Our chair, Ellie Harrison, was interviewed by BBC News Scotland following the launch of the Scottish Government’s new Smart Card scheme.
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Challenging Transport Poverty Event
We held an event to discuss transport poverty, and what we can do to challenge it as part of Challenge Poverty Week.
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Transport Act Rally at the Scottish Parliament
After three years of campaigning, we held our third and final Rally at the Scottish Parliament to celebrate new powers for publicly-owned buses passed in the Transport Act.
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To get cars off the road we need better public transport
Our campaigner, Rebecca Menzies, wrote an Opinion Piece for The Herald on how improved public transport can help tackle the Climate Emergency.
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Glasgow’s Climate Emergency
Get Glasgow Moving was invited to be part of the Council’s Climate Emergency Working Group and we ensured public transport took centre stage.
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Protest against Rail Fare Increases
Together with our friends at Bring Back British Rail, we coordinated a protest at Glasgow Central Station as part of the national day of action against rail privatisation.
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Publicly-owned Buses on BBC Radio Scotland
Our Chair, Ellie Harrison, was invited onto Good Morning Scotland to discuss the benefits of setting up a publicly-owned bus company for Glasgow.
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Time To Take Back Our Buses
After First announced they were selling up, we launched our Time to Take Back Our Buses campaign.
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Transport Bill Campaign
On 12 June 2019 we held another big Protest for Publicly-owned Buses at the Scottish Parliament for the second stage of the Transport Bill.
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Connectivity Commission
Get Glasgow Moving welcomed the recommendations of phase two of the Connectivity Commission’s report, including building a new tram network called Glasgow Metro.
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We’re seeking a Public Transport Campