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Campaign to remove the motorway from Glasgow city centre and replace it with something better
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Paul Shaw
about 1 year ago
SPT are publishing their final draft regional bus strategy on 21st Feb, followed by a public consultation. Sign both BBFS petitions:
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ta...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
And keep your eyes peeled for public meetings across the Strathclyde in the Spring!
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Take Strathclyde’s Buses back into Public Control
Bus services across Strathclyde are in crisis, but we have a chance to turn things around. Join me in supporting the Better Buses campaign to bring Strathclyde's buses back into public control.
https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/take-strathclyde-s-buses-back-into-public-control
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Paul Shaw
about 1 year ago
"As citizens began demanding sustainable development and a better quality of life, the elevated highway over Cheonggyecheon, requiring either costly repairs or demolition, became a test case for a new way of thinking about urban space." We chose the costly repairs 🤦
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‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/seoul-cheonggyecheon-motorway-turned-into-a-stream
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Alistair Davidson
about 1 year ago
New Yorkers: neither your city nor your country are that unusual, you are at a well-studied point on the public opinion curve for traffic reduction measures. (the "Goodwin Curve") This curve was observed in London, Stockholm, and many other cities.
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Rev Peter W Nimmo
about 1 year ago
There is a
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campaign to try to put right some of the damage done to Glasgow by motorways. There's currently a multimillion, multiyear project to repair a concrete viaduct, which I think could be an opportunity to get the motorway out of the city centre
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John Munro
about 1 year ago
Perhaps no other UK city has built a monument to automobility quite as gruesome as Glasgow's M8. But its story nonetheless resonates across urban Britain.
add a skeleton here at some point
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The Glasgow Wrap
about 1 year ago
More than 50 years on since the M8 was carved through the city, ripping up communities in its wake, could a future without it be on the cards? The
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campaigners think so. ✍
@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social
theglasgowwrap.substack.com/p/this-scar-...
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“This scar will never heal”: Could Glasgow ever replace the M8?
More than 50 years on since the M8 was carved through the city, ripping up communities in its wake, could a future without it be on the cards? The Replace the M8 campaigners think so.
https://theglasgowwrap.substack.com/p/this-scar-will-never-heal-could-glasgow
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Richard J. Williams · Short Cuts: Motorway Cities
When the Glasgow section of the M8 opened on 4 February 1972 a handful of students from the nearby Glasgow School of Art...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n23/richard-j.-williams/short-cuts
about 1 year ago
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Did you know there's a massive 60s concrete megastructure that divides Glasgow city centre from its surrounding neighbourhoods? 🤔🏙️ It doesn't have to be this way! Let's reimagine this massive area of land for a more connected and accessible city! 🌍✨
#Glasgow
#UrbanRevitalization
about 1 year ago
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Hi everyone moving over from Twitter. Please follow if you think Glasgow needs to rethink the 60s motorway which slices through the city centre!
about 1 year ago
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