Saskia Heijltjes
Green Party Cllr for Lambridge, Bath and North East Somerset
Once describes as "fanatical green" by Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Promoted by Michael Coffey on behalf of Saskia Heijltjes (Bath and NE Somerset Green Party), both at Ravenscroft, Sydney Road, Bath
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes🇫🇷🚲📦 🅒🅨🅒🅛🅞🅛🅞🅖🅘🅢🅣🅘🅠🅤🅔 The French term for cycle logistics was just voted word of the year by the Commission for the Enrichment of the French Language! Cargo bikes and cycle logistics are becoming mainstream in France, and this is just another sign of that trend. 👇
- Mopeds and cars are currently used for parking enforcement patrols in Bath, but why not e-bikes? www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-n...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesLeft - Green candidate 💚 Hannah Spencer, working class plumber and greater Manchester through and through. (Far) Right - Reform UK candidate 🟣 Racist anti-academic from St Albans. Your choice Gorton & Denton
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesSay hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesThe best cycle lanes are wide, beautiful and completely separate from other roads. This type of infrastructure is common here in the Netherlands. They often connect cities and offer a great alternative for driving.
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesYou told us you wanted more support around campaigning for safer cycling routes. We listened, and created this guide: www.cyclesprog.co.uk/news-campaig... If you want to influence what Cycle Sprog focuses on next, our 2026 survey is open now: 3ik3ly4nofr.typeform.com/to/OyFA0fc0
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesJoin today 👇 join.greenparty.org.uk
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The Green Party now has over 190,000 members! Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again. Join today!
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesThanks v much to the young people from Redland who wrote to me about issues like financial education, mental health, equal access to swimming lessons, & more Lots of food for thought - and great to see young people starting early on engaging with their elected representatives!
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesHave you ever wondered why the car lobby is always happy to respond to environmental claims, but you never hear them talk about obesity or public health? That asymmetry isn’t accidental. It’s a strategic choice about which fights they can survive.
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesHelp us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesWe’re running a family cycling survey and would love your input. Your responses will help shape what Cycle Sprog does next, and will feed into a report on how family cycling is changing. Take part 👉 www.cyclesprog.co.uk/blog/win-a-1... ps. you can win a £100 voucher for kids cycling kit
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We have officially completed the purchase of Warleigh Nature Reserve!! 🎉 We’re getting stuck in immediately. First up is Willow propagation and cutting access to a few areas that need work in spring. Loads more to come but for those not familiar: youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE @protect.earth #rewilding - Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesA driver doing 50mph in a 20mph limit killed 27 year old Harry Webb two years ago in Kenworthy Rd in Hackney. Communities rightly remember people killed on roads, treated as race tracks, by people speeding through. We all need to be clear that speeding is harmful and a risk never worth taking.
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesCouncils spend over £150 million a year trying to stop disabled kids getting support Local authorities are supposed to help families of SEND children. But many are failing in their duties entirely - or actively fighting against them, says @rachelcdailey.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesAt the moment, the law means Disabled people who use mobility aids can't carry friends or family members on our devices. Find out more about what you can do to help give Disabled people the same journey-making choices as non-disabled people at wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesThis happened today, not on a “main road” but on our local busy high street, where people of all ages walk and cycle every day. No words.💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesI’ve campaigned alongside Roadpeace for many years. Their work supporting bereaved families and seriously injured victims of collisions on the road is essential, especially as the numbers of people still being killed and injured each year is devastatingly high.
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesSad news from RoadPeace today.
