Now Then Manchester

Now Then Mcr existed 2010-2022 as a platform for #independent creativity & collaboration across #GreaterManchester & beyond. Sheffield @NowThen lives on.

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

There are so many compelling reasons why councils should apply, especially the huge success seen from the trial in Salford. We've put a list of these reasons together so you can contact your councillor armed with all the necessary info.

https://t.co/uqTbKNQs7b

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[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

🚨 URGENT ASK to help us push micromobility forwards in Greater Manchester 🛴

Your local authority has until 21/10/25 to apply for an e-scooter trial. We believe e-scooters are a crucial part of the shift away from cars, so PLEASE email your councillor asking them to apply.

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[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

Whether you’re a long-term Walk Ride campaigner, supporter, or just interested in what we do, we’d love you to join for a social to meet each other face-to-face, share ideas & feedback, and hear about successes we’ve all worked to achieve so far in 2025!

https://t.co/lnLAXPkWiA

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

@MayorofGM @AndyBurnhamGM asks you to make a New Year’s resolution: to switch to the Bee Network in 2025 and to #LeaveTheCarAtHome

https://t.co/vcHTBwhNxG

[Walk Ride Stockport @WalkRideStocky]

If @MayorofGM @AndyBurnhamGM wants #Stockport @StockportMBC residents to #LeaveTheCarAtHome, then we need 24-hour bus lanes on key routes like the #A6, so people can see the real-time benefits of taking the bus

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

✅️ Walking, wheeling, and cycling are back on the agenda at Central Government

https://t.co/g5V5TrAiMP

👇 So there's no better time to get involved with our steering group to ensure that translates to bet practice across our local boroughs

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

"Having that access to safe cycle routes is a basic element, is a basic tenet of social justice"

👇 @LouHaigh is on point in this interview

🤞 Exciting times again for active travel

https://t.co/g5V5TrAiMP

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

**Opportunity Alert**

We've opened up volunteer recruitment for our friendly and active Walk Ride GM Steering Group.

Please get in touch if you're interested, and/or pass it on 🙌

Details and app form via the link:

https://t.co/gJinf1p4q6

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

The A6 from the MCR boundary to Stockport is 20 meters wide at it's minimum

Here is the @BeeNetwork guide on how to design a "Multi-Lane Connector Street"

"Streets for All is our approach to everything we do on streets in GM"

Why aren't @BeeNetwork ensuring that in Stockport?

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

We'd like to know @AndyBurnhamGM how sending people walking, wheeling & cycling down dingy back alleys with no natural surveillance fits with the @greatermcr Gender Based Violence Strategy?

Our urban design makes a huge difference to personal safety

https://t.co/keHNfYOVyB

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

Last night the decision was made to defer the Stockport A6 scheme

This is only just the beginning, we need everyone involved to stick their neck out and challenge this scheme

Everyone knows this scheme is sub par - we cannot let it pass

[Walk Ride Stockport @WalkRideStocky]

@cllrdavidm But we shouldn’t throw good money after bad.

Review final scheme, with outside experts to give evidence, and ask “is this ambitious? Does it represent the future we want for Stockport?”

If not, what can we change to make it ambitious? Still time to design A6 CYCLOPS junctions

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

When we build bigger roads, we get more traffic. Congestion briefly gets better, then the same, then worse. £Billions is spent in the process.

Instead of dualling roads, what if we used the space for active travel instead? Here’s a thread on why it should happen.🧵

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

We've managed to show Stockport Council that the people of Stockport deserve better for the A6

But the fight to have safe cycling along the A6 has only just begun

Join our discord where work behind the scenes to put pressure on councils across GM to deliver better 👇

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

Let's not forget @StockportMBC isn't the only @greatermcr authority refusing to use the adopted #StreetsForAll Design Guide

The initial A560 proposals by @TamesideCouncil pledged significantly improved healthy options🚶‍♀️🚲🚍

This sounds great 👍

But...🧵

[Walk Ride Stockport @WalkRideStocky]

Solidarity with #Tameside residents

Another @greatermcr borough that needs to go back to the drawing board

If you'd like to join the campaign for healthy places then get involved with @WalkRideGM and our growing Tameside contingent on Discord

[Now Then Manchester @NowThenManc]

Worth revisiting this announcement, which rings truer and truer

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

Wow - the reaction to our latest campaign video has blown us all away

Our ask to you - please share this video with a friend or family member who you want to get cycling! 📤🚴

[Walk Ride GM @WalkRideGM]

How can we expect the @BeeNetwork to succeed when busses can't even go the quickest route! @AndyBurnhamGM

[Creative Access @_CreativeAccess]

Heads up if you live in the #NorthWest, it's time to clear your diaries for the 6th June: We're coming to #Salford to host a radio masterclass with @BBC & @Radiocentre! 💥

📆Thursday 6th June, 6-8pm
📌MediaCityUK, Salford
🔗 Sign up for free: https://t.co/PkMYOYzOmv