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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Apr 18

I guess I just have to accept that I am going to spend the whole day panicking that I have made a mistake and I should be at work 😭

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Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · Apr 9

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MSc Real Estate – fast-track entry to a professional career with a specialism in finance/investment, sustainability or housing

Professionally accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 💪

Info 👉 www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Real Estate MSc - University of Glasgow

Dr Tunbosun Oyedokun about the Real Estate MSc programme available at the University of Glasgow.Visit https://gla.ac.uk/pg/realestate for more information on...

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · Apr 2

Myanmar, no earthquake assistance, instead a 44% tariff.

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · Mar 29

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 29

Even within transport, I sometimes come across a journal paper title that is unbelievably depressing... "Spatial accessibility to gun violence exposure on walkable routes to and from school" #Chicago

[Really interesting paper using innovative data/methods though!]

doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Redirecting

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Nov 13

“I don't wanna go far for stuff"

My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

White text on black: I love walkable neighbourhoods because I don’t wanna go far for stuff.

No big conspiracy, I’m just lazy.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Mar 28

As a parent I love walkable neighbourhoods cause the kids can get places themselves. No big conspiracy, I’m just tired.

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Nov 13

“I don't wanna go far for stuff"

My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 28

Good grief! I hope that one of your colleagues saw this and told you to leave work early today and go home and rest 😂😂🤣

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Mar 27

Around 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs. 200,000 more since before the pandemic.

These are record numbers of children living in poverty.

Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · Mar 27

🚨 New child poverty figures out today paint a stark picture - 22% of children in Scotland are trapped in poverty

➡️ While lower than the UK’s 31% rate, this still falls short of the 18% interim target. Urgent action is needed

Our response ⤵️

www.ippr.org/media-office...

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · Mar 27

Taken #OTD in 1990.

Concrete cathedral to car culture...

David Rose captures the brutalist grandeur beneath the Kingston Bridge.

From the book, 'Glasgow: 24-hours in the Life of a City' (March 27/28, 1990).

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 21

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Bella Chu @isabellachu.bsky.social · Mar 20

Why am I always talking about sewers and toilets? Because doing sewage and sanitation well is unglamorous, unsung hero work that is one of the foundations of a healthy society. @caltrain.com has wheelchair accessible toilets on board new trains and now has clean, well functioning platform toilets!

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Owen Waygood @owenwaygood.bsky.social · Mar 20

I became a transport engineer because I love to streets full of people standing, sitting and simply enjoying this #publicspace with others. #Verdun #Welliington #pedestrians

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 19

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Big Nasty 🤠☭ @bignasty.bsky.social · Mar 18

We don’t want driverless uber. We want reliable public transportation.

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 13

Also based within @uofgussp.bsky.social !

Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 13

New fully funded PhD studentship from @rafa-vdz.bsky.social has just been advertised!
Exciting opportunity to work on 'Big Data' relating to transport accessibility and employment with a fab team including Rafa and @nickbailey37.bsky.social at @ubdc.bsky.social

www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...

Public transport and social welfare: The impact of bus connectivity on employment outcomes for low-income populations - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Public transport enables access to economic opportunities, services and social networks particularly for lower-income populations who cannot afford to own a private car. Buses play a particularly impo...

www.sgsss.ac.uk

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 13

New fully funded PhD studentship from @rafa-vdz.bsky.social has just been advertised!
Exciting opportunity to work on 'Big Data' relating to transport accessibility and employment with a fab team including Rafa and @nickbailey37.bsky.social at @ubdc.bsky.social

www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...

Public transport and social welfare: The impact of bus connectivity on employment outcomes for low-income populations - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Public transport enables access to economic opportunities, services and social networks particularly for lower-income populations who cannot afford to own a private car. Buses play a particularly impo...

www.sgsss.ac.uk

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · Mar 13

My first week on the Dundee Courier, and the newsdesk phone rang, saying something had happened...

I was sent to find a reporter, I found him weeping in his car, childrens' blood on his brogues.

Dunblane 13.3.1996

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · Mar 12

“Projects that are solely related to active transportation are now being red-flagged and anything involving multimodal transport are being yellow-flagged. Highway projects, she added, still have a green light.”

U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes — Streetsblog USA

Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!

usa.streetsblog.org

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John R. Bennett @johnreidbennett.bsky.social · Mar 12

I've been expecting this but it doesn't make me any less angry.

John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · Mar 12

“Projects that are solely related to active transportation are now being red-flagged and anything involving multimodal transport are being yellow-flagged. Highway projects, she added, still have a green light.”

U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes — Streetsblog USA

Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!

usa.streetsblog.org

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 12

Just seen this gem of a quote from Don Hedeker at the University of Chicago:

'Multilevel analysis => another example of Golden Rule of
Statistics: “one person’s error term is another person’s (or many persons’) career”'

😂😂🤣

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Yalda Hakim @yaldahakim.bsky.social · Mar 7

Afghanistan is no longer in the headlines as it once was, but the fate of Afghan women and girls should haunt the conscience of humanity. ⬇️

My piece ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
t.co/IdX4EuhLfn

https://news.sky.com/story/leaving-afghanistan-teen-cricketer-had-to-burn-medals-now-she-wants-right-to-play-for-country-13323128

t.co

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 8

Yes!!!!!
That's what I came here to say! 😂😂🤣

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Playing Out @playingout.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy #IWD2025 - let’s create a world where all girls feel safe and free to be out and about in their streets and neighbourhoods!

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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ficrawford.bsky.social · Mar 8

🙌 I need this on a poster for my office!

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Mar 7

Just one more.

text on a black poster
THE STUDY
EVERY STUDY EVER:
RELIABLE TRANSIT, SAFE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND FEWER CARS WILL IMPROVE CITIES.
CITY:
HMM, CAN WE REALLY TRUST EVERY STUDY EVER DONE?
ROVÉLO CREATIVE

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Miss Omar @auntiekayadventure.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women around the world. 💐

Today, we celebrate your strength, resilience, and achievements in every aspect of life. May this day be a reminder of your worth, power, and the progress we continue to strive for together.

Keep shining!

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