Ian McCall
@ian-mccall.bsky.social
Policy and Campaigns Officer Walking Scotland. Botany at University of Aberdeen. Scottish Environment LINK, Sustaining Dunbar, Ramblers Scotland, RSPB. Living in Fife. Likes to walk.
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The results of our Scottish Walking and Wheeling Survey are published today and they tell an important story about how and why Scotland is walking.
You can read the full report here: walkingscotland.org.uk/scottish-wal...
You can read the full report here: walkingscotland.org.uk/scottish-wal...
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The results of our Scottish Walking and Wheeling Survey are published today and they tell an important story about how and why Scotland is walking.
You can read the full report here: walkingscotland.org.uk/scottish-wal...
You can read the full report here: walkingscotland.org.uk/scottish-wal...
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#ActiveTravel 💲 cut confirmed
+ #Bus infra fears
--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/11/acti...
@edi.bike @keithirving.bsky.social @transform.scot @edinburghbug.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @monicalennon.bsky.social @michaelmatheson.bsky.social
+ #Bus infra fears
--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/11/acti...
@edi.bike @keithirving.bsky.social @transform.scot @edinburghbug.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @monicalennon.bsky.social @michaelmatheson.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Our KTP Associate Rachele and Walking Schools Manager Carl are at the 16th annual conference of the HEPA Europe Network in Kaunas, Lithuania, and presented learning and best practice on co-production methods with young people. #HEPAEurope
September 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Our KTP Associate Rachele and Walking Schools Manager Carl are at the 16th annual conference of the HEPA Europe Network in Kaunas, Lithuania, and presented learning and best practice on co-production methods with young people. #HEPAEurope
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1/6 As Scotland looks to the future, we know walking is one of the best ways to address some of the greatest challenges of our time.
So together with @livingstreets.bsky.social we’ve published The Power of Walking – A Walking and Wheeling Manifesto for 2026.
walkingscotland.org.uk/a-walking-an...
So together with @livingstreets.bsky.social we’ve published The Power of Walking – A Walking and Wheeling Manifesto for 2026.
walkingscotland.org.uk/a-walking-an...
August 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
1/6 As Scotland looks to the future, we know walking is one of the best ways to address some of the greatest challenges of our time.
So together with @livingstreets.bsky.social we’ve published The Power of Walking – A Walking and Wheeling Manifesto for 2026.
walkingscotland.org.uk/a-walking-an...
So together with @livingstreets.bsky.social we’ve published The Power of Walking – A Walking and Wheeling Manifesto for 2026.
walkingscotland.org.uk/a-walking-an...
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So much change is needed to make Scotland a better place for walking/wheeling...great to see this highlighted for the #Holyrood2026 elections!
We'll be amplifying this message through our call for various specific measures over the coming months.
We'll be amplifying this message through our call for various specific measures over the coming months.
1/6 As Scotland looks to the future, we know walking is one of the best ways to address some of the greatest challenges of our time.
So together with @livingstreets.bsky.social we’ve published The Power of Walking – A Walking and Wheeling Manifesto for 2026.
walkingscotland.org.uk/a-walking-an...
So together with @livingstreets.bsky.social we’ve published The Power of Walking – A Walking and Wheeling Manifesto for 2026.
walkingscotland.org.uk/a-walking-an...
August 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So much change is needed to make Scotland a better place for walking/wheeling...great to see this highlighted for the #Holyrood2026 elections!
We'll be amplifying this message through our call for various specific measures over the coming months.
We'll be amplifying this message through our call for various specific measures over the coming months.
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The 2026 Holyrood election is coming, and together with
@walkingscotland.bsky.social we’re calling on all parties to pledge to invest in walkable streets.
With cuts of £23.7m to active and sustainable travel in Scotland last year, we need bold action – and soon ⏰
tinyurl.com/4czpmzy7
@walkingscotland.bsky.social we’re calling on all parties to pledge to invest in walkable streets.
