Am in Copenhagen looking at their outstanding cycle infrastructure - developed over 50+ years through cross-party political ambition and long term funding.
Probably the best bike lanes in the world!
London learnings from Copenhagen go well beyond cycling.
I loved all these little swimming spots in the harbour - had a refreshing dip this morning!
As we clean up London’s water, we should be considering these sort of options. 💦🐟🏊♂️💙
The Copenhagen kids traffic park is one of the loveliest things I have ever seen.
It’s where kids learn to cycle with mini-street furniture - mini bike lanes, signalised junctions, roundabouts, crossings, mini bus stops everything.
Also there is the opportunity for more floating hotels, house boats and floating meeting rooms.
The mini lidos include water quality indicators, areas to sit, jump from, hot tubs and even little saunas.
And they also have these cool picnic boats which you can hire to sail/drive around the harbour with friends, bringing food and drinks.
ULEZ has dramatically improved air quality in London.
New evidence shows that our policies are reducing hospital admissions for breathing and heart problems 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
28% of Germans own an e-bike - up from 15.2% five years ago.
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Great to see the UK government’s new commitment to active travel.
Plan is focusing on healthy everyday journeys & safe active journeys to school - investing £4.5bn over 5 years 🚲🚶🧑🦽➡️
👏👏 Heidi Alexander &
@transportgovuk.bsky.social
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The winning photo from this summer's Santander Cycle Side Quest photo challenge - where cyclists have been photographing some amazing London wildlife.
🚲📸🦆🐞🦉🦜📸🚲
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Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
Source: SAZ Bike, Bastian Dietz Energy company E.on has recently published survey results indicating that 28% of Germans own an e-bike or speed pedelec, in comparison to 15.2% five years ago. Over 30,...
