Check this out - this is the power of cycle lanes! 👇🚴

5 min walk from the train station shows what year-on-year growth in vehicles looks like. Not the most dramatic pictures, but it's illustrative how mundane & normalised this all is. Blocked paths, crossings, sight lines, every inch of street space contested by ever more vehicles.

This is how all our cities will look in future. Centres like Glasgow can either be leaders and reap benefits of transitioning early to promote people, place and planet or we can kowtow to the moto-normative lobbyists and be left wondering why we can’t grow our urban population.

Network Rail Scotland hard to "beware of passing this vehicle on the inside" when it's illegally parked on the cycle lane and pavement. Please train your drivers to park legally. Early hours of 03/11/2024, near Eglinton toll, Glasgow

Alistair Davidson Hi Alistair, you’re absolutely right- the van shouldn’t have been parked there. We’re addressing this internally to prevent it from happening again. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

A study in Glasgow found those with cycling commutes had a 47% lower risk of dying of all causes, 10% lower risk of hospitalisation, 24% lower risk of hospitalisation for a heart condition, 24% lower risk of hospitalisation for cancer bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e0…

A study in London found that £100m of spending generated £1bn in health benefits. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods had a return on investment in the range 50:1 - 200:1. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

£3780 still needed. We are so close! But the deadline is quickly approaching... Please donate and share to help us take our active travel case to the Court of Appeal. crowdjustice.com/case/stop-the-…

Three pedestrians killed on the roads in as many days in Greater Glasgow. glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-n… glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-n… news.stv.tv/west-central/w…

Six pedestrians killed on Scotland’s roads in just 9 days heraldscotland.com/news/24713412.…

The project is part of a larger masterplan that includes 90 Passivhaus flats and 78 townhouses. glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-…

Why are we still waiting for better buses?🚍 Better Buses for Strathclyde new petition calls on Scottish Parliament to "Accelerate implementation of bus franchising powers" and its first hearing is due on Wed 27 Nov📷 Help us reach 3,000 signatures! Sign & share this link📷petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE21…

Just wow - did you know that the wealthiest 5% of the global population is responsible for an estimated 55% of air travel mileage, and the wealthiest 25% for over 90%? 🤯

Active travel, which this government is unfortunately probably cutting, is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to keep people out of hospital

Not really on here for any purpose any more. It's owned by the fascists eh? bluesky and mastodon are both perfectly decent alternatives, you can and should find me there.

Several members of the Turkish opposition have been suspended from X. This is the platform for authoritarians. You should not be on here.

Glasgow City Council Help Andrew Strong Over 6 months since I first reported this, last night I forgot it was there, hit it in the dark at a moderate speed, burst my front tire and mildly injured my leg. It could have been much worse if I didn't have my wits about me Glasgow City Council Help