Bring Back Strathclyde Buses! 🚌 Find out more about the Better Buses for Strathclyde campaign in this interview with @getglasgowmoving.org's Chair Ellie Harrison for the @scotnational.bsky.social podcast 👇

Glasgow's public transport is BROKEN - here's how we fix it

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Stephen Flynn has reportedly turned down meetings with Glasgow bus campaigners fighting to overhaul 'completely mad' franchising legislation 'He has announced he would be bringing forward better buses legislation during this parliament, but it's really not rocket science what needs to be done'

Stephen Flynn 'turns down' meetings with Glasgow bus campaigners

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Bus deregulation was one of Margaret Thatcher's worst policies 🚌 A leading transport campaigner has shared how Scotland could fix the mess Thatcher left On The National Podcast 👇

Margaret Thatcher broke Glasgow's bus system. This is how we fix it now

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We were delighted to be part of yesterday's Govanhill Parade alongside so many other great community organisations & campaigns 🚌🥳 Our @betterbusesspt.bsky.social campaign T-shirts proved as popular as ever! If you'd like to get yourself one for just £10, stay tuned for our next event 👕

📢 Save the date! 🚍 Scotland Demands Better Buses 📍 Rally outside the Scottish Parliament 🗓️ 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝗽𝗺 Last month Stephen Flynn announced plans for new #BetterBuses legislation this Parliament Please join our Rally to tell him and other MSPs what this must deliver 🙏

Come & get behind the @betterbusesspt.bsky.social banner on this year's Govanhill Festival Parade! 🚍🥳 🗓️ Saturday 1 August, assemble from 12:30 📍 At Queen's Park (Victoria Rd Gate) We'll also be selling our popular campaign T-Shirts afterwards at the Carnival in Govanhill Park 👕

📣 Save the date! Join campaigners from across the UK to mark 40 years of bus deregulation & discuss progress towards getting our buses back in public control 🚌🚏 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🗓️ Saturday 24 October 2026 📍 In-person in York & online 🎟️ Register at: betterbuses.uk/conference

Strathclyde Needs Better Buses!🚍 Check out Living Rent's policy briefing highlighting the key issues with Glasgow's bus network & how politicians can help SPT to take it back into public control ✊ Read more: livingrent.org/bus_report Follow the campaign: @betterbusesspt.bsky.social

Bring our buses back into public control! 📣 It was great to support Living Rent Glasgow's Rally at the Riverside Museum today 🚍 We need our MSPs to speed up the bus franchising process and support SPT to deliver affordable, reliable, publicly-controlled bus services for all

The Easdales are lawyered up. Holyrood might tear up Transport Scotland. SPT just hired a franchising specialist from Liverpool. Let the battle for the buses rage on! Read it in @heraldscotland.bsky.social 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

The man with the toughest job in Scotland: SPT's new boss faces battle with Easdales

Glasgow transport faces a major overhaul as SPT appoints a new CEO to lead bus franchising amid legal threats, policy hurdles and system-wide reform.

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We are delighted to see Better Buses firmly on the agenda for this new parliament! There is clear cross party support for urgent action to improve our bus services, lower fares and speed up bus franchising is clear. 🚌💨 Will this come to be known as the bus parliament?

🚌 Last chance to email your Scottish Parliament candidates to demand Better Buses! Take Action here 👉 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email 🗳️ Wondering who to vote for? Check out @weownit.org.uk's Better Buses Manifesto Review 👇 weownit.org.uk/news/better-...

Better Buses for Strathclyde

Email your Scottish Parliament candidates to demand Better Buses

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Better Buses for Strathclyde@betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 We need your help to ramp up the Better Buses campaign ahead of the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May 🚌🚏 Please take 2 mins to email your candidates 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email And come our Better Buses National Hustings in Glasgow on 23 April, 6:30pm 🎟️ buseshustings.eventbrite.com

If you're in Scotland and you want better buses, ask your election candidates if they will make it easier to bring bus networks into public control 🚌🚌🚌 Take action at betterbuses.bringbackbritishrail.org/strathclyde/... and follow @betterbusesspt.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU1F...

Scotland vs England on buses 🚌

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Scotland is lagging years behind England with bringing buses back into public control 🚍🚏 Please take 2 mins to email your Scottish Parliament candidates to ask them to help speed up the process 👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email Otherwise we won't see Better Buses until 2031!

