Is this true @ntcouncilteam.bsky.social?
Irony is the council owns some e-bikes (which seem permanently to be in storage, but perhaps not in council buildings).
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Is this true @ntcouncilteam.bsky.social?
Irony is the council owns some e-bikes (which seem permanently to be in storage, but perhaps not in council buildings).
Map of Newcastle centred on Sandyford with a pink line running from Haymarket towards Heaton, up to the coast road, then through to Jesmond.
Join us this Friday for a social cycle ride in Newcastle. Start 6.30pm outside Newcastle Civic Centre for a shortish ride
We will be heading along the cycle route to Heaton. Then back through Jesmond towards the city centre for some beverages and a chat.
Four teenage boys cycling together along the seafront cycleway.
A very small girl with her dad and brother cycling up the seafront cycleway.
Bike hire - with a big blue flag - at Tynemouth Surf Co.
A busy day on the North Tyneside seafront, despite the unwelcome chill, so nice to see lots of folk using the cycleway, including small kids with their families and bigger kids with their friends. This is what it’s about. Oh, and a new bike hire spot at Tynemouth Surf Co.
Poster with cartoon image of green hill with cyclists riding on it. Text: All bikes checked by qualified mechanics Pay what you can Kids bikes Adult bikes Spring pre-loved bike sale Saturday 10th May, 10am - 1pm Linskill Centre NE30 2AY
FAO anyone in or around North Tyneside and in need of or considering getting a bike:
4. Will you commit to delivering safe routes to all North Tyneside schools by 2030, creating school streets outside every possible school (first/primary, middle and high) and prioritising the provision of a high quality, safe and connected walking, wheeling and cycling network around each school?
Our question to mayoral candidates was also about “prioritising the provision of a high quality, safe and connected walking, wheeling and cycling network around each school” and all of them committed to this too.
@ntcouncilteam.bsky.social needs to have the same ambition as other urban authorities, to ensure the borough’s children are safe to walk & cycle to school, enabled to make those choices confidently - choices that are better for the health (very broadly defined) of our children & their communities.
All of our mayoral candidates agreed unequivocally that all possible schools should have school streets by 2030, in the words of our new mayor, Karen Clark “something the public can get behind”.
We currently have 6. We have 56 first/primary schools & 4 middle schools. That’s a lot of work to do.
Join us tonight for a leisurely spin along the Sunrise Cycleway. 6:30 start from Tynemouth Priory.
We did also ask a question about women and girls’ safety and he was clear on that (streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/04/13/p...)
Some of us have challenged Bones on waggonways in the past. He will not take our various concerns on board.
Telegraph headline: Cyclists who kill pedestrians to face life sentences Offence of causing death by dangerous cycling to be brought in line with motoring laws in victory for campaigners
So the first real policy decision on active travel or road safety by this government is a law targeting cyclists which will do nothing for road safety, briefed to a newspaper which openly hates cycling. Whatever your hopes for active travel from current ministers, perhaps calibrate these downwards.
The greatest variance is around a good, safe cycle network, with the Conservative candidate focusing on (unsafe, indirect, limited) waggonways and both the Tory and Reform candidates seeming to suggest that “residents” should be able to veto cycle paths.
All the candidates responses to 3 key public transport & active travel questions now on @chroniclelive.co.uk.
**All commit to safe walking & cycling routes to (all) North Tyneside schools by 2030**
@northeastptug.bsky.social
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
This post has now been updated to include a response from the Reform candidate.
We now have responses from all 7 mayoral candidates, giving North Tyneside voters a chance to really scrutinise the differences between them on active travel and public transport.
@northeastptug.bsky.social
Please do read these, think about your votes next week, and follow up with the issues that concern you after the election.
We asked public transport accountability, franchising & municipal ownership, women & girls’ safety, safe routes to school, the local cycling network, pavement parking, and joined-up active travel and public transport.
With the North Tyneside Public Transport Users Group (@northeastptug.bsky.social), we asked all the mayoral candidates a series of questions about public transport and active travel.
We received responses from 6 out of the 7 candidates: streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/04/13/p...
Due to construction of the new Seafront Cycleway, we're postponing our next Kidical Mass ride until the summer to celebrate the launch of the route. With construction work & diversions, we can't plan a safe route for the numbers that usually join us. Join our mailing list for updates: bit.ly/3YRJ5CY
This sounds familiar round here too…
(Realised, after looking at the survey/map, that’s it’s going to be located by the haven, not on the new cycleway; still NCN1 though)
A new sculpture for our new seafront cycleway (aka NCN1) - make your views known here:
More information about the election here, my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/142...
We have 7 candidates standing (my.northtyneside.gov.uk/page/34585/s...) and we’ve emailed all but the Reform candidate as we can’t find an email address for him - if you can help, please let us know.
Together with the North Tyneside Public Transport Users Group @northeastptug.bsky.social, we’re sending a set of questions about public transport & active travel to all the North Tyneside mayoral candidates.
We’ll publish the responses when we have them.
streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/04/13/p...
A group of people with bicycles on a seaside promenade.
Great turnout for a chilly evening. See everyone next month?
🤞for a completed cycleway!
Spanish City, Whitley Bay, taken at night from the Plaza. The right half of the building is in shot.
Back by popular demand! Join us this Friday, 28th March, 6:30pm at Spanish City Plaza for a leisurely ride to Tynemouth and back for drinks.
IMPORTANT: There is a short section on-road to bypass the ongoing works on the cycleway. Sunset is at 6:34 so lights are essential.
We’re part of this coalition and we wrote, with our allies across the region, to push NECA and the mayor to be more ambitious and work harder to reduce car usage.
Aerial view of the Station Road junction on the Coast Rd cycle path, the only arm of the roundabout with no zebra, leaving a tricky and often dangerous crossing.
Damaged and uneven pavements, creating a trip hazard, on the way back from the Linskill Centre
A successful day at No Time For Waste at the Linskill today, chatting to folk about walking and cycling in North Tyneside.
Issues raised around active travel links to public transport, dangerous junctions on the Coast Rd cycle path, and pavements damaged by regular & normalised vehicle parking.
Bike update, with the No Time For Waste gathering in full swing -
Poster advertising No Time For Waste Linskill Centre ”environmental gathering” Sunday 16th March 2025 Linskill Centre 10-4
Three very different bikes (a Yuba longtail, a Dutch style bike with a basket, and a Brompton) parked at the Linskill Centre’s generous bike parking.
First bikes parked up for No Time For Waste, organised by Buy The Kilo at the Linskill Centre.
We’re there sharing a stall with the North Tyneside Public Transport Users Group (@northeastptug.bsky.social), amidst many other local businesses and campaigns.
Open 10-4 - come along!
SOUTH TYNESIDE Public Transport Users Group will hold its inaugural meeting on Tuesday the 18th of March, 13:00, at Ocean Road Community Centre, South Shields.
All those with an interest in public transport in South Tyneside are welcome to attend.
More info: neptug.org.uk/southtynesid...