Healthy Streets is an organisation that gives guidance on improving the health of streets for users, other than car owners, making them more pleasant places to live and dwell - by introducing better seating, adding greenery and flowers, creating mixed use cycle lanes, and upgrading streets and pavements for cyclists, pedestrians, and wheelchair users.

One particularly interesting ‘healthy streets’ project was for the City of London, showing people who rely on wheels, whether mobility scooters, wheelchairs or adapted trikes when navigating the streets and public transport. It was an eye opening experience to really understand what they face on a daily basis. It seems that not only are there many physical barriers that most of us are blissfully unaware of, the the biggest barriers are often obstructions created by fellow travellers.

Thanks to everyone who gave their time and energy to be included in these photoshoots and to Wheels for Wellbeing for finding willing volunteers.

Female wheelchair user and friend on a central London street
Young female wheelchair user outside London tube sign
Young wheelchair user crossing the road in the city of London area
Female wheelchair user at a cafe with friends
Disabled female being assisted into a London black cab
A female trike user and her friend talking outside on a London street
Two trike users in the city of London
Cyclists riding past some city workers in the square mile, London
Trike users riding through the city of London
A trike user accessing a public lift
Transport for London worker assisting a trike user boarding a tube in London
Outdoor shot of a young female wheelchair user smiling
Young disabled woman in a wheelchair smiling with friends
Young disabled woman in a wheelchair walking through London street with friends
Central London street with pedestrians
Older female with assisted walking apparatus in central London
Two women walking through central London
Two female friends sitting outside in central London. Assisted walking.
Two friends chatting on a park bench in London with a guide dog
Older man and his guide dog walking through a central London street with flowers
Older man with his guide dog in London surrounded by other street users
Older man with his guide dog and friend in central London
Older man sitting on a park bench in London with his guide dog
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