We Own It@weownit.org.uk · 3mo ago

Scotland, this one is for you🚍 Even with publicly owned Lothian Buses, your bus services are still deregulated It takes 5 years to bring your buses under public control You have just 24 hours to get your Scottish Parliament candidates to commit to change this if elected: vist.ly/537rw

Scotland, this one is for you🚍 Even with publicly owned Lothian Buses, your bus services are still deregulated It takes 5 years to bring your buses under public control You have just 24 hours to get your Scottish Parliament candidates to commit to change this if elected: vist.ly/537rw

Happy May Day! ✊ Please join our 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 at this Sunday's Glasgow TUC March & Rally 🚍 🗓️ Sunday 3 May 2026 ⏰ Assemble at 10.30am at Barrowland Park Please also take 2 mins to email your Scottish Parliament candidates before the election on 7 May 👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email

Thanks to @parents4futurescot.bsky.social for inviting us to their Clean Air Event at the City Chambers. Better buses will be vital for improving air quality for all Please take 2 mins to email your @ScotParl candidates to ask them to support our campaign 👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#e…

Thanks to everyone who came to our 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 last night! 🚍🚏👏 You can now watch the recording here 👇 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs Please take 2 mins to email your Scottish Parliament candidates to ask them to support our campaign 👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email

We're at the Better Buses National Hustings, organised by @getglasgowmoving.org. Join us to find out what our political leaders plan to do to fix our broken bus system. Livestream here! m.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh...

📣 Tonight! Don't miss the Better Buses National Hustings at @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 📅 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 🎟️ Register at: buseshustings.eventbrite.com If you're not able to attend in person, you can also watch the livestream here from 7pm 👇 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh...

Better Buses National Hustings

Come and quiz candidates from Scotland’s main political parties about what they plan to do to deliver better buses.

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Want Better Buses? 🚍 Support your region's campaign: 📍 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde 📍 betterbuses.uk/grampian 📍 betterbuses.uk/fife And come to the Better Buses National Hustings at @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social this 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 🎟️ Register at: buseshustings.eventbrite.com

Do you want the new Scottish Parliament to get on and deliver Better Buses? 🚌🚏 Please take 2 mins to email your candidates: 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email And join one of our events in the run-up to the election on 7 May 👇🧵

In Glasgow this week? 🚌 Come hear us speaking about the Better Buses campaign at Living Rent Glasgow's Public Forums 👇 🗓️ Tues 14 Apr, 6:30pm Queen's Park Govanhill Church, G42 8QZ 🗓️ Weds 15 Apr, 6pm Partickhill Bowling Club, G11 5BY 🗓️ Sat 25 Apr, 12-2pm Victoria Rd (corner of Dixon Ave)

Want to ask your Scottish Parliament candidates what they will do to deliver Better Buses? 🚌🚏 Don't miss the Better Buses National Hustings! 📅 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 📍 Glasgow Caledonian University 🎟️ Register at: buseshustings.eventbrite.com

📢 We need your help to ramp up the Better Buses campaign ahead of the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May 🚌🚏 Please take 2 mins to email your candidates 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email And come our Better Buses National Hustings in Glasgow on 23 April, 6:30pm 🎟️ buseshustings.eventbrite.com

Why are we still waiting for Better Buses?

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Join our Better Buses Action Days around Glasgow in the run up to the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May 🚌🚏 📍 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟰 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟭𝟮-𝟮𝗽𝗺, St Enoch Square 📍 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟭𝟮-𝟮𝗽𝗺, Buchanan Bus Station 📍 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟴 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟭𝟮-𝟮𝗽𝗺, Hillhead Subway Station 📍 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟭𝟮-𝟮𝗽𝗺, Victoria Road #Holyrood2026

Come & quiz candidates from Scotland’s main political parties about what they plan to do to deliver Better Buses 🚌🚏 📢 Better Buses National Hustings 📅 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 📍 Glasgow Caledonian University 🎟️ Register at: buseshustings.eventbrite.com

Mayor unveils £1.5bn ‘People’s Network’ transport plan for South Yorkshire

Mayor unveils £1.5bn ‘People’s Network’ transport plan for South Yorkshire

Trams, buses and hire bikes will be integrated under molten orange and asphalt black brand highlighting industrial heritage, says Oliver Coppard South Yorkshire’s transport system will be known as the “People’s Network”, with trams, buses and hire bikes all coming under public control. The plan was unveiled on Monday by the region’s mayor, Oliver Coppard, who said it would create an affordable, joined-up network in molten orange and asphalt black colours. A large fleet of electric buses and 25 new trams will be introduced over the next five years. Continue reading...

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“SPT’s bus franchising plans will be transformational for our region’s public transport. Once implemented, SPT will finally be able to plan routes and frequencies to serve our communities, connect buses seamlessly with other modes, and cut fares with one simple, affordable ticket.” 🚌

'Bus franchising is key to tackling poverty' says local councillor

'Bus franchising is key to tackling poverty' says local councillor following the publication of a new report

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Over 200 of you have signed up for tonight's national meeting 🚌 It's not too late to join in: act.foe.scot/demandbetter...

Better Buses for Strathclyde@betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join our online meeting to hear from people taking action for Better Buses across Scotland & find out how you can get involved in the run-up to May’s election 🚍🚏 📣 Scotland Demands Better Buses 🗓️ Weds 25 February 2026, 6:30pm 🎟️ Register in advance at: act.foe.scot/demandbetterbuses