With the days slowly getting longer and spring in the air, jumping on your bike this Sunday is a great idea. From a short trip to the shops, or to see friends, to a longer ride. Riding a bike will give your day and spirits a lift #BikeIsBest
There is no safe level of air pollution, so our current transport model needs fundamental change. For improving our health, happiness and boosting air quality, one of the best tools we have is the bike. For short to medium journeys, #BikeIsBest https://t.co/z0Z9Wm9P87
We know it isn't possible for all journeys to be made by bike. But the fact is that 68% of trips in the UK are under five miles - a distance many of us could easily ride or walk.
This Lent, could you leave the car at home for short trips? #DriveLessCycleMore
Creating the space for people to walk and cycle safely to and from their local shops for local journeys makes sense at any time but especially when living costs are higher. Transport needn't be a burden and can make us happier and healthier #BikeIsBest
For millions of short journeys the right tool for the job ought to be walking or cycling but the way too many streets are designed make this a difficult choice. For the sake of the planet, our health and making our places work better it's time to change this #BikeIsBest
Streets prioritised for walking and cycling are quieter, healthier, more social, safer and nicer to be in. They enable cleaner air, lower transport costs and healthier lives. There's so much more to be gained than lost from transport #decarbonisation#BikeIsBest
Start the week with a smile. Running your daily errands by bike can help boost your mood and your health. Enjoy the pleasures of being out in the fresh air and see your neighbourhood at a human scale. It's often quicker and cheaper too #BikeIsBest
This article is a few years old but the message is timeless. There is an enormous opportunity for transport to make us healthier, happier and help reduce healthcare costs. Building everday activity into peoples lives transforms public health #BikeIsBest https://t.co/JIuNqNjV2u
Today @AmsterdamNL Central Station opened a new bike parking facility, which was not built on or underground, but underwater.
As city's largest such facility, the Stationsplein bike garage was built under the Open Havenfront and can store 7,000 bicycles.
https://t.co/CxOSk43sNm
Regardless of whether you've had a good or a bad week so far, getting out on your bike this weekend will make it better. For more life (and joy) in your day, #BikeIsBest
Happy New Year! We're excited and looking forward to seeing the continued growth in people riding bikes in 2023. Good for the planet, good for us all. Here's to more trips by bike #BikeIsBest
Why are paramedics on strike?
📉Real pay down £6,000 since 2010
🏥Hours-long delays at hospital due to lack of beds
😞 53% struggling to cope with demands of their jobs
🚑A third witnessed cases where a patient's death was linked to a delay
RT if you're with them 👊
The time’s come to admit the NHS in England has ceased to function as a proper emergency service. That’s not because of strikes: it’s why there are strikes. It’s failed because of deliberate neglect by a government that has always wanted to privatise it to end free care for all.
Tonight, I’ve come close to tears whilst apologising to patients for the standards of care we are able to provide.
In my 22 years of being an A&E Dr, I’ve never seen things so bad. It’s the same everywhere.
I just hope patients know fault lies with politicians not NHS staff.
Why do so few Dutch cyclists wear helmets?
"There's safety in infrastructure, behavior and numbers; rather than protective equipment. It proves you can have safety without equipment, because it really lies in your street design and road safety policies."
https://t.co/IY4dqnYSMv
The cost of meeting the nurses' pay demand - £1.6bn 🏥
Cost of Sunak's bank tax giveaway - £7.3bn 💸
They have the money to give nurses a proper pay rise- they just don't want to.
RT if you back a real pay rise for our nurses 👊