With cuts of £23.7m to active and sustainable travel in Scotland last year, we need bold action – and soon ⏰
tinyurl.com/4czpmzy7
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The 2026 Holyrood election is coming, and together with
@walkingscotland.bsky.social we’re calling on all parties to pledge to invest in walkable streets.
With cuts of £23.7m to active and sustainable travel in Scotland last year, we need bold action – and soon ⏰
tinyurl.com/4czpmzy7
@walkingscotland.bsky.social we’re calling on all parties to pledge to invest in walkable streets.
With cuts of £23.7m to active and sustainable travel in Scotland last year, we need bold action – and soon ⏰
tinyurl.com/4czpmzy7
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Thank you to Scotland 🏴 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!
July 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thank you to Scotland 🏴 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!
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Paths might not be in our name anymore but it's still a big focus of our work.
Safe, attractive and accessible places and spaces are critical to encouraging people to walk and wheel more. We share our technical expertise in a range of ways.
walkingscotland.org.uk/our-work/tec...
#WalkTheTalk
Safe, attractive and accessible places and spaces are critical to encouraging people to walk and wheel more. We share our technical expertise in a range of ways.
walkingscotland.org.uk/our-work/tec...
#WalkTheTalk
July 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Paths might not be in our name anymore but it's still a big focus of our work.
Safe, attractive and accessible places and spaces are critical to encouraging people to walk and wheel more. We share our technical expertise in a range of ways.
walkingscotland.org.uk/our-work/tec...
#WalkTheTalk
Safe, attractive and accessible places and spaces are critical to encouraging people to walk and wheel more. We share our technical expertise in a range of ways.
walkingscotland.org.uk/our-work/tec...
#WalkTheTalk
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Is your workplace looking to partner with a charity or looking for suggestions for their next charity of the year? By partnering with us, they'll show commitment to wellbeing, sustainability and inclusive communities.
Let's walk forward together.
walkingscotland.org.uk/get-involved...
Let's walk forward together.
walkingscotland.org.uk/get-involved...
July 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Is your workplace looking to partner with a charity or looking for suggestions for their next charity of the year? By partnering with us, they'll show commitment to wellbeing, sustainability and inclusive communities.
Let's walk forward together.
walkingscotland.org.uk/get-involved...
Let's walk forward together.
walkingscotland.org.uk/get-involved...
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4. Thanks to brilliant work by @ethanshone.bsky.social at @opendemocracy.net, we've learnt that Labour held hundreds of meetings with lobbyists behind closed doors. But the UK’s opaque, undemocratic rules ensure we cannot know what was said in them: www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became party of business
An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies
www.opendemocracy.net
July 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
4. Thanks to brilliant work by @ethanshone.bsky.social at @opendemocracy.net, we've learnt that Labour held hundreds of meetings with lobbyists behind closed doors. But the UK’s opaque, undemocratic rules ensure we cannot know what was said in them: www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
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NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
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FPH welcomes this report on the Minimum Income Guarantee: www.gov.scot/publications...
The report is in line with FPH’s Call to Action for the next Scottish Government, which recommends that all families have at least minimum income sufficient for healthy living: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
The report is in line with FPH’s Call to Action for the next Scottish Government, which recommends that all families have at least minimum income sufficient for healthy living: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
Faculty of Public Health publishes call to action ahead of Scottish Parliament election
The Committee of the Faculty of Public Health in Scotland has published a call to action ahead of the May 2026 Scottish Parliamentary election. This publication calls on all political parties in Scotl...
www.fph.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
FPH welcomes this report on the Minimum Income Guarantee: www.gov.scot/publications...
The report is in line with FPH’s Call to Action for the next Scottish Government, which recommends that all families have at least minimum income sufficient for healthy living: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
The report is in line with FPH’s Call to Action for the next Scottish Government, which recommends that all families have at least minimum income sufficient for healthy living: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
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I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
June 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
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Schrödinger's Motorist: simultaneously loves driving but gets absolutely furious if they have to drive for an extra second
“A lollipop man said he had been told he could no longer high-five children while they are crossing the road because it slows down traffic.”
