Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria

Richard Ingham pledges to make travel by bike safe & accessible to everyone. More bike journeys means fewer car journeys equals healthier people & better towns

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

'When in 2007 #Ljubljana closed 12 hectares of its city center to private cars, just 40% of residents approved.

A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”.'
—@modacitylife

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

Active travel now accounts for 20% of all minutes of activity taken by adults in England https://t.co/lF0vyIwtoV

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

@gardensinboots Looks absolutely awful - and I assume it was within the bus & cycle lane operative time?

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

@DameSarahStorey There is - for a haircut!

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

Congratulations Chris @Chris_Boardman on your new role. I look forward to working with you & your team in Cumbria. Together we will raise ambition & standards!

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

@PeteZanzottera I have just this photo of our street which I took about 15 years ago. How it's changed now.

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

Today I have hope for humanity. Seen this morning: father & son on school run via bicycle + tagalong. It was raining, too. (Generic pic)

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

Here's a shocking reminder of why we need to change the way we travel and why the school run is a litmus test for all the damage we are doing.
This is why I'm supporting schools to lobby for "School Streets" and Low Traffic neighbourhoods https://t.co/a5r98340M2

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

BICYCLE MAYOR OF CUMBRIA ELECTION CALL FOR CANDIDATES.
My time as BMC ends soon. My committee invites candidates.
If you have an inclusive vision for cycling, can communicate at high level meetings, good on public & social media contact [email protected] @CumbriaCrack

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

The UK Met Office advises us to "consider not cycling" in this snowy weather. @metoffice please look around to see how other nations cope. This is active travel to school Finnish-style

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

'A small step for @LEGO_Group, a giant leap for children's imagination worldwide!'

Support us in making the world's largest city bicycle-friendly. The faster we reach 10K supporters, the stronger the signal: https://t.co/uW6KKXAXw5

[Will Norman @willnorman]

A greener and cleaner square mile. Good to see City of London taking out car parking spaces for cargo bikes, helping reduce the number of van deliveries. ⁦@cityoflondon⁩ https://t.co/Z3W8ILjgfS

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

@lakedistrictnpa An amazing achievement. Walk it, cycle it, run it - even sledge it. Just use it. Cumbria can be proud

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

Keswick Railway Trail reopens 5 years after being destroyed by Storm Desmond. Congratulations to Lake District National Park. This is a free outdoor resource that Cumbria can be proud of https://t.co/pYNKahsz8E

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

Over the border in Newcastleton yesterday. Pleasantly surprised to see kids coming home from school on their bikes! Have no doubt this is down to initiatives of @ScottishCycling @leecraigie @SustransScot & others. The new 20mph speed limit also makes a big difference @BordersInfo

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

@BC_Rec_NW Peter! Agreed. And you're back with BC?

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

Do we have the ambition to achieve this for Cumbria?

[Chris Boardman CBE @Chris_Boardman]

Zero children killed in over 2 decades.

Check the picture: continuous cycle way at junctions and side road zebra reinforcing pedestrian🚶‍♀️ priority. It’s not complicated is it....

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

@WezHamnett You're going well, Wez. Downhill & tail wind to Kendal. Was terrific to see you in Carlisle yesterday

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

I take my helmet off to @WezHamnett. I spotted Wesley on this 3-year-old's bike in Carlisle en route from Glasgow to Manchester for 4 charities.
He goes through Penrith and Kendal today to do a parachute jump in Morecambe. Then Russia to ride to Manchester but not on that bike!

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

@MuntBmunt @CumbriaCrack @CumbriaCC @Cumbriapolice @BBC_Cumbria @ActiveCumbria My point, exactly! We need protected cycling space plus enforcement

[Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria @OfBicycle]

This is why 60% of adults never ride a bike. Today, Botchergate, Carlisle stuck in traffic.
Cycle lane? Or parking lane! Authorities will soon have all the powers & funds to change this @CumbriaCC @Cumbriapolice @BBC_Cumbria @CumbriaCrack @ActiveCumbria We can't live like this!