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Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) is a harmful pollutant formed mainly from the burning of fossil fuels in vehicles and industrial processes. It can harm our lungs through inflaming airways and worsen respiratory conditions such as asthma. The ten district councils that represent the Greater Manchester Combined Authority are directed by the government to reduce roadside levels […]
Walk Ride GM is horrified by the news of a hate crime against Klaudia Mitura on the Ashton Canal. There is no excuse for violence, including this example of male violence against women. Incidents like this are made more likely by a widespread press and media bias against cyclists. Language inciting hate and violence towards […]
Currently, many of Greater Manchester’s designated walking, wheeling and cycling routes are off-road, through parks or diverted along dark, quiet streets with limited passive surveillance. These routes are often indirect, causing inconvenience for people making sustainable travel choices, increasing the distance and time to get from A to B, compared to using a direct route. […]
Here at Walk Ride GM, we’re big fans of e-scooters and their potentially game-changing benefits for our region’s towns and cities. For the last five years, Lime have been operating their e-scooter hire scheme in Salford. Comprehensive studies show us evidence that this has been a great success. Results from the University of Salford’s surveys, […]
Walk Ride GM accepted an invitation to share our experiences as part of the featured panel of Merseyside Cycling Campaign’s Summit and AGM on 17 May 2025. Following on from a few words by fellow panellists Dr Kay Inckle (Wheels for Wellbeing), Ed Gommon (Zero Carbon Liverpool), and Simon O’Brien (Liverpool City Region’s Cycling Commissioner), […]
Walk Ride GM and Mums for Lungs held the first ever School Street and Beyond Conference on 16 May in Manchester focused on supporting schools starting on their journey towards increasing active travel journeys to school. It was a glorious sunny day and we kicked off the event with a real-life ‘School Street’ outside St […]
Walk Ride GM has today invited the independent MP for Gorton and Denton, Andrew Gwynne, to join a cycle ride around his constituency. The invitation states: Dear Mr Gwynne, We were concerned to read your comments about your constituent’s pleas for a safer network for cycling. We are a Greater Manchester-wide campaigning organisation with supporters […]
CompareTheMarket have shared with us a useful guide explaining the Highway Code changes that came into effect in January 2022. This set of changes attempted to address the imbalances on our roads and reprioritise safe travel for vulnerable road users. Read the article here It’s good to see organisations spreading the word about these important […]
Thomas van Laake, doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester First published in Royal Town Planning Institute Transformative change takes time. Nearly seven years on from the launch of the agenda-setting ‘Made to Move’ strategy, which set out Greater Manchester’s target of becoming ‘the very first city region [with] a fully joined up cycling and […]
This week, the region’s active transport community came together in Levenshulme to celebrate an impactful year of making Greater Manchester a safer city for all to travel. Despite the dark winter night, it was standing room only at Station South as nominees and activists came together to reflect on all the progress made through 2024 […]
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A guest blog by Thomas van Laake, Graeme Sherriff and Harry Gray. We asked them to share their reflections on our recent conference, which focussed on cycling advocacy and policymaking in Greater Manchester. Now nearly seven years past the launch of the ambitious ‘Made to Move’ strategy, cycling policy in Greater Manchester is at another […]