Wtaf?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wtaf?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Howden lollipop man told to stop giving kids high-fives
Neil Cotton says he has been told the gesture 'upsets drivers' by causing extra seconds of delay.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Schrödinger's Motorist: simultaneously loves driving but gets absolutely furious if they have to drive for an extra second
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BIG NEWS: Paths for All is now Walking Scotland!
We’re making walking and wheeling work for EVERYONE
Ready to walk and wheel with us?
👉 walkingscotland.org.uk
We’re making walking and wheeling work for EVERYONE
Ready to walk and wheel with us?
👉 walkingscotland.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
BIG NEWS: Paths for All is now Walking Scotland!
We’re making walking and wheeling work for EVERYONE
Ready to walk and wheel with us?
👉 walkingscotland.org.uk
We’re making walking and wheeling work for EVERYONE
Ready to walk and wheel with us?
👉 walkingscotland.org.uk
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Paths for All is changing, because walking changes lives. After 30 years, we're taking our next big step 👣
We’ve been working on something special for the last few months. We can’t reveal everything just yet, but let’s say Thursday is going to be special!
Stay tuned for an exciting announcement! 📢
We’ve been working on something special for the last few months. We can’t reveal everything just yet, but let’s say Thursday is going to be special!
Stay tuned for an exciting announcement! 📢
June 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Paths for All is changing, because walking changes lives. After 30 years, we're taking our next big step 👣
We’ve been working on something special for the last few months. We can’t reveal everything just yet, but let’s say Thursday is going to be special!
Stay tuned for an exciting announcement! 📢
We’ve been working on something special for the last few months. We can’t reveal everything just yet, but let’s say Thursday is going to be special!
Stay tuned for an exciting announcement! 📢
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"Cars make us lonely."
—Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, 1981.
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—Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, 1981.
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June 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Cars make us lonely."
—Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, 1981.
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—Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, 1981.
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Everyone should read this. I met Dan Janzen when he gave a lecture to @biology.ox.ac.uk I think in the late '80s. I spoke to him afterwards and he said, you know we could save all of the rainforest with a ten cent levy on every cup of coffee sold worldwide....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Everyone should read this. I met Dan Janzen when he gave a lecture to @biology.ox.ac.uk I think in the late '80s. I spoke to him afterwards and he said, you know we could save all of the rainforest with a ten cent levy on every cup of coffee sold worldwide....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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'Lowering the Expectations on Land Reform', my article for 'Bella Caledonia' on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill and @scottishlandcom.bsky.social's Scotland Futures consultation:
#LandReform
#ScottishPolitics
#LandReform
#ScottishPolitics
Lowering the Expectations on Land Reform
In its 2021 manifesto, the SNP promised a new Land Reform Bill which would address issues of fairness, equality, and social justice in land ownership, use, and access. The Bill would ensure that t…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
May 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
'Lowering the Expectations on Land Reform', my article for 'Bella Caledonia' on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill and @scottishlandcom.bsky.social's Scotland Futures consultation:
#LandReform
#ScottishPolitics
#LandReform
#ScottishPolitics
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“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” – Former Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa.
May 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” – Former Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa.
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Road casualties continue their downward trend in Wales and are lowest on record. For serious/fatal casualties on combined 20-30mph roads, these are down 16% in 2024 - since new default 20mph limit came in - compared to 2023. Good news! www.gov.wales/police-recor...
May 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Road casualties continue their downward trend in Wales and are lowest on record. For serious/fatal casualties on combined 20-30mph roads, these are down 16% in 2024 - since new default 20mph limit came in - compared to 2023. Good news! www.gov.wales/police-recor...
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At last, we have strong evidence from Transport for London’s latest research that 20mph speed limits significantly reduce the numbers of people dying and being seriously injured on our roads.
I've been campaigning for 20mph limits for over 25 years.
view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
I've been campaigning for 20mph limits for over 25 years.
view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
May 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At last, we have strong evidence from Transport for London’s latest research that 20mph speed limits significantly reduce the numbers of people dying and being seriously injured on our roads.
I've been campaigning for 20mph limits for over 25 years.
view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
I've been campaigning for 20mph limits for over 25 years.
view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...