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Eilidh Murray

@letsgetcracking.bsky.social

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Scot living cycling walking in London. LCC trustee. Cycle Islington coordinator. Joy Riders leader. LCC Women’s Network Steering Group member. In Cycling UK's 100 women in 2023. Quite likes bicycles https://www.cyclinguk.org/biography/eilidh-murray

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · Jan 7

What our community lost on 18 February 2021. A reminder of why Islington council should have done better. Remembering Connor’s campaign.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 1d

First newsletter published! simple.ghost.io/what-seems-t...

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What Seems to be the Problem?

Can we make any progress on transport while we don't recognise there's a problem to be solved and can't recognise solutions?

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IBikeLondon @ibikelondon.bsky.social · 12h

Halloweeny Ride 2025! Sat 1st Nov - 3pm👻

Got your costume yet?! Dig out those white sheets & pumpkins & join this bike ride😉 🚴‍♀️

Get your free tickets here: buff.ly/4US8icc

Photo by Joshuer at unsplash.com

#halloween2025 #ghosts #northlondon #ibikelondon #cycling #freelondon #cycling community

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 12h

A lot of mobility innovation focuses on making existing options even more comfortable for the most privileged, at the expense of children, the elderly, people with low incomes or disabilities. If we’re not designing for them, we're designing ourselves out of the system: fair-mobility.eu/the-library/

An elderly woman rides a bike along a separated cycle path in front of two small children in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 15h

Driving a car. You're basically on a livingroom couch staring forward like an idiot doing nothing.

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Highland Cycle Campaign @highlandcyclists.bsky.social · 1d

Critical Mass Inverness (and cities around the world) happens on Friday 31st October #invernessbybike

An orange background with a white circle (full moon? ) with black text : Critical Mass bike ride October 31st.

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 13h

'Yes, I broke the speed limit but, given that I sit in the House of Lords, surely the law doesn't apply to me?'

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

D’Souza faces ban after raising 20mph speeding tickets with Met commissioner

Lady D’Souza used House of Lords headed paper to query her offences with the Metropolitan Police chief.

www.independent.co.uk

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 11h

Yesterday's #Dieselgate trial opened with this from Thomas de la Mare KC:

"Each player in the industry basically took a conscious decision that customer convenience, which helped the industry sell more cars, was more important" than preventing #AirPollution.

It is time the car manufacturers paid.

'Dieselgate': Five carmakers go on trial over emissions cheat claims

The trial is the latest chapter of what has become known as the "dieselgate" scandal.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 10h

How much more proof do we need ? Do the 'powers' just not want to get it ?

Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 11h

no surprise

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 11h

New study from Melbourne finds reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h on local roads would protect cyclists from danger, make riding less stressful and get more people cycling while not causing traffic delays for cars.

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 16h

🚲 How can we expect more people to cycle?

BTP won’t investigate bikes left for over 2 hours or worth under £200. We’ve written an open letter urging them to rethink this low-risk, high-reward approach to bike theft.

🧡 Help us fight back: cyclinguk.org/btp-donate
📜 cyclinguk.org/btp-open-letter

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 15h

Why is UK government's Treasury department using Twatter to deal with tax payer queries? Aren't there better options than supporting an overseas tech bro ?

Extract from HMRC asking tax payers to contact them on X with queries

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 21h

🍏 Specially for families ! 🍎

Apple day ride on 19 October. Don't crumble at the thought. Be tempted. Pies available from Ecology centre cake stall.

lcc.org.uk/events/islin...

@fincraig.bsky.social
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@roulinkhondoker.bsky.social
@florawilliamson.bsky.social

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 4d

A fantastic evening yesterday - women coming together to discuss tackling London's cycling gender gap 🚲 🚲

This was the first time the LCC Women's Network has convened its associate member organisations. Watch out London, and watch this space... 👀

A group of women - 8 seated in the front row, including one in a wheelchair, and 10 standing in the row behind. All are smiling and three are wearing headscarves

A group of women chatting in a room with a red carpet and chandelier. there is a table of drinks in the background

8 people seated at a boardroom style table listening to a speaker

Caroline Russell, dressed in black, stands at a boardroom table speaking with six women seated next to her listening

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 6d

Cycle on a pavement: get grief. Cycle on the road: get grief. Cycle in a shared-use space: get grief. Cycle on a *checks notes* National Cycle Route: get grief.

