We’re excited to be working with Living Rent Glasgow on a new campaign to get @glasgowcc.bsky.social to invest income from the Tourist Tax in improving public transport 👏 This money must be used to deliver SPT's ambitious plans to 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 🚍🚏

The @betterbusesspt.bsky.social petition to the Scottish Parliament was closed yesterday. It's so frustrating. There was a lack of acknowledgement of our evidence or the number of signatures. Transport is one of the 3 major household expenditures, including food and housing.

We blasted past our 5k target and are now pushing for 6k. Please sign and share, we can't wait any longer for better buses!

After 2 years campaigning, today we celebrated the final approval of SPT's plans to bring our region's buses back into public control 🚍🥳 Now we need the ScotGov's support to make it happen! Help us reach 5,000 signatures on our petition 👇 📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2116

🚨 Breaking news 🚨 83% support SPT's bus franchising plans! 🥳 See the full consultation results here: spt.co.uk/media/5u5c1xur/p190925_agenda7.pdf Join our Rally this Friday to celebrate 👇 📢 Better Buses Rally 🗓️ Friday 19 Sept 2025, 9:30am 📍 SPT Offices, 131 St Vincent St, Glasgow, G2 5JF

💯💯💯 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social Privatisation of public services is an unequivocal failure. Public transport in this country is a disaster due to the worst excesses of the private companies. The tide is turning...

Why are we still waiting for better buses? 🚍 Next Weds 24 Sept, we're back at the ScotParl for the 2nd hearing of our petition to "Accelerate the implementation of bus franchising powers" Help us reach 5,000 signatures before! Sign & share this link 👇 📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2116

What if buses were more affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable? 🚍 @betterbusesspt.bsky.social wants to make this a reality by taking buses back into public control. Read more from their Campaign Manager Paul Shaw in our latest blog article: foe.scot/bringing-bus...

Don't miss our screening & discussion event on 'The Future of Glasgow's Public Transport' at @uofglasgow.bsky.social as part of #GlasgowDoorsOpenDaysFestival 👇 🗓️ Thurs 18 Sept 2025, 7:30pm 📍 ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW 🎟️ Register at: futuretransport.eventbrite.co.uk #TheVisionaryCity #GDODF25

Travelling from Amsterdam to Paris today on the Eurostar. Spent a lot of time cycling around and using the trams in Amsterdam which was fantastic. Everyone is so relaxed here including the car drivers, never heard an angry toot or any windshield remonstrance.

Our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways must mark the beginning of a new era 🚆 We need a railway that is run in the public interest – one that is fully-accessible & affordable for everyone to use 🙌 Read @abcommuters.bsky.social's open letter to @heidialexander.bsky.social 👇

I wonder who the next scapegoat will be when this doesn't make a blind bit of difference to people's material conditions.

We had a brilliant time at the Govanhill Festival Parade & Carnival yesterday 🥳 Our new @betterbusesspt.bsky.social t-shirts and badges were a big hit! Want to get your hands on one? Stay tuned for our next events in September...

I'll be publishing a series of articles this week on my Substack on just why Scotland's buses are in such a state. Subscribe for free to receive them straight to your inbox. open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw...

It's the big one today for my series on Substack, we're getting to the bottom of why buses in Scotland are so bad. You can read it here open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw...

I'll be publishing a series of articles this week on my Substack on just why Scotland's buses are in such a state. Subscribe for free to receive them straight to your inbox. open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw...

open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw... Extra Barnett Consequentials Should fund our buses. @getglasgowmoving.bsky.social @betterbusesspt.bsky.social

weownit.org.uk/news/stop-pr... The government's nationalisation of the railways is being watered down with commitments to private companies to ensure competition. This will be disastrous for the effectiveness of nationalisation and result in continued profit leakage. No to open access!

EVs aren't here to save the planet; they're here to save the car industry. What we need is far fewer cars; and yes, for the remaining ones to be EVs. But we need total car ownership to go back to 1970s numbers. That means enabling bikes as local journeys (<5mi); & public transport for journeys 5mi+

actionnetwork.org/letters/scot... A horrific individual signing bombs which will be used to kill children. If spray painting a stationary plane is a terrorist act then what's this?

A hairy incident with a bus on Maryhill Road the other day. If anyone had been exiting one of those parked cars I'd have been a goner. You can see the light change to red as I pass through so almost certain that they jumped a red as well.

The 1975 on Glastonbury being utterly shamefully embarrassing saying that there's enough politics in the world and we just need to love. Pathetic, privileged, vapid, insipid poser.

Thanks to all the MSPs who spoke at last night's special debate on "The Future of Glasgow's Bus Services" at the Parliament 👏 There is clear cross-party support for SPT's plans to bring our region's bus network back into public control 🚍 Watch the debate here 👇 www.facebook.com/BetterBusesS...

There are good reasons why public ownership of our trains would be a success, according to Dr Grace Brown of Glasgow University. Your MP needs to know the facts about rail. Write to them here: vist.ly/3n7r2… See the full video on our Youtube channel!

Well done everyone!👏 4,012 people took part in SPT's consultation on plans to bring our region's bus network back into public control 🚍 Join us in September when the plans get final approval from the SPT Board! 👇 📢 Better Buses Rally 🗓️ Friday 19 Sept 2025, 9:30am 📍 SPT Offices, 131 St Vincent St

The Railways Bill is good news for rail - BUT private companies are already lobbying govt to let them have 'an ongoing role' on the rail network. Passengers need public ownership of rail to truly deliver for them. Here's how your MP can make sure of it. weownit.org.uk/act-now/grea...

🚍🚊 Rachel Reeves's plans to invest £15bn in public transport in England’s big city-regions mean £1.3bn extra funding for the Scottish Gov 👏 That’s more than enough to deliver SPT's ambitious bus franchising plans, which are Phase 1 of #ClydeMetro 👇 paulshaw94ps.substack.com/p/extra-barn...

open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw... Extra Barnett Consequentials Should fund our buses. @getglasgowmoving.bsky.social @betterbusesspt.bsky.social

The roads are arterial but the cycle lanes are infrastructure.

2️⃣ Secondly, because the Scottish Government have created 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 bus franchising powers in the UK, which hand the power to approve proposals to an unelected official appointed by the UK Government! 🤦 Please read more here 👇 getglasgowmoving.org/evidence/busfranchising

1️⃣ Firstly, because it’s taken the Scottish Government 𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝟲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 to enact the bus franchising powers in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019, which finally come into force today... Please read more here 👇 getglasgowmoving.org/evidence/busfranchising

Why is it taking soooooo long to deliver bus franchising in Scotland? 🤔🚌 Our new research shows the extent to which we now lag behind the rest of the UK 🧵👇 Please read more & share: 👉 getglasgowmoving.org/evidence/busfranchising Sign our petition: 📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2116

With regards, GB Energy, funded by a windfall tax on oil and gas the Government have instrinsically linked their clean energy company with excess profits from the oil and gas sector. They have, in effect, put an oil guy on clean jobs @aiannucci.bsky.social

There’s nothing quite like the joy and freedom of getting around by bike! On #WorldBicycleDay, let’s continue working towards making cycling safer, easier, and more accessible for everyone.

open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw... Who are Bus Users Scotland? Friend or foe to the bus re-regulators?

This is fantastic to see. Loch Lomond is my favourite RSPB site that I've visited so far. Last time I spotted an osprey with a giant fish in its talons. I'm glad to see they've improved facilities. Will need to visit again soon 🚲🦅

open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw... Who are Bus Users Scotland? Friend or foe to the bus re-regulators?

Today's the last day to respond to SPT's consultation on the bus network. If you want better buses, take 5 mins to respond to say you support their franchising aims and strongly agree all seven themes are important. Closes at 5pm today! @betterbusesspt.bsky.social @getglasgowmoving.bsky.social

📣 We now have a once-in-generation opportunity to bring our region's bus network back into public control 🚍🚏 Please support SPT's bus franchising plans to make it happen! ⏰ Make sure you complete SPT's consultation by this Thurs 29 May, 5pm 👇 www.getglasgowmoving.org/campaign/srbs/

We really need to see the fleets and depots brought back into public ownership too or we will end up with a ROSCO model which has stunted the progress of the nationalised ScotRail.

Earlier this month West Midlands became the 6th UK region to pledge to bring its bus network back into public control using 'franchising' powers 🚌🚏 Please complete SPT's consultation to make sure we are next! 🙏 Take action before this Thurs 29 May, 5pm 👉 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

🚌 Do you want a new publicly-owned bus company for our region, like Edinburgh's Lothian Buses? Don't miss your chance to tell SPT! Please complete SPT's consultation before the deadline on Thurs 29 May, 5pm👇 Read our guide here: getglasgowmoving.org/campaign/srbs www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqsl...

A great turnout for last night’s meeting at @scottishtuc.bsky.social! 👏 That concludes our Strathclyde tour promoting SPT’s radical plans to bring our bus network back into public control🚍 Please take action by completing SPT's consultation by Thurs 29 May, 5pm🙏👇 📝 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

Final public meeting tonight at STUC in Bridgeton at 7pm. Come along and find out how to help take back control of our bus network to serve the people not the profiteers!

Thanks to Kirkwood Tenants & Residents Association for supporting our campaign to get our region's buses back in public control 👏 Please help us succeed by completing SPT's consultation before the deadline on Thurs 29 May, 5pm 👇 Take action here: betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.” Deadly by design. And they know it. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

www.theguardian.com/environment/... "they found that air pollution gains were not just confined to the zones, they also spilled out for at least 3 miles (5km)"

It was great to meet Transport Minister @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social to discuss how ScotGov can support SPT to deliver their ambitious bus franchising plans 🚍🚏 Help us make it happen by completing SPT’s consultation before the deadline on 29 May, 5pm👇 📝 getglasgowmoving.org/campaign/srbs

High-speed rail in China last September. We went from Beijing to Xi'An in about 4 hours which is roughly the straight-line distance from John O'Groats to Lands End. The external temperature got up to 38 degrees before we got off 🔥🥵