Chartered Civil Engineer working in the world of active travel 🚴‍♀️ 🌍 Likes to talk about transport, urbanism, climate change, the environment and nature ❤️ Mum to two boys, a dog and a cargo bike. Laka insurance referral code: AYCD2https://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mx4r7s256s2rA) Yes you can. B) But anyway, nobody is saying that you have to. C) It is perfectly possible to own a car and also do most of your journeys NOT by car (and/or want to reduce how many journeys you drive). D) What do the many people who don't have a car do? So fed up with this ridiculous argument. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4r7s256s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mx36ycgj4s2cMy Instagram feed is full of AI generated videos of indignant tradesman riding bikes stacked up with building materials etc. Apparently someone has said something about replacing vans with cargo bikes and they are all very butthurt. And obviously haven't seen what cargo bikes can do! 😂04 Oct 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx36ycgj4s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwxup3sn3c24I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'll believe that fuel is too expensive when I don't routinely see people parked up in their cars with the engine running.03 Oct 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxup3sn3c24https://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwxdpdsuck2wTruly terrible to be able to walk less than 15 minutes for this. If only I had to drive here...03 Oct 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxdpdsuck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwvrhx63fk2hSnoozing on the sofa in the late afternoon sunshine with my best boy 🥰02 Oct 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvrhx63fk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwlveb5j6s2xAnother really interesting pod from Streets Ahead 👍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlveb5j6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwirbqy5rs2zWhat an absolute melt. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwirbqy5rs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwir6tpmvk2zA bit of litter picking with my local community gardening group and we stopped to admire this little bed which one of us planted up a while back and has finally bloomed after such a hot summer! 🙂27 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwir6tpmvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwiblw7j4k2oOff topic, but Lidl fruit and veg really is shit. I mostly buy my f&v from elsewhere these days, for this reason, but I picked up this avocado when I was in there yesterday. Cheers guys! Breakfast is ruined 🤢27 Sep 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwiblw7j4k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mwe6l54vhs2nWhilst I've been in Manchester this week, a project I'm very excited about has kicked off; I went to have a look at it today. It's tightening up of this junction (look closely and you can see the old and new kerb lines) plus a parallel zebra linking across to the road opposite (behind the post box)25 Sep 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwe6l54vhs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mw7ktqyyh227Big shout out to everyone at @ategov.bsky.social for a great conference in Manchester over the past two days. I have too many thoughts swirling around in my head about it, so for now I'll just say thanks, and it was really good to catch up with so many friends and colleagues ☺️ (Also: MCR is fab!)23 Sep 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7ktqyyh227https://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mw2atuauqk26I'm oop north. Air's a bit thin up here.21 Sep 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2atuauqk26https://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mvz7r53ebs2aJust saw a woman riding a Tern HSD dragging another two kids bikes behind her and I wish I was the kind of person who would shout "YEAHHH GURRRLLLL!" across the road but I'm not so I'm just gonna post here that I felt very happy and proud to see it ☺️21 Sep 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvz7r53ebs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mvxu7y3po22h"they cannot fade away for every motor-horn." A century-old letter in a newspaper from CTC (now Cycling UK) which demonstrates that some things never change... 🙄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Sep 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxu7y3po22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mvx6w4skh22nTerrible policy when domestic transport is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases in the UK. We need to be going all-in on helping people AWAY from reliance on fossil fuels, not subsidising their use even more than we already do. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Sep 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvx6w4skh22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mvtzufw5lk2gHard to work out from this article but this was a 84 year old (fit and healthy) pedestrian who was hit and killed by a car driver. (He happened to be a former president of the Chartered Institute of Housing as well as a much loved member of the local community) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmj4jzrkvwp8o19 Sep 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtzufw5lk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mvsa2cbcjk2cI'd never heard this story before. Wow. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsa2cbcjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mvnnydh6m22vMy dad got me an IBC for my birthday! 😁 My plants shall be watered next summer!16 Sep 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnnydh6m22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mvknylgvd22qYou really don't have to look very hard, for very long, or go back very far, to tot up quite the list of innocent pedestrians killed by motor vehicle drivers... [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvknylgvd22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3muyib3hxfk2tHave been sitting in my home office delaying my commute until the rain eases off a bit... It ain't gonna happen, is it?! Guess I'd better dig out the waterproofs for the first time in months! 😭08 Sep 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyib3hxfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3muou7d2xgk2zOn my way to my physio appointment at the hospital, lovely 😊04 Sep 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muou7d2xgk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mulw254kbs22I live near a school and the kids are evidently starting back today. How can you possibly tell, you may ask...?! 🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🙄03 Sep 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulw254kbs22https://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mujvlbknek2aGah, my son's just headed out to catch the bus into town and it's back to costing me £ 😕02 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujvlbknek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mu5vojalm22cA lovely day today but there's definitely an autumnal turn in the air... I embraced this by making some elderberry syrup which is (apparently) great for coughs and colds. Also tastes nice 😋28 Aug 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5vojalm22chttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mu2foglfd22yArgh can we please agree to call these e-motos?! And I'm going to try to start calling my eapc an e-bicycle. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2foglfd22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mtvbty2b3k2eBloody cyclists! 🤬25 Aug 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvbty2b3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social/post/3mtnuspwt2k2mThe negative externalities of car dominance always affect the poorest the most. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:dcenu3ssuqwakshphp4ogr2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnuspwt2k2m