Archive - #BikeIsBest’s Substack

Might 2025 be the year we tackle SUVs? #146

This week a drift of news stories is pointing in the same direction: oversized SUVs are a threat to our and our planet’s health and wellbeing, and…

Jan 15 •

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December 2024

November 2024

#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 143

There's a new Transport Secretary, here's what it means for active travel (and other stories from this week).

Nov 29, 2024 •

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#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 142

Safer roads but dangerous junctions, money in future but cuts today, and proven road safety measures that people have nonetheless railed against.

Nov 23, 2024 •

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#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 141

Hello and welcome to this week, where a cycling craze goes stratospheric, and getting active and enjoying green space might just save us all.

Nov 13, 2024 •

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#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 140

Hello and welcome to your great-big myth-busting newsletter, where we set the record straight, on one or two things.

Nov 6, 2024 •

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October 2024

#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 139

It's the newsletter edition that can't decide if it's Halloween or Budget themed. Perhaps both.

Oct 30, 2024 •

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#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 138

Hello and welcome to the great big e-bike-tastic edition of #BikeIsBest, where pedal-powered has superpowers. And no, it’s not cheating.

Oct 23, 2024 •

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#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 137

This week I’ve been thinking about the anniversary of a historic movement which started 53 years ago, and changed the country of the Netherlands.

Oct 16, 2024 •

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#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 136

Cycling levels may be down on 2019 levels but there are still good news stories, as well as some less good ones. Don’t say we’re not balanced.

Oct 9, 2024 •

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#BikeIsBest Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 135

Residents in Cornwall have discovered that ‘induced demand’ is real: more roads can equal more problems. Meanwhile, progress on reducing road deaths has…

Oct 2, 2024 •

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