Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling

For the county of Leicestershire residents who want their children or themselves to be able to travel in safety - to the shops, school or wherever.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

We are longer on X. Pls follow Leicestershire Active Travel Alliance on Bluesky https://t.co/tHSEUifLAM
or FB where we discuss walking, wheeling and cycling with residents, local authority colleagues and anyone else interested in making local journeys safe and active ones.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@ian_m_greenwood @LilianGreenwood @Heidi_Labour @transportgovuk Will look forward to your thoughts on it.

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

A quarter of our car journeys are under 2 miles.

When more people cycle, everybody wins.

Our new #BikeIsBest ad is now live.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@markwright__ Would like to see it used as the central plaza style people watching space. Cafes around the edges and market on one side. This type of thing. Would be a city game changer.

[20's Plenty for Us @20splentyforus]

Good to see the roll-out of 20mph limits as a default in Glasgow.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@dcsprior @thomasforth Why are so many being reinstated in France? They avoid road traffic mostly where I’ve seen them here and they are a lot quicker than buses.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@LilianGreenwood Great to see. Leicester/its surrounding suburbs need the Nottingham treatment. P&R here stops at 7pm with no Sunday service. Buses unreliable. Late night train back from Birmingham for major gigs non existent. Tram should be reinstalled. Leicestershire is dire for rail generally.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@LeicsCountyHall Does your ‘transport’ strategy increase the number of vehicles on the road in Leicestershire or does it reduce them? If it doesn’t reduce them, then road projects are white elephants. We haven’t yet seen your traffic reduction strategy.

[London Cycling Campaign @London_Cycling]

❄️ 🧤 Looking to go from a fair weather cyclist, to someone able to conquer the commute in all weathers?

🚲 Check out the advice on our website on how best to cycle safely in the winter months: https://t.co/TgO7ecDcQt

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@MayorEastMids This type of ‘improvement’ means encouraging yet more vehicles on to the roads. Whereas investment in ‘reducing’ vehicles on the road means improving journey times. White elephant spending.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@lewis_goodall Here’s a topic for you. Why are we all so car brained to the point where to suggest sometimes not using a car to travel even into the best city in the country for transport is beyond comprehension. https://t.co/KG8CgFVuAy

[Tony Blackburn OBE. @tonyblackburn]

As from January 2nd Electric vehicles will have to pay the London congestion charge, and we thought it was all bout making the air cleaner. Now we find out it’s all about getting more money from the motorist. What a surprise !!!

[Transport Action Network @TransportActio2]

In 2026 we will see the extent of the government’s ambition for active travel when it publishes its next 5 year strategy.

Read our review of the year, and see what we're expecting in the new year 👇🏼
https://t.co/yxoLBtHrhT

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Michaël Delafosse is Montpellier’s mayor - he’s from the Parti Socialiste and has strong approval ratings.

He governs a medium sized city with a burgeoning population and successful economy. Imagine!

Britain COULD do things like this. It chooses not to.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@thomasforth Leicester and its urban doughnut are drowning in traffic and proposed new developments…where’s our tram system too? https://t.co/ESDbWvS66D

[Euro transit & urbanism @euro_projects]

🚊🇫🇷 Montpellier, France (pop. 480k), just opened its 5th elemental tram line!
➡️ 16 km of track
➡️ 27 stations
💰 €440M

Like all other Montpellier tram lines, Line 5 has its own element 🌬️🪨🌊🔥 — nature & life 🌿 — serving all the city’s parks!

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@RichParkerLab Thank you. Also remember local! Make it safe to walk and cycle to LOCAL schools, shops and station. It’s the only solution to get the safe quiet healthy streets every community wants. This is the strategic change the country needs to address our traffic and public health crises.

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

Cycling and walking could help deliver almost everything Brits say they want to achieve in 2026 — if we design streets to support them.

Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.

[Leicestershire Loves Walking, Wheeling and Cycling @LeicsCountyBike]

@activetraveleng @Chris_Boardman Really appreciate what you’re doing. Leicestershire is taking its time to change. Outdated attitudes, poor planning decisions and the lack of understanding that it’s all about the short local trips continue to undermine the effort. Yet people want safer quieter streets.

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

“Moving to a situation where cars are not considered the fastest and most convenient mode of transportation will take ambition and imagination. But the alternative is a very expensive dependency, which clogs up the UK economy.”

https://t.co/7aXvkzSPaY