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BRIEFING | The missing piece in the big cities' jigsaw 🧩

Our latest briefing sets out why the UK and Scottish Governments should care about Glasgow and suggests what could change 🔍 👇
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Glasgow almost feels like a modern city today-you can hear yourself talk, think and relax into the space. The road closures for the @tourofbritain.bsky.social show it can be done. @glasgowcc.bsky.social @susanaitken.bsky.social @fionahyslop.bsky.social car free Sundays at a bare minimum NOW please

LA’s Traffic Ordinance: 100 years on since cars got priority over pedestrians To mark the centennial of LA’s 1925 Traffic Ordinance, author and historian Peter Norton tells Zag how the pivotal law rewrote the rules of the road in America and much of the world.

Interesting article about how everything we've done to prioritise cars and destroy urban environments in the last 100 years is based on a victim blaming scam law to sell more cars. What a sliding doors moment

Labour MPs saying “the clue is in the name” to justify benefit cuts is wildly disingenuous. It co-opts Labour’s history to imply all those that cannot physically labour are somehow excluded from the cause. Being pro-worker does not require being anti-unemployed or anti-disabled. It never did.

Not a fan of Leeds having anything to do with Rangers, even tangentially. A club that mainly represents hate

So nice to hear the sounds of people and life on Victoria Road with the cars taken away for a day

Cyclist told parents about Glasgow junction where HGV took her life Emma Burke Newman, 22, died after she was dragged under an HGV on Glasgow's Broomielaw in January 2023.

Anyone selfishly complaining about the impact on drivers of new road designs and the pavement parking ban needs to remember that this is the price of leaving things as they are
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