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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 2h

A fabulous picture postcard of Glasgow Cross at the junction of the Trongate and High Street. The picture is certainly pre-1896 as there's no sign of Glasgow Cross station yet. The works to the left of the picture are the cut and cover tunnel being dug for the railway line.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 16h

📰 STV News: More bikes than cars on main road at rush hour for first time figures show.

🚲 Great summary of the boom in cycling that's happening where new, safe, connected infrastructure is being built in Scotland. #BuildItAndTheyWillCome

More bikes than cars on main road at rush hour for first time, figures show

Cycling Scotland reported data from Victoria Road showed more journeys were cycled rather than driven between 8am and 9am on Thursday, June 5.

news.stv.tv

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 16h

Got it in 2 as a pure guess with a bit of deduction ('Law of the Indies' style grid, a port city that seems to like cricket)

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The City of Edinburgh Council @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 23h

We’re looking for your views on our plans to improve provision for walking, wheeling and cycling along Dundee Street and in the wider Fountainbridge area.

The consultation is open until 12 January 2026.

Digital visualisation of Dundee Street and Angle Park Terrace at the junction with Henderson Terrace.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 2d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 2d

What a run #Unzoomed
www.unzoomed.com/en

Satellite view of a mystery city in the browser game "Unzoomed".

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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 4d

Consultation ends this Fri 10 october.

If you know QF, have you responded??

@edi.bike

SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 12d

#Queensferry #ActiveTravel 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 consultn, ends 10 Oct

🙋 Respond by email or online

Consultn page & DRAFT response--> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/me...

@edi.bike @sw20.info @thebonnieloon.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social

Picture of the active travel route and connections being consulted on

Consultation heading..

Queensferry: Builyeon Road new primary school and improved active travel connections

Closes 10 Oct 2025

Opened 28 Aug 2025

Start of the DRAFT spokes response..

Queensferry: Builyeon Road new primary school and improved active travel connections
DRAFT Spokes consultation response
The page numbers below refer to the document Queensferry Connections DRAFT Developed Designs
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South Queensferry residents already suffer from the effects of excessive traffic with actual and perceived risk
to life, excessive noise, pollution and negative health impacts of increasing levels of inactivity, especially
amongst younger generations. With over 1600 properties built or planned to be built in just a few years within
the town, Edinburgh Council must act now to make active travel a more attractive option for people to choose
to travel to, from and around South Queensferry.
Spokes broadly welcome these proposals as we believe this could potentially be the start of what is required to
provide adults and children with the opportunity for active travel which for most does not currently exist.
There is an opportunity for a wider active travel network throughout South Queensferry and these proposals as
the currently stand exclude other areas of South Queensferry, for example other schools around the town. All
children and adults should have the right to exercise for free and to travel actively safely and we would urge
the Council, the Scottish Government and other funding partners to take a proactive approach to planning this
(and other) active travel networks, not just individual routes that are not joined up

one of the main proposals maps in the consultation, showing the active travel route beside and crossing a road

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 4d

"Over half of the e-cargo bike mileage ridden during trials substituted for car use."

doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 4d

More detailed article here from the archaeological team themselves, including a map showing where this is - right on the edge of the old centre of Glasgow (which today more or less marks the boundary between the centre and the east end). www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=824

Map from Guard Archaeology (in linked article), showing the approximate layout of mid-14th century Glasgow, when the population would have been around 1,500 people at the most. The map shows the layout of the main streets of the town: two main east-west streets connected in between by High Street, running from the river up towards the cathedral. The dig site that's uncovered medieval artefacts from this time is marked in a red dot at the centre of the image, close to Glasgow Cross but believed to have been outside the town itself at this time.

Google Earth satellite view of the same location in modern Glasgow, with the centre of the image located roughly at Glasgow Cross. The gap site where this dig took place is marked as a red triangle, and yellow lines mark the rough route of streets in 14th century Glasgow, included on the other map.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 4d

"A small sliver of medieval Glasgow that somehow survived centuries of building and rebuilding."

A dig that's been going on for weeks at a gap site on the eastern edge of Glasgow city centre (ahead of social housing construction) has turned up fragments of the early medieval expansion of the city.

Rare medieval remains uncovered in Glasgow

An archaeology team uncovers pottery and well-preserved wooden posts and fencing at a site in the Gallowgate area.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

Something that's obvious from using this route daily is how busy it is in all weathers, like this clip on the way home on what might've been the single wettest day in Glasgow last year.

Hills (which these routes largely avoid), weather... it all peels away when you feel safe getting from A to B.

Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · Dec 17

True in Amsterdam, true in rainy Glasgow!

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 6d

The same in #Edinburgh. It invested in its public realm to increase walking and cycling and Mastercard reported a 20% increase in local spend.