Cycle like a ninja: get grief. Use your voice: how dare you. Use your bell: also, how dare you.

You. Just. Can't. Win.

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 6d

Is this really the most important thing to be talking about at the moment ?

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 6d

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 6d

In Islington, one space in a cycle hangar is £107.25 pa.
Lambeth charges £30 pa
Hackney charges £53 pa

So it's a good option depending where you live. Secure storage for a family with say 4 bikes for a year would be prohibitive in Islington.

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 6d

Cost of hiring is radically different in London's boroughs !

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 6d

Welcome to @safestreets.bsky.social!

Streets4people Levenshulme & Burnage @safestreets.bsky.social · 12d

If you haven’t got space at home for your bike, here’s your solution.

orlo.uk/L7rUB

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 6d

We are coming to Glasgow! Join us on 30th October for our event 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis'. Travel inspiration and helpful facts from climate scientists, flight-free travellers and behaviour change experts. Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Picture shows someone sitting on a rock looking at the sea. Text says, Flight Free UK presents Travel, flying and the climate crisis (Glasgow), a community event about how we can reimagine travel, and why we must. 30th October 7-8.45pm. Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Avenue, G4 0PL

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Transport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · 6d

As of 2025, many years after National Highways first promised to act, nothing has been done with pollution from the M27 pouring daily straight into the River Hamble.
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/national-hig...

National Highways’ Toxic Run-Off

It has been widely reported that our rivers are polluted, with not a single river in England in good overall health. What isn’t so well known is that a major source of this pollution comes from our ro...

transportactionnetwork.org.uk

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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 6d

Mobility justice is one of our core campaigning principles but what does it mean, & why does it matter?

The latest in our Language Matters series looks at our definition & how it applies to active travel, transport, public space and environmental schemes.

wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/language-mat...

Drawing of two men wearing lycra outfits and helmets riding drop-handlebar sporty-type bikes

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 6d

This ride will be fun for all families who like

🚲 cycling
🍎 apples
🥤 seeing how apple juice is made
🧁 at Ecology Centre

Sign up for a super afternoon !👇🏼
@islingtoncleanair.bsky.social
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@hackneylcc.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social

Steve Knattress @cycleoptic.bsky.social · 6d

@cycleislington.uk family ride from City farm to the apple festival in Gillespie Park, via some of North Islington's Parks
Sunday 19th October.
lcc.org.uk/events/islin...

Islington Family Ride to Ecology Centre Apple Festival - London Cycling Campaign

Gentle family (12km ride 2hr ish) from the Islington City Farm around some of North Islington’s Parks to the Apple festival being held at the Ecology Centre, in the Nature […]

lcc.org.uk

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Paris en Selle @parisenselle.fr · 6d

Le boom du vélo à Paris n'est pas seulement une bonne nouvelle pour les cyclistes. Moins de bouchons c'est aussi moins de bruit, moins de pollution, et un meilleur cadre de vie pour l'ensemble de Parisiens.
🐦🚴🏻‍♀️🚶🏽‍♀️🌳 #VilleCyclable

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City of London Cycling Campaign @citylcc.bsky.social · 6d

It's time to put in your suggestions to the Fenchurch St Healthy Streets Plan to improve cycle provision in the area between Fenchurch Street and Lower Thames Street in the City of London.
This early consultation closes Fri 17 October.

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/str...

A map of the area between Fenchurch Street and Tower Hill in the City of London

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 6d

London's Network of Cycleways is continuing to grow and get even better. 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲

Great to see the temporary cycle lanes on Haverstock Hill being made permanent by Camden Council - this includes new kerbs to protect cyclists, raised zebras and new bus stop bypasses.

👏👏
@adamdkharrison.bsky.social

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Haringey Cycling Campaign @haringeycyclists.bsky.social · 7d

Show Us Green Lanes! 🚲
This month, please snap or film the good, bad & baffling bits of Green Lanes for walking and cycling. 📸 Capture moments that show, for example:
- No safe space for cycling
- Tricky crossings
- 🚴 in action
Avoid close-ups of 😃. Pref take photos from behind.
Post to this thread

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