We need to take urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity. Our new Strategic Biodiversity Framework sets out our ambition to: 🔵halt the loss of nature by 2030 🔵make significant progress in restoring nature by 2045 Watch for more and visit gov.scot/news/tackling-the-n…

Paris Cycling Fashion Show debuts the passing distance vest.

Pay to camp wild: could this solve the right to roam debate? thetimes.com/article/7bc502a…

Tell me your most radical position that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum

20mph news! Insurance company @askesure has said that introducing 20mph could reduce policy costs for drivers by £50 per year. Esure reduced premiums for people in Wales by 10% at the end of 2023 because of 20mph limit introduction. esure’s Peter Martin-Simon, chief customer officer, said: “We are already seeing the benefits in places where 20mph speed limits have been introduced. Not only does this make roads safer for drivers and pedestrians, but an extension would also materially reduce the number of car accidents, as well as the severity and cost of those accidents. "Within three months of us identifying a new 20mph zone, we will proactively reduce policy prices for customers like we have already done in Wales.” No doubt some people will still find a way to get annoyed about this but when you add this to the fall in casualties we have already seen it is clear that following evidence based policy might be a good idea.. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales…

BREAKING: Finance secretary Shona Robison has set out "urgent action" to make £500m of "savings" including cuts totalling £188m across all government portfolios.

Being a woman is kind of like being a cyclist in a city where all the cars represent men. You're supposed to be able to share the road equally with cars, but that's not how it works. The roads are built for cars and you spend a great deal of physical and mental energy being defensive and trying not to get hurt. Some of the cars want you to get hurt. They think you don't have any place on the road at all. And if you do get hurt by a car, everyone makes excuses that it's your fault.

New study: Vehicles are more likely to kill pedestrians if they have tall and blunt front ends and/or flat hoods. That's a major indictment of American SUV and truck design -- at a time when US pedestrian deaths recently hit a 40-year high. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2024.0…