Adrian Davis
@2760.bsky.social
Faculty of Public Health Bazalgette Professor - Champion of Evidence Award (2025-27): interests in road transport, necessity of intersectoral collaboration, co-benefits, importance of, & access to, robust peer reviewed evidence.
Rise up! We cannot be silent. We have our voices + some have enough funds to help pro-democracy + anti-racist organisations. They need our support now. If we do nothing we are complicit You probably know this: First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out www.hmd.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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It's never been more clear: The First Past the Post voting system is not working. It's time to end this chaos. I've added my name to this letter calling for Proportional Representation. Add yours too. actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
It's time to change the voting system.
The First Past the Post voting system is not working. This has never been clearer than after these local elections. We now have more than five parties attracting significant support under a system d...
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Hi, I just signed this! Trying to break the record for the UK's biggest ever thank you card - dedicated to everyone in our community who makes life a bit easier. The neighbour offering a helping hand, the kids’ football ref, the foodbank volunteer. Add your name! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/si...
Sign the UK’s biggest ever thank you card!
We’re trying to break the record for the UK's biggest ever thank you card - dedicated to everyone in our community who makes life a bit easier. The neighbour offering a helping hand, the kids’ football ref, the foodbank volunteer, or just someone who’s always been there. A Million Acts of Hope is all about showing how many of us care. Will you add your name and pass this on so we can break the record?!
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The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
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🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop foreign interference in British politics
British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...
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If we want democracy not to end at the next Westminster General Election... do sign this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics. It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion. The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
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If you agree you may want to sign this petition. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sack-rob...
Sack Sir Robbie Gibb from the BBC board
Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gi...
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My Report on SUVs was launched yesterday. transform.scot/2025/11/20/t... Consider Sports Utility in the context of vehicles - utility lies in being able to drive where other vehicles can't go. So that's not true. Urban roads don't need larger vehicles to provide utility. It's a misnomer, & much more
Too big for our streets: the harms of SUV use in Scottish cities - Transform Scotland
Professor of Transport & Health at Napier University, Dr Adrian Davis, writes for Transform Scotland. “SUVs are now one of the biggest emerging threats to road safety in Scottish cities.”...
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ITV News just published an investigation: gambling company Sky Bet has migrated its business to Malta to avoid around £55m of tax each year. Tax Policy Associates provided technical support, and published a report that goes into detail of what Sky Bet has done. outlook.live.com/mail/deeplin...
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Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Petition: Ban the public sale of fireworks!
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...
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As one of tens of thousands who has travelled up and down the LNER line over many years I think it important to state that my thoughts are with the LNER Train Manager & family re the Doncaster to London KX service on Saturday night. The BBC report that they are in a "critical but stable" condition.
Britain doesn’t have a migration crime problem. It has a disinformation problem. And a healthy democracy cannot survive in a toxic politics fuelled by lies and fear. Crime in the UK is down. Disinformation is going through the roof Source: www.open-britain.co.uk Spot a lie, challenge it for evidence
Open Britain
Open Britain is a grassroots movement, hundreds of thousands strong, fighting for democracy. Join us in creating a fairer, more inclusive society.
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A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
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Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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My new Essential Evidence is out blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... Equality of restraint should underpin an individuals’ rights including to act in ways that do not restrict the rights of others. With the rise of mass motorisation, equality of restraint and freedom from fear have been sacrificed..
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There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Well away from transport research... A UK legend of folk music is Dick Gaughan. If you've not heard of him before check out the website dickgaughan.com/links As it says, Dick was a towering figure in folk music, and a champion of compassion and social justice. And more dickgaughan.com/media.
Dick Gaughan
THE DICK GAUGHAN LEGACY PROJECT
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For those who remember Duncan Campbell, the Crime Journalist, www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Duncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80
Tributes paid to ‘courageous’ journalist who covered police corruption, Rosemary West trial and Hatton Garden heist
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In public health we keep pushing for Health in All Policies (HiAP). Like is says on the tin, HiAP aims to ensure policy decisions across sectors improve health and health equity. We evaluated a Scottish national transport network. Lead author credit to Margaret Douglas. doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...
Redirecting
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My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on issues of road transport and health is out. 1st part of Top line says 'Low Emission Zones reduced the probability of taking sick leave by 18.5%'. All can be found here blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia...
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Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...
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My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on issues of road transport + health is out. No 102 blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... addresses life change events and opportunities for physical activity. Link to all 102: blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia...
My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on road transport and health topics. No 101 addresses the effect of high levels of cycling on the aging process through our cells. blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... All 101 issues here. lnkd.in/eJCJgdjf
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NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop employers covering up abuse
Hey! Do you remember the Harvey Weinstein case? Non Disclosure Agreements silenced victims of abuse - and it's not just happening in Hollywood. They're used in the UK to cover up all kinds of miscondu...
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“The national risk register, the UK’s official list of 89 risks facing us, barely acknowledges food. It points to just one risk: food supply contamination, & that’s on page 122.” A terrifying wake up call from @proftimlang.bsky.social - Government must read & act👇
If disaster strikes, will there be enough to eat? Britain should be prepared – but it isn’t | Tim Lang
Other countries are moving fast to inform and prepare their citizens about emergency resilience. The times demand no less, says Tim Lang, professor emeritus of food policy at City University of London
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Chevron want to drill for fossil fuels in Greece’s sea – on the very edge of a Marine Protected Area. We wrote to the EU last year about Greece repeatedly approving of oil drilling and now we're urging them to pay attention. www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Latest Essential Evidence available No 99 blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... on Transport Research Institute webpages along with other 98. Essential Evidence 4 Scotland - Transport Research Institute (napier.ac.uk)
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