Thread by @awjre

In 2022 we saw @bathnes deliver Liveable Neighbourhoods trials, Shared Bus Borders, Bus Stop Bypasses, Light Protected Cycle Lanes, Floated Car Parking to protect cycle lanes, Bike Hangars, 20mph speed limits, Continuous Footways, and a new Walking/Cycling Bridge! Amazing! 1/n

BUT @BathnesParks installed gravel bound steep path in @fosydneygardens creating an inaccessible exit on Beckford Rd. @bathnesld weakly hid behind a Citizen's Panel. @BATHNESHighways submitted a failed £1m bid to @activetraveleng ATF Tranche 3. 😭 2/n

However thanks to @WestofEnglandCA @votedannorris £540m Sustainable Transport Settlement @BATHNESHighways is going to be very busy delivering Scholar's Way, Kelston Rd Walcot St East West Link, and even giving Somer Valley some love! 3/n

We should start seeing consultations on the CRSTS corridors begin which will create an enormous amount of regional cycle infrastructure. 4/n

In @bathnes we should see elements of The Journey to Net Zero finally being delivered, particularly the city circulation plan while the Liveable Neighbourhood program goes from strength to strength creating miles of cheap good cycle infrastructure 5/n beta.bathnes.gov.uk/document-and-p…

Things I'd like to see @bathnes focus on:
School Streets: With the new CCTV traffic enforcement powers School Streets are viable and selffunding.
A regional quiet lanes network: The CRSTS is focused on main A roads and doesn't tackle the NES rural transit deserts. 6/n

One leftfield thing I'd like to see is @ShelfordMark @AandSPCC @ASPolice support community average speed camera network use by @CommunitySpeedw groups. I have high hopes for @ShaunMcGall & @AutoSpeedWatch creating a nationally significant trial in Timsbury! 7/n

We have Active Travel Fund Tranche 4 bids in Jan/Feb BUT there has been no @BATHNESHighways engagement with community groups as to what these could be and given their track record with Tranche 3 this does not bode well. A more interesting one is the £20m Levelling Up Fund... 8/n

Every constituency gets a £20m allocation for a big project which needs local MP backing. This is an opportunity for @Wera_Hobhouse to get behind "Access Bath" and truly make Bath more accessible fixing missing dropped kerbs, adding continuous footways etc across the city. 9/n

I haven't even mentioned Bristol and Bath Railway Path Bath extension which will see Locksbrook Bridge opened up again and a desperately needed sister bridge to Fielding's Bridge built creating a better link to @twotunnelsbath OR 10/n

The amazing time and energy @WalkRideBath members put into making @bathnes a better place to get around, be it walking/wheeling, cycling, or scooting. #KidicalMass goes from strength to strength all thanks to @SaskiaHeijltjes (and many others). m.facebook.com/KidicalMassBat… 11/n

The indomitable @franktompson continues his custodianship of @twotunnelsbath and all routes connecting to it! One day we will see an accessible ramp in Lyncombe Vale! 12/n

While I, having moved to Timsbury, am no longer chair of @WalkRideBath. I'm still a member and now focusing my energies on North East Somerset. So 2022 was one hell of a year but 2023 should be even better! END