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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jul 21

This is how some other cities are dealing with the same challenge. Glasgow features! Which approach from the book do you want Glasgow to follow? ££ Removal and replacement ? £ Working with the structure ? ££££ tunnel replacement ?

RReplace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jul 21

Here it is. Expressway World by Richard J Williams. Glasgow is one of the case studies. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jul 21

Should we embrace the M8 and ask @glasgowcc to sort out the muddle of roads, broken surfaces and underpasses beneath it?

RReplace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jul 21

Were they right when they said "this scar will never heal"?

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jul 21

Were they right when they said "this scar will never heal"?

TTony McK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ||*||@oakroyd · Jul 20

A different angle on the mess created when the M8 was driven through Cowcaddens, #Glasgow, in the late '60s and early '70s. I've marked Stow College as a point of reference. Pic from Glasgow Motorway Archive.

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jul 21

Th first 5 years of fighting to sort out the mess that is the central M8 in Glasgow. What should we do over the next 5 years?

NNeil Scott@MrNeilScott · Jul 4

And nice to see Andrew Hoolachan and @peakay81's work get published in an academic journal: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

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Neil Scott@MrNeilScott · Jul 4

And nice to see Andrew Hoolachan and @peakay81's work get published in an academic journal: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

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Neil Scott@MrNeilScott · Jul 4

"Almost all resources and funding are oriented towards the car: the privatised bus system is a joke, the Subway hasn't been extended since the 1890s" Owen Hatherley reviews The Expressway World. newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jun 27

"the research showed the best strategy was to keep as many trees alive as possible to allow their offspring to evolve. Felling and destroying infected trees would mean important genetic variability was lost." theguardian.com/environment/20…

ReplacetheM8's tweet card. Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed

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Addison Del Mastro@ad_mastro · Jun 24

Japanese people run tiny shops like this because they're allowed to. We could also be allowed to, and that's what "urbanism" is all about. thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/backyard-cof…

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jun 11

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LLindyMan@PaulSkallas · Sep 12, 2023

Stuck Culture creates a time warp which makes the passage of time feel different. 20 years before 1998 was 1978. 2 entirely different mass cultural eras came and went in those 20 years. For us? Things have been looking the same

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Qagggy!@Qagggy · Jun 11

Gdansk demonstrates how restricting cars can make room for more city.

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · Jun 11

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MMark R. Brown, AICP@CompletedStreet · Jun 10

*Electric & autonomous vehicles

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Robert Kwolek@RobertKwolek · Jun 6

Trams can completely transform cities for the better. Here is a before and after the tram arrived in Odense, Denmark. Huge amounts of new homes were built, alongside the route, the busy road was narrowed and tunneled, and the streets pedestrianised and returned to people.

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 27

See you later

NNew Glasgow Society@newglasgowsoc · May 16

We present this month's #Glasgow850 NGS talk - The Expressway World: Rethinking urban motorways by Richard J. Williams. 📆 Tuesday 27 May 2025 ⏰ 6:30pm 📍 NGS Community Space, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8TL 🎟️ By donation (suggested £2-10) #ngstalk #theexpresswayworld

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New Glasgow Society@newglasgowsoc · May 16

We present this month's #Glasgow850 NGS talk - The Expressway World: Rethinking urban motorways by Richard J. Williams. 📆 Tuesday 27 May 2025 ⏰ 6:30pm 📍 NGS Community Space, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8TL 🎟️ By donation (suggested £2-10) #ngstalk #theexpresswayworld

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 18

It's difficult to better express how much the radical deprioritisation of motor traffic will improve society than when it actually happens:

NNew Glasgow Society@newglasgowsoc · May 16

We present this month's #Glasgow850 NGS talk - The Expressway World: Rethinking urban motorways by Richard J. Williams. 📆 Tuesday 27 May 2025 ⏰ 6:30pm 📍 NGS Community Space, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8TL 🎟️ By donation (suggested £2-10) #ngstalk #theexpresswayworld

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 17

Again; the M8, one of the worse acts of municipal vandalism perpetrated in the glory of the Great God Car, & at the cost of the loss of magnificent Victorian/Edwardian Glasgow built heritage

RReplace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 17

There are very few really nice walking routes between say central station and the Hydro, and there should be. Argyle Street should be a good choice but the route is killed by the M8 and expressway. Broomielaw is the best option but the riverside is very poor.

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 16

Reminder to put out water for the wildlife.

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 16

This is the front and setting for 3 of Glasgow's modern icon buildings... But it looks like the front of an out of town retail park. Is there a plan? Is there a vision? Because this is a bit embarrassing. @GlasgowHydro @SECGlasgow

ReplacetheM8's tweet image. This is the front and setting for 3 of Glasgow's modern icon buildings... But it looks like the front of an out of town retail park.

Is there a plan? Is there a vision? Because this is a bit embarrassing.

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 16

This is Glasgow's equivalent of the Eiffel Tower. But its setting is a tangle of tarmac and car parks. It's just weird...

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Replace The M8@ReplacetheM8 · May 16

Can't wait to be there!

NNew Glasgow Society@newglasgowsoc · May 16

We present this month's #Glasgow850 NGS talk - The Expressway World: Rethinking urban motorways by Richard J. Williams. 📆 Tuesday 27 May 2025 ⏰ 6:30pm 📍 NGS Community Space, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8TL 🎟️ By donation (suggested £2-10) #ngstalk #theexpresswayworld

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