Paul Shaw
@paulshaww.bsky.social
Scientist
Campaigns officer for Get Glasgow Moving
Better Buses for Strathclyde
Let Glasgow flourish!
https://www.getglasgowmoving.org/support/join/
My Substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw94ps?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1v3syx
Campaigns officer for Get Glasgow Moving
Better Buses for Strathclyde
Let Glasgow flourish!
https://www.getglasgowmoving.org/support/join/
My Substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw94ps?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1v3syx
Amazing! The support goes up to 86% if you remove the don't knows! This is a great mandate for SPT to be ambitious.
September 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Amazing! The support goes up to 86% if you remove the don't knows! This is a great mandate for SPT to be ambitious.
Yet so much of our public realm prioritises the private car. Despite it being the most ineffective way of moving people about. Why it has taken so long for change to happen and why that change is happening at a snails pace is beyond me but at least it's a start.
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yet so much of our public realm prioritises the private car. Despite it being the most ineffective way of moving people about. Why it has taken so long for change to happen and why that change is happening at a snails pace is beyond me but at least it's a start.
To add to this, public transport drives the economy. Even if you ignore the human element, it drives productive behaviours. I can't understand why everyone in the political sphere isn't bending over backwards to resolve this problem.
September 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
To add to this, public transport drives the economy. Even if you ignore the human element, it drives productive behaviours. I can't understand why everyone in the political sphere isn't bending over backwards to resolve this problem.
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.
August 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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.
I reported this close pass by a bus on Maryhill Rd recently using this system. I got visited and gave a statement but they were unable to do anything as they said the driver would argue that I was the one who closed the gap (??)
August 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I reported this close pass by a bus on Maryhill Rd recently using this system. I got visited and gave a statement but they were unable to do anything as they said the driver would argue that I was the one who closed the gap (??)
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...
You can read it here
open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw...
July 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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...
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.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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.
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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.
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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.
A lot of what you discuss about underperforming UK cities also covered in a report by Centre for Cities commissioned by Get Glasgow Moving. Definitely worth a read. It does discuss comparisons within the UK as well as Glasgow's wider European peers.
www.centreforcities.org/reader/miles...
www.centreforcities.org/reader/miles...
June 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A lot of what you discuss about underperforming UK cities also covered in a report by Centre for Cities commissioned by Get Glasgow Moving. Definitely worth a read. It does discuss comparisons within the UK as well as Glasgow's wider European peers.
www.centreforcities.org/reader/miles...
www.centreforcities.org/reader/miles...
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 🔥🥵
May 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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 🔥🥵
May 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I did remember! It's right in some bushes to the left of two tall Norway spruces.
March 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I did remember! It's right in some bushes to the left of two tall Norway spruces.
A Glasgow Corporation Lucy box at the top of Byers road. Used to isolate electricity from the tram network. This one is a rare example which has a phone on top.
March 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A Glasgow Corporation Lucy box at the top of Byers road. Used to isolate electricity from the tram network. This one is a rare example which has a phone on top.
Roughly here. Unfortunately there's no street view to show it more clearly. If you go rooting about the bushes there you're sure to find it. If I remember I'll go looking on Monday.
March 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Roughly here. Unfortunately there's no street view to show it more clearly. If you go rooting about the bushes there you're sure to find it. If I remember I'll go looking on Monday.
The two Glasgow City council by-election results. Despite the same outcome, quite contrasting fortunes for the smaller parties between the two wards.
March 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The two Glasgow City council by-election results. Despite the same outcome, quite contrasting fortunes for the smaller parties between the two wards.
Some great initiatives highlighted in SPT's draft Strathclyde Regional Bus Strategy particularly the West Midlands Workwise scheme. Hopefully something they will emulate once they have franchised the bus network.
March 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Some great initiatives highlighted in SPT's draft Strathclyde Regional Bus Strategy particularly the West Midlands Workwise scheme. Hopefully something they will emulate once they have franchised the bus network.
What branding could a franchised bus network in Glasgow use? Would we go back to our roots or find new livery for a fresh start? I hope the public are involved in the design process whenever it is initiated.
February 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What branding could a franchised bus network in Glasgow use? Would we go back to our roots or find new livery for a fresh start? I hope the public are involved in the design process whenever it is initiated.
The new consultation from Transport Scotland is utterly dreadful with some options greyed out in several questions. The solutions to increase public transport usage are already known with extensive consultations. Fund bus franchising for local authorities! @fionahyslop.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The new consultation from Transport Scotland is utterly dreadful with some options greyed out in several questions. The solutions to increase public transport usage are already known with extensive consultations. Fund bus franchising for local authorities! @fionahyslop.bsky.social
Quite a contrast to the weather today! Here's a cormorant on the Clyde at Glasgow Green
February 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Quite a contrast to the weather today! Here's a cormorant on the Clyde at Glasgow Green
Very wet morning yesterday outside SPT reminding them of the urgent need to improve our buses following the publication of the draft Strathclyde Regional Bus Strategy. The SRBS can be found here: spt.production.d8.studio/media/pxabtb...
February 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Very wet morning yesterday outside SPT reminding them of the urgent need to improve our buses following the publication of the draft Strathclyde Regional Bus Strategy. The SRBS can be found here: spt.production.d8.studio/media/pxabtb...
And bring your waterproofs!☔
February 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
And bring your waterproofs!☔
Got a gift of some Belgian beer for my birthday and one has a very familiar symbol on it 🤔🐟
February 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Got a gift of some Belgian beer for my birthday and one has a very familiar symbol on it 🤔🐟
Went to the @newglasgowsociety.bsky.social immigrant exhibition this afternoon. It's beautifully presented and mixes humour and heart-rending sadness perfectly. It's a very moving experience.
February 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Went to the @newglasgowsociety.bsky.social immigrant exhibition this afternoon. It's beautifully presented and mixes humour and heart-rending sadness perfectly. It's a very moving experience.