On the eve of Mill Road Winter Fair 2025, we ask: what's happened to the Mill Road improvements we've been promised?
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Sign our petition to Cambs County Council: tinyurl.com/walkmillroad
Mill Road bus gate. Where did all the cars go?
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Please sign the petition to Cambs County Council to transform Mill Road!
tinyurl.com/WalkMillRoad
In July 2022, the County Council committed to develop a public realm improvement scheme for Mill Road.
We know that a scheme will benefit both local residents and traders, and have substantial local support.
So where is it? Please sign the petition!
tinyurl.com/WalkMillRoad
March town centre has recently benefitted from a multi-£m facelift. We went along to see how they'd done it, and found some lessons for Mill Road...
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MR4P with Cllr Jan French & Matt Wright (project manager) on Thursday in March town centre. We learnt loads about the £multi-million pound public realm transformation there. Takeaway #1: strong political leadership required!
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It's great to have events like this which bring together people from all parts of our community, young and old, to celebrate and have fun together!
Huge thanks to the lovely people in Love Mill Road for the excellent Summer Shindig they put on in Romsey Rec on Sunday. We know it will have taken a lot of hard work to put it together.
Blue badge holders are exempt from Mill Road bridge motor vehicle restrictions.
But this is just a small part of what's required to enable disabled people's mobility
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@alexbeckett.bsky.social
We'd love to see more zebra crossing and raised tables (the bits that continue the pavement over the road). @transportforall.org.uk has shown these would benefit disabled people hugely, but if we reasonably adjust our streets, everyone benefits.
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Judge rejects all four grounds in Emma Rose v Cambs County Council in a definitive judgment - details below...
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And Chris Whitty reminds us that cycling is, in fact, a perfectly normal thing to do, a perfectly healthy thing to do, and a cheap form of transport. No lycra necessary. (Or cycle helmets, IMO. Shhhh!!!)
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12 mayors commit themselves to a 'national active travel network', including our own Paul Bristow 💙. This is brilliant. We have at least four primary schools within walking distance of Mill Road.
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Chart 11: Proportion of pedestrian casualties by IMD decile of casualty home postcode, by age, 2019 to 2023 (England only)
Chart of who owns the cars on our streets. Ten columns with poorest households owning 1/5th as many cars as highest income households
A damning pair of charts.
People on lowest incomes own FIVE TIMES fewer cars than the richest do.
Meanwhile kids in most deprived areas are FIVE TIMES more likely to be injured by cars.
Yesterday the High Court heard from both sides in the Mill Road Bridge TRO legal challenge. Some supporters of a low-traffic Mill Road were observing in court, and this summary is based on the notes made by one of them.. millroad4people.org/2025/06/10/m...
An image of two children wearing helmets, riding scooters through a school playground. Text reads: Prize draw!
🌻 To celebrate #WalkToSchoolWeek, Micro Scooters UK is gifting 10 of their incredibly popular Maxi Micro Scooters, along with a matching safety helmet 🛴🛴🛴
Simply share your #WalkToSchool to enter the prize draw before midnight on Friday 23 May. Good luck! 🍀 tinyurl.com/43jc53wv
Two women are walking down a canal path. The copy reads: women are 22% more likely than men to feel less safe walking or cycling.
When streets are safer, communities thrive.
Our new report with @bikeabilityuk.bsky.social - Safer Streets For All - brings these insights together and shows why it’s time for change.
Find the report, new YouGov data & launch video via the link.
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And here's the reading to go with it:
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one for CCC, @alexbeckett.bsky.social ?
An interesting listen:
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Good discussion about 'pluralistic ignorance' and the importance of asking the right - often nuanced - questions.
📢A new study from @uniofbath.bsky.social shows London's low emissions zones have had major benefits for human health and the economy, with a 10.2% decrease in respiratory issues following LEZ implementation, an **18.5%** reduction in sick leave, and annual public health savings of over £37 million.
Figures from Mill Road west traffic cameras for April:
2020: 2307 🚶🏼+🚲; 3540 🚙+🚛+🚌
2021: 7317 🚶🏼+🚲; 5801🚙+🚛+🚌
2022: 6313 🚶🏼+🚲; 11395🚙+🚛+🚌
2023: 11356 🚶🏼+🚲; 11184🚙+🚛+🚌
2024: 10815 🚶🏼+🚲; 11147🚙+🚛+🚌
2025: 12539 🚶🏼+🚲; 9244🚙+🚛+🚌
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reduces noise pollution, another significant factor in the decline of wildlife in our cities. Trees can lower the temperature of their immediate environment by several degrees. That's going to be really important when summers are ever more scorching. Our streetscape plans help all urban life.
also need to mitigate/adapt to climate change. Our suggestions help this, too.
With more greenery, we have more insects. That increases our beleaguered bird populations. We need to think about light, because man-made light has a negative impact on birds and mammals. Reducing traffic, however, 🧵
More thoughts on the transformation of Mill Road:
A few days ago, we posted our ideas for improving the streetscape. We talked in human terms, and the pictures show happy people getting on with living. But these streetscape improvement would benefit more species than just the human one, and humans🧵
Two people cross a road at a set of traffic lights. They are smiling.
Breaking news! @sportengland.bsky.social's #ActiveLivesSurvey shows that walking for leisure has increased by 6.8%. That's over 3 million adults in England who are walking more! But there’s clearly a need for safer, more pleasant streets, as fewer people are walking for travel. 🚶♂️🚶♀️
