John Dales

A landscape photograph of a sunset view of the Albert Dock overlooking the Wirral. The Living Streets logo features in the top left corner. Text on the image reads: '#UKWalkingSummit 25 March 2026 St George's Hall, Liverpool'.

Our tenth UK Walking Summit is just two weeks away!

This year's event is in Liverpool and features a programme packed with unmissable highlights. Zak Viney, our Campaigns and Public Affairs Coordinator, shares the five things they're most excited about: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4sa7sJY

Not by any means a hot take, but one manifestation of car dependency is the clamour, in the face of fossil fuel price rises, for lower fuel duties. A more rational clamour would be for rapidly and substantially reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

A parent walking to school with children.

Parents and carers – we need your voice! 📋

We’re gathering the views of families across the UK to understand the barriers faced when walking and wheeling to school.

Take our short survey to be entered into a £200 gift card draw.

Have your say 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parentWOW

Man who drove 135mph jailed for 10 years after fatal M40 crash Police says CCTV footage shows Trad Almaghrabi leaving the scene on foot.

With criminality this serious ending in death, what other crime would escape national news? This was only BBC local. What more must happen for a lifetime ban? Driving is a privilege, not a right. Our culture — and sentencing — needs radical change.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Got something you'd like to ask Ned, Adam and Laura for a future podcast? They would love to (try to) answer them! Post said questions below, or you can email them to streetsahead@fusion-media.co.uk. Get in touch!

Motonormativity is not clearing snow from the sidewalks and then doing an Instagram post telling pedestrians not to walk in the road.

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Thank you Jo. And likewise 🙂

Thanks Ranty.

Thank you, Alison.

Bayley Street looking west to Tottenham Court Road. A small new ‘traffic filter’ scheme where the all-traffic carriageway has been replaced with a bi-directional cycle path, with new SUDS beds between it and repaved footways to either side.

Bayley Street looking east to Bedford Square. A small new ‘traffic filter’ scheme where the all-traffic carriageway has been replaced with a bi-directional cycle path, with new SUDS beds between it and repaved footways to either side.

Part of our New Year’s Day walk this year 🙂

An image of a car parked on a pavement in a residential street. Text says: 41% of people would leave home more often if there was no pavement parking with a footnote mentioning pavement parking options for change: government response, Jan 2026.

There were over 15,000 responses to the Government's consultation on pavement parking in 2020 - and now we have the data 📉

How does pavement parking affect you? https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/45tiHnx

This has been a long time coming, so very welcome news! We're been working in coalition with @guidedogsuk.bsky.social , @livingstreets.bsky.social and @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social for years on pavement parking.

“These new powers do not go far enough to protect pedestrians | Living Streets

“These new powers do not go far enough to protect pedestrians. It’s disappointing not to see a nationwide prohibition.”

Our @charitycat.bsky.social responds to the news that local authorities will receive legal powers to restrict pavement parking. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavement-parking

Advocating for better, safer streets for walking – Big Give Living Streets is the UK charity for everyday walking. Our mission is to encourage walking/wheeling and make our streets better; tackling barriers such as pavement parking, speeding and a lack of cros...

Only a few hours left to give to our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge fundraiser and double your donation!

Thank you to everyone who has given already. We're at 70% of our target – will you help us reach it?

https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006Tk2QYAS

An empty Regent Street, from standpoint 3

A Regent Street packed with people, from standpoint 3

A Regent Street packed with people, from standpoint 4

A Regent Street packed with people, from standpoint 4

And two more pairs.

An empty Regent Street from standpoint 1

A Regent Street packed with people, from standpoint 1

An empty Regent Street from standpoint 2

A Regent Street packed with people, from standpoint 2

Two before (10am) and after (4pm) pairs of photos, each taken from more or less the same standpoint.

Traffic-free Regent Street, at dusk, absolutely packed from frontage to frontage with people.

I came back to take my own photos 😊
#Mobbed #PeopleTakeover

Regent Street, London, without traffic

A group of six people running in an empty traffic lane, silhouetted against the low sun

Another photo of a traffic-free Regent Street

A workman places a cover on top of one of the temporary anti-vehicle ingress barriers installed to keep (hostile) vehicles out.

Regent Street in London is traffic-free today. They’re just setting up now. If anyone is here later, when it’s in full swing, do please post photos.

www.regentstreetonline.com/news/regent-...

Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:

Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.

Double your money - in support of the mission of the wonderful @livingstreets.bsky.social
Starts Tuesday 2nd

Red textured background with yellow rectangle and arrows. Bold black text quotes a research participant: "The biggest barrier I face as a blind guide dog handler is street clutter. Even the most familiar route can become impossible due to pavement parking, dumped rubbish, e-scooters or roadworks."

Streets that work for disabled people work better for everyone.

Decluttering our streets makes our communities safer, easier to navigate and more welcoming. And we can all play a role in making that happen.

If you could change one thing about your local streets, what would it be?

Oh dear. Yes - very much 😬.
My commiserations.
Had I bothered to put my head outdoors at the time, I would likely have heard the Bees cheers.

You were in Ealing? Why wasn’t I told 😉

Groups call on Chancellor to end fuel duty cut and charge EV drivers per mile Campaign for Better Transport and six other organisations have written to the Chancellor ahead of next month's Budget urging her to reclaim £4.2 billion a year in lost revenue by allowing the “temporary” 5p fuel duty cut to come to an end and ending the...

The freeze on fuel duty is estimated to have cost £133 billion in lost revenue since 2011. At a time of difficult fiscal choices, we're joining @bettertransport.bsky.social in calling to end the fuel duty cut and charge a simple per-mile charge for electric vehicles 🚗 https://bit.ly/49bYnts

Eurostar orders first double-decker trains They would be the first two-level high-speed trains to run through the Channel Tunnel.

I mean, Come On! Double-decker trains in the UK? What a time (it will be) to be alive 🚆 🤓

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yesterday, a little corner of a grey day was very bright.

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There are just a few days left to apply for the role of Camcycle CEO – don't miss out!

If you think you're the right person to lead us into a bright future of more cycling across the Cambridge region, apply now at pollysymondsonrecruitment.co.uk/camcycle-chi...

Applications close on Friday 17 Oct.

The UK Walking Summit comes to Liverpool on 25 March 2026!

The changes we make to our streets today will be with us for decades. Our tenth Summit will focus on how we plan today for streets fit for the future 👣

Secure your early bird tickets now 👉 http://bit.ly/48MCLU5

How do you know your city is a healthy habitat for people? A decent place to start is whether children can play freely in their neighbourhoods and get around independently.

This is an excellent introduction to Tim’s work and the benefits of shifting away from car centric urban spaces.