeling, & cycling folk. Would anyone be interested in contributing to a TV news piece on access control barriers? They're looking for disabled folk (& non-disabled folk, eg parents w/ children) who can share vids of their issues with barriers.

My daughter's Y3 teacher is the absolute GOAT. She single-handedly crocheted a mini-me of each kid in her class as an end of year gift. Approx. 8hrs per doll. Even the hairstyles and clothes are spot on. What a legend.

Thank you to all who input into the #schoolrun cruncher - great entries from all over the country. The cruncher will now start tracking journey times for some exciting reporting in 2025. Let’s make these scenes a thing of the past👇 Possible bit.ly/3WMKX0D

Thought this was one of yours manwhohasitall !

Oxford Road Cycleway July update: - 15% growth southbound - weekday and weekend records broken for July (excluding the Let's Ride 2018 event)

There is a mystery at the heart of Britain's transport. Why does it cost more than twice European average to create trams & >3 times as much as in Germany? Our latest report with Britain Remade sets out to solve the puzzle & make practical & actionable proposals to fix it & boost

"It's tourism, it's health, it's transport independence." Chris Boardman CBE joined Simon Lightwood MP and Kim McGuinness in Tynemouth this week to see the wide range of benefits the new £11m Seafront Sustainable Route is already bringing to the area 👩‍🦽🚶‍♂️🌅🚲🛴 Watch 👇

Any Disabled Cyclists want to take part in my research? Looking for disabled people who own & regularly use any type of cycle, but must have made additional adaptations so it suits your needs. £40 thank you voucher DM/email if interested [email protected]