Now Then Mcr existed 2010-2022 as a platform for #independent creativity & collaboration across #GreaterManchester & beyond. Sheffield @NowThen lives on.
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Now Then Manchester retweeted
There are so many compelling reasons why councils should apply, especially the huge success seen from the trial in Salford. We've put a list of these reasons together so you can contact your councillor armed with all the necessary info.
walkridegm.org.uk/2025/08/04…
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Now Then Manchester retweeted
🚨 URGENT ASK to help us push micromobility forwards in Greater Manchester 🛴
Your local authority has until 21/10/25 to apply for an e-scooter trial. We believe e-scooters are a crucial part of the shift away from cars, so PLEASE email your councillor asking them to apply.
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ALT A woman riding a Lime hire e-scooter along a bike lane in a US city
Now Then Manchester retweeted
Whether you’re a long-term Walk Ride campaigner, supporter, or just interested in what we do, we’d love you to join for a social to meet each other face-to-face, share ideas & feedback, and hear about successes we’ve all worked to achieve so far in 2025!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-ride…
ALT People standing with bicycles to pose for a photo in the new cycle lane on Deansgate in Manchester. There are mid-rise red-brick buildings lining the street on both sides.
Now Then Manchester retweeted
@MayorofGM @AndyBurnhamGM asks you to make a New Year’s resolution: to switch to the Bee Network in 2025 and to #LeaveTheCarAtHome
greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/…
Now Then Manchester retweeted
If @MayorofGM @AndyBurnhamGM wants #Stockport @StockportMBC residents to #LeaveTheCarAtHome, then we need 24-hour bus lanes on key routes like the #A6, so people can see the real-time benefits of taking the bus
Now Then Manchester retweeted
✅️ Walking, wheeling, and cycling are back on the agenda at Central Government
theguardian.com/politics/art…
👇 So there's no better time to get involved with our steering group to ensure that translates to bet practice across our local boroughs
**Opportunity Alert**
We've opened up volunteer recruitment for our friendly and active Walk Ride GM Steering Group.
Please get in touch if you're interested, and/or pass it on 🙌
Details and app form via the link:
walkridegm.org.uk/2024/08/18…
Now Then Manchester retweeted
"Having that access to safe cycle routes is a basic element, is a basic tenet of social justice"
👇 @LouHaigh is on point in this interview
🤞 Exciting times again for active travel
theguardian.com/politics/art…
Now Then Manchester retweeted
**Opportunity Alert**
We've opened up volunteer recruitment for our friendly and active Walk Ride GM Steering Group.
Please get in touch if you're interested, and/or pass it on 🙌
Details and app form via the link:
walkridegm.org.uk/2024/08/18…
Now Then Manchester retweeted
The A6 from the MCR boundary to Stockport is 20 meters wide at it's minimum
Here is the @BeeNetwork guide on how to design a "Multi-Lane Connector Street"
"Streets for All is our approach to everything we do on streets in GM"
Why aren't @BeeNetwork ensuring that in Stockport?
ALT A technical drawing of a concept street with a bus lane and bidirectional cycle lanes
Now Then Manchester retweeted
We'd like to know @AndyBurnhamGM how sending people walking, wheeling & cycling down dingy back alleys with no natural surveillance fits with the @greatermcr Gender Based Violence Strategy?
Our urban design makes a huge difference to personal safety
greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/…
One of the many problems with forcing cyclists down backstreets and greenways is that it's like this, 50% of the time. Does this feel safe to you?
We need a protected cycle route along the A6, something @StockportMBC's proposals fail to address.
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Now Then Manchester retweeted
Last night the decision was made to defer the Stockport A6 scheme
This is only just the beginning, we need everyone involved to stick their neck out and challenge this scheme
Everyone knows this scheme is sub par - we cannot let it pass
Now Then Manchester retweeted
But we shouldn’t throw good money after bad.
Review final scheme, with outside experts to give evidence, and ask “is this ambitious? Does it represent the future we want for Stockport?”
If not, what can we change to make it ambitious? Still time to design A6 CYCLOPS junctions
Now Then Manchester retweeted
When we build bigger roads, we get more traffic. Congestion briefly gets better, then the same, then worse. £Billions is spent in the process.
Instead of dualling roads, what if we used the space for active travel instead? Here’s a thread on why it should happen.🧵
ALT Drone photograph of A27 cycle path
ALT Drone photograph of A27 cycle path
Now Then Manchester retweeted
We've managed to show Stockport Council that the people of Stockport deserve better for the A6
But the fight to have safe cycling along the A6 has only just begun
Join our discord where work behind the scenes to put pressure on councils across GM to deliver better 👇
Now Then Manchester retweeted
Let's not forget @StockportMBC isn't the only @greatermcr authority refusing to use the adopted #StreetsForAll Design Guide
The initial A560 proposals by @TamesideCouncil pledged significantly improved healthy options🚶♀️🚲🚍
This sounds great 👍
But...🧵
ALT A560 proposals description, including that they "will significantly improve the Bee Network's pedestrian, cycling and local bus infrastructure along the A560"
Now Then Manchester retweeted
Solidarity with #Tameside residents
Another @greatermcr borough that needs to go back to the drawing board
If you'd like to join the campaign for healthy places then get involved with @WalkRideGM and our growing Tameside contingent on Discord
Let's not forget @StockportMBC isn't the only @greatermcr authority refusing to use the adopted #StreetsForAll Design Guide
The initial A560 proposals by @TamesideCouncil pledged significantly improved healthy options🚶♀️🚲🚍
This sounds great 👍
But...🧵
ALT A560 proposals description, including that they "will significantly improve the Bee Network's pedestrian, cycling and local bus infrastructure along the A560"
Now Then Manchester retweeted
Wow - the reaction to our latest campaign video has blown us all away
Our ask to you - please share this video with a friend or family member who you want to get cycling! 📤🚴
Now Then Manchester retweeted
How can we expect the @BeeNetwork to succeed when busses can't even go the quickest route! @AndyBurnhamGM
What an utterly embarrassing bus diversion caused by the prioritisation of private car owners over everyone else.
I wonder if local businesses will blame lack of parking for any decline in business rather than recognising that anyone without a car can't get there? @BeeNetwork
Now Then Manchester retweeted
Heads up if you live in the #NorthWest, it's time to clear your diaries for the 6th June: We're coming to #Salford to host a radio masterclass with @BBC & @Radiocentre! 💥
📆Thursday 6th June, 6-8pm
📌MediaCityUK, Salford
🔗 Sign up for free: opportunities.creativeaccess…
ALT An image of a microphone. Text reads: "Creative Access masterclass with BBC Radio and Radiocentre. Thursday 6th June, 6-8pm. MediaCityUK, Quay House, Salford. With speakers from BBC Sport, Hits Radio and BBC 1Xtra. Sign up for free now!