- Wolves have returned to the Netherlands
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesBefore and after: 5 years ago, Utrecht restored the Catharijnesingel. Once filled in during the 1970s to make way for traffic, the historic canal now flows again around the old city, lined with pedestrian paths, bike lanes, and a park-like landscape. 📸 @filmendefietser.bsky.social (#DCEnetwork)
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesThe world’s richest 1% have burned up their fair share of carbon for the year in just 10 days. The climate and inequality crises are one and the same. We need: 💰 Wealth taxes on the super-rich 🚫 Ban on private jets
- Perfect parking spot 👌
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesHaarlemmerdijk, Amsterdam in 1977 and today
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesThe Dutch will double intercity bike routes in the next 5 years, from 1100 to 2300km. Every city has local routes: Utrecht, for example, has 420km of separated bike lanes & bike streets. 𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 allow people to safety go by bike throughout NL. More info: www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/doorf...
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time. Join us and join in ⤵️
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesA quick search and skim of the now-published strategy for "children": One key target is "70% reduction in the number of children (under 16) killed or seriously injured on roads in Great Britain by 2035, using a 2022-2024 baseline", tougher than target for all KSIs.
- The new road safety strategy press release flags 2 particularly vulnerable groups - motorcyclists and pedestrian-children from deprived neighbourhoods. The countermeasures listed only seem to deal with one, motorcyclists. I’ll wait to see what is said about children. www.gov.uk/government/n...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesI went for a ride today after it had been snowing for days. Wasn’t sure if the cycleways would be clear. Guess I forgot I live in the Netherlands…
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesAt Rennes 🇫🇷 train station, it is now possible to rent cargo bikes through the car-sharing operator Citiz.
- Will have to plan another Paris visit soon!
- As regular readers will know, I'm a huge fan of considering cable cars as part of the urban transit solution. And here's Paris, which has just opened a new cable car. DAZZLING. ✨🚠 metro.co.uk/2025/12/16/e...
- We wouldn't allow someone to keep their firearms licence if they'd be found guilty of a mass shooting?!
- Following today’s sentencing of Paul Doyle, several people have understandably queried why he was not banned from driving for life. It’s a good question, and one I attempted to grapple with in #NothingButTheTruth in the context of repeat driving offenders.
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesGood news from Oxford - after a recent consultation, five new #SchoolStreets are to be trialled, plus an extension for an existing School Street in Headington has been given the go-ahead. Great to see!
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes'I can't rely on the bus - it doesn't show up on time!' 'Can you park on your driveway so the bus can keep to time?' 'No! I need my car(s)!' And repeat...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesHarrowing statement by the judge here. An extreme case of road violence took place in Liverpool in May. 130 injured, with an immense amount of trauma that followed (described in detail). That's about 2 days worth of serious injuries on UK roads 🤷♂️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
- Now partly fixed, well done @profaliceroberts.bsky.social 🙌 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Okay. This is angering me. First of all, “MAN”!? We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”. And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesThis is obscene. That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face. We are the 99.999%. Tax the super rich. Join.greenparty.org.uk
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesLooking at today's Active Travel England (@ategov.bsky.social) updated funding allocations, here is the funding per person per year. I think it makes good sense to fund places that put money to best uses, I made this chart shows how that policy play out in practice. www.gov.uk/government/p...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesThis week two legal judgements, concerning employers based in Scotland, have shown that employers are not obliged to exclude trans people from facilities that align with their gender. Full statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/12... #Trans #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC
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- We’ve got tens of thousands of new members. Let’s get active. This is a crucial moment - make sure you’re a part of it. Let’s make hope normal again. Find your local party and get involved today 🔗 greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯 The Green Party has passed 180,000 members! That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉 All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope. Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
- Massive fail here because I picked up our tree on foot yesterday 🤦 Still active travel though!! #treebybike #cargobike
- 🎄+ 🚲 = 🧑🎄 www.cyclesprog.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
- Trip to the tip at the other end of town on busiest Sat of the year?! Always feel like a superhero on my #cargobike 🦸 Old radiator + charity shop load 👍 #carfree #carryshitolympics
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesHerald won the Dutch Game Award for Best Narrative! We're humbled that the jury saw Herald as the best story this year! A special thanks to the players who stuck with us through the years, we can’t wait to bring more stories to fans of story-driven games. More to come soon... 💜 #gameawards #indiedev
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesAnother day another SUV ad from the BBC. Gone Fishing is supposed to be a celebration of the countryside, does it really need an extended clip of a massive SUV fording a river for no reason? Save it for Top Gear!
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesIn the Netherlands 🇳🇱, data shows that for a 30 minute trip on a regular bike, only 13% of people are willing to ride. But for a 25 minute trip on an e-bike, that probability jumps to 28%. E-bikes don't just make riding easier, they drastically expand the acceptable range for bike commuting.
- Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes"Why don't kids go outside anymore?!" Kids outside:
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesGreat to see the 2025 budget keep the Cycle to Work scheme in place! It matters: every £1 invested in cycling and walking brings nearly £6 in benefits: better public health, stronger local high streets, and more vibrant communities. Let’s keep backing active travel. 💚🚲
- This is not how to lock your bike Also, this lock can be cut with secateurs probably...
- The submission for a cargo bike emoji wasn't successful 😭 We'll have to stick with this 🚲📦 for now... The current range of emojis for cycles/cycling do not represent me and how I get around at all: 🚲🚵🚴🚳 In comparison: 🚗🚘🚙🚔🚓🚕🏎️🛣️ #motonormativity anyone? @ianwalker.bsky.social
- Arrgghh... Gutted to say the least. Sorry to announce that submission #2 for #CargoBikeEmoji was unsuccessful 😔 No feedback provided from Unicode. If current guidelines stand, will be 4 yrs before a 3rd time lucky proposal in 2029. This would be a great way to finish the #DecadeOfTheCargoBike
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesSince I was elected leader of the Green Party, 100,000 new people have joined. In just over two months: 170,000 people ready to make hope normal again. This is only the beginning. Join.greenparty.org.uk
- Being a car-free family with two kids has been very doable for us. This has helped: - make transport a factor in important decisions (nursery, school, clubs, work, etc) - own good waterproofs - ask people for lifts (to A&E and birthday parties out of town) 1/2
- - allow more money for outings because trains are expensive (get a railcard!) - allow more time for outings (because public transport often takes a bit longer to get to that zoo/pool/castle) - take a taxi/hire a car when needed - carry your kids by bike - carry your babies/toddlers in a carrier 2/2
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesShall we all bookmark this for when the Budget decides the Bike to Work scheme is unaffordable? www.gov.uk/government/n...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesAt the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesFun Fact: Cars have NEVER been perfect. They cost society human lives, health, billions in subsidies every year, prevent resilience and encounters... But any alternative to them MUST, in Car Brains' view, be EVEN more perfect than a car.
- Cycle Sprog's founder @karengee3.bsky.social wrote to the Chancellor last week about the potential cap on the Cycle to Work scheme salary sacrifice scheme. The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesCycle Sprog's founder @karengee3.bsky.social wrote to the Chancellor last week about the potential cap on the Cycle to Work scheme salary sacrifice scheme. The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesCross your fingers, send good karma, oil that chain, positive vibes... A couple of weeks left to find out on emoji submissions and if #CargoBikeEmoji has made it through. (Quietly optimistic but grounded in that there are a LOT of proposals each year and Unicode has strict guidelines)
- Cargo bike parking goals 👌
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesCouncillor Heather Mack takes train to Lithuania in bid to cut down on flight emissions www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesFrom a mom-blogger documenting her family's car-free life, to launching her own business, becoming a three-time author, and working with cities around the world to change hearts, minds, and streets. Thanks @zagdaily.com for listing Melissa in their 100 Mobility Changemakers for 2025: bit.ly/4qOVrsW
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesAirport expansion and the UK #NetZero target - @greenjennyjones.bsky.social asks why is government not making frequent fliers pay their way while cutting train fares? #ClimateEmergency www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
- Reposted by Saskia HeijltjesTry to stop your friends and family using Twitter news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
