Mike H

Cycle. Run. Walk. Bus. Train. Drive occasionally. Active Travel. Sometimes MR physicist in NHS.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@2_Wheeled_Wolf @roadcc @WeAreCyclingUK https://t.co/Sy3wj6ewYQ

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@tom_a_jeffs @MrHappyCyclist @boltoncouncil @OfficialTfGM They used to hide behind "no money". Over the past couple of years it's become clear that it's not about money since AT funding is going unspent, but about enabling more driving. After all a prosperous town is one where everyone drives (according to Bolton councillors).

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@gmpolice I see examples every day of how much you care about vulnerable road users. Like this (see who has just driven past). Concentrate on this, not helmets please.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@cyclinggrump @ToryCycling It turns out he was probably referring to motorbikes. But it suits his agenda to leave it ambiguous to stir up a bit of bonus hatred towards people riding bicycles.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@MrHappyCyclist @boltoncouncil @DameSarahStorey @Chris_Boardman @bricycle This map gives the impression that good stuff is happening here. In reality NOTHING has been done to enable active travel and nothing will be done with the current council leadership @boltoncouncil intent on new roads and more car capacity above all else.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@MrHappyCyclist @boltoncouncil @DameSarahStorey @Chris_Boardman @bricycle (next to the Westhoughton active neighbourhood that we all know @boltoncouncil have no intention of doing properly for fear of upsetting "responsible drivers".

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@OfficialTfGM Can you provide a full breakdown of these 100km+ please? I can't think of more than a few miles of actual high quality (Bee Network standard) routes. Obviously any section of paint only cycle lanes on roads or narrow canal paths aren't included in this figure.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@MrHappyCyclist Hard to reconcile the actions of the executive member for cars with this map showing what we should have within 10 years. Did he not understand what the Bee Network was when his own council produced this map?

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@sr_drivinschool Sadly that didn't surprise me at all. As a driver who actually drives at or below the speed limit I frequently get overtaken aggressively on 20/30mph roads. Many drivers as inpatient with "slow" drivers as they are with people on bikes.

[Bicycle-Riding Motorist @MrHappyCyclist]

The top-down approach isn't working in Bolton. We need a grass-roots movement. Here is a start. Let's show people the joy of riding cycles. https://t.co/uPdSeOc2Mc

[Mike H @mikellioth]

* and continue to allow housing schemes that lock incar dependency.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

It's astonishing how much disruption (and congestion) is being caused in Westhoughton by a private developer building houses on green belt land. But Where's the uproar from our councillors and residents about all this disruption? Not a squeak. If it were a cycle lane though?

[Mike H @mikellioth]

Welcome to the future of the town of councillors continue to block attempts to make residential streets safer and enable fewer journeys to be driven. Its a grim future.

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

How many roads near you have a layout like this? Conventional wisdom suggested central hatching would slow drivers down, but studies showed removing it actually decreased vehicle speeds.

We could rapidly make much better use of this space to enable safe cycling infrastructure.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@RichardRollon @boydmjohnston @MrHappyCyclist @boltoncouncil Car is King in Bolton sadly.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@boydmjohnston @MrHappyCyclist Residents designed some already for @boltoncouncil, the Mayor's Challenge Fund is paying for them, just need Bolton's councillors to want to install them for them to happen.

[Mike H @mikellioth]

@Guntervonstein @MrHappyCyclist @boltoncouncil They only respond to tweets about bins.