Professor and Dean of Learning and Teaching, University of Glasgow. Cycling, food, Scottish rugby, independence. All views personal.
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.
Via @StreetsblogUSA
usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/…
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British people: Americans are so stupid. Everyone can see why they have so much gun violence, why don’t they do something about it?
Also British people: The number of deaths on the road is a shocking mystery. The causes of it cannot possibly be understood.
A woman has died after being struck by a car in North Lanarkshire.
The 57-year-old was on Brambling Road in Coatbridge around 5.20pm yesterday evening when she was struck by a black Vauxhall Corsa.
The woman was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where she later died.
Police are investigating the incident, appealing for anyone with information that could assist to get in touch.
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Amsterdam’s plan to remove 11,200 parking spaces from its streets by the end of 2025 is even more inspiring when we realize the kind of people-places that are possible where cars used to be. Example — #Amsterdam’s Elandsgracht between 2014 & 2019, via @schlijper’s great pics.
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Still time to submit proposals for our conference on cross-border payments in historical perspective in March next year #financialhistory #economichistory #bankinghistory #bizhis #finhis #econhis #econhist #twitterstorians
CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference on Cross-Border Payments in Historical Perspective @GloCoBank @OxfordESH 27-28 Mar 2025 in Oxford. Deadline: 29 Nov 2024 @financialhist @EconHistAssoc @EcHistSoc
@The_EHES
glocobank.web.ox.ac.uk/artic…
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Central Paris To Ban Through Motor Traffic From Next Week forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…
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Well, Scotland - let's take a look at what you could have won...
nitter.cf/TheEconomist/status/18…
The Irish economy is doing exceptionally well. Inflation and unemployment are low; GDP is growing at a healthy clip.
Now a tax windfall is adding to the government's overflowing coffers econ.st/3Ywu4Xb 👇
Trilemmas R Us!
What a day to be discussing capital market disciplining of national fiscal policy under the classic gold standard in my global banking class.
UK borrowing costs hit highest level this year as gilt market sell-off intensifies - on.ft.com/3AhvX27 via @FT
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It is an honour to bestow an honorary doctorate on the incredible Dr Godley.
We send all our love and support from UofG to Janey and her family ♥️
Thank you @UofGlasgow for bestowing upon my mum the honorary degree of doctor of the University of Glasgow. This has brought her so much joy in the final beats of her life. Janey is so honoured, and I am so immensely proud of her. Congratulations Doctor Godley.
Ashley Storrie
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The 2nd most populous city in Italy hosted a pilot project using e-cargo bikes instead of vans, and found the companies reduced delivery times 23% and reduced operating costs 40%.
Not bad, huh.
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Remember, when Barcelona eliminated 3 lanes of vehicle traffic & converted this street into a 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid, businesses sued, & they actually won. But by then businesses had decided they actually like it. citylabbcn.org/the-legal-att…
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All cities make mistakes.
But only great cities fix them.
—#Catharijnesingel returns in #Utrecht
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Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”
It wasn’t even this way in late 2019 when I was last there.
Just a few years ago, #Paris was choking in car traffic much more.
This is new. This is leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
HT @Khayat_Fouad
I can remember Jacob Rees-Mogg campaigning in Fife. With his nanny.
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Drawing inspiration from Amsterdam and Utrecht, Paris has opened a state-of-the-art 1,200-bike parking facility at Gare du Nord. A key link in a seamless and scalable intermodal system, it provides an elegant storage solution for local, regional and (inter)national passengers. 🧵
ALT An elegant new 1,200-bike parking facility at Gare du Nord Station in Paris includes integrated signage, a guarded entrance, two-tiered racks, and a repair station.
ALT An elegant new 1,200-bike parking facility at Gare du Nord Station in Paris includes integrated signage, a guarded entrance, two-tiered racks, and a repair station.
ALT An elegant new 1,200-bike parking facility at Gare du Nord Station in Paris includes integrated signage, a guarded entrance, two-tiered racks, and a repair station.
ALT An elegant new 1,200-bike parking facility at Gare du Nord Station in Paris includes integrated signage, a guarded entrance, two-tiered racks, and a repair station.
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One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen was filled with cars until a 2 year pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