Many other benefits were also evidenced in the multi year study - despite predictions of disaster, the scheme was anything but.

🚌 🚶‍♀️ 🚲 95% of people interview travelled by sustainable means

⬆️🚶‍♀️pedestrian satisfaction up

⬆️🚲Local residents cycling more to work 8% to 12% to 15% over three years

⬆️📈residents support increased from 49% to 68%, opposition drops from 11% to 9%

⬆️🅿️satisfaction with local parking is up

⬆️🛍️Traders support for scheme increases from 12% to 60%

⬇️ 🛒vacant shops down - it’s up in similar areas in Edinburgh

⬆️💳Mastercard data shows local spending in scheme area up 20% (wow!)

⬇️🚗traffic levels down 27% since 2018

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

Amazing news, which comes the same week that traffic survey findings were published, showing more bikes than cars were recorded at morning rush hour on the #SouthCityWay cycle route for the first time this year. 🚲👇

The impact of building this infrastructure is real.

Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 9d

Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike

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Continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike in Scotland

More bikes than cars in morning rush hour on Glasgow's South City Way, with Edinburgh cycle route nearly doubling its use after one year.

cycling.scot

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows
glasgow.gov.uk/article/13887

Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows - Glasgow City Council

Glasgow is seeing a boom in active travel, with 4.65 million cycling trips recorded between January and August this year - a 43% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

glasgow.gov.uk

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

Heard a noise that sounded like the gentle buzzing of a bee over my shoulder, getting louder and louder. 😴

Turns out the window hammock we bought weeks ago is not a total waste after all...

Photo of our tabby cat Ivy, sound asleep on her window bed, facing out into a rainy back garden.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 8d

Used to be you'd need to look to cities in NL or Denmark for real-life examples of this. More recently, Paris & London. But the examples are getting closer to home and harder to ignore.

Really profound change is happening where safe, connected spaces for cycling are being created in Scotland 🚲🚲🚲🚲

Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 9d

Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike

See more 👇

Continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike in Scotland

More bikes than cars in morning rush hour on Glasgow's South City Way, with Edinburgh cycle route nearly doubling its use after one year.

cycling.scot

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David Brennan @magnatom.bsky.social · 9d

Build it and they will ride.

Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 9d

Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike

See more 👇

Continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike in Scotland

More bikes than cars in morning rush hour on Glasgow's South City Way, with Edinburgh cycle route nearly doubling its use after one year.

cycling.scot

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 9d

“I warn you not to lose your job. I warn you not to have a workplace accident. I warn you not to fall ill. I warn you not to make plans.”

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 9d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 9d

Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike

See more 👇

Continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike in Scotland

More bikes than cars in morning rush hour on Glasgow's South City Way, with Edinburgh cycle route nearly doubling its use after one year.

cycling.scot

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d

Guardian investigation into Facebook groups with 600k members in which the kind of extreme dehumanising language that socialises racist violence is rife. Facebook has become more permissive towards extreme content in the last year.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests

Rioters were influenced by network that exposes hundreds of thousands of Britons to racist disinformation, Guardian research indicates

www.theguardian.com

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Niall Collins @colliniho.bsky.social · 11d

#REMTop30

Number 4: Nightswimming

“I'm not sure all these people understand”

I know everyone will share this, but what’s one more. Just beautiful.

youtu.be/KVT0S0j7F9Y?...

R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Later… with Jools Holland on BBC1, 14 October 2003)

YouTube video by REMVEVO

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 11d

This is peak Crowes though.

The Black Crowes - Feelin Alright - Live at David Letterman

YouTube video by Amorica - Womb of the Free

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 11d

Really didn't appreciate how good a fit Luther Dickinson was for them in his stint on lead guitar c.2007-11. By far the best after Marc Ford. E.g. the solo here, about 7mins into Wiser Time (then Rich's solo on his weird custom Teya La Perla isn't half bad either). #TheBlackCrowes

The Black Crowes - Live at Newport Folk Festival - Full concert

YouTube video by Amorica - Womb of the Free

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 11d

Dipped back into The Black Crowes a lot recently, after a few years of not listening. It's reaffirmed they're definitely my fave band ever, and probably always will be. There's just so much to love. Anyway, this is neat: youtu.be/7CZR6NwlN9w?...

Black Crowes Oh Sweet Nuthing.

YouTube video by eerko

youtu.be

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 11d

Motonormativity in action: my city's main hospital has been built miles outside the city, up by a motorway junction. You want to get there but you can't drive? Tough, your time has no value

An excerpt from Google maps showing a journey that is 29 minutes by car or 1 hour 50 minutes by public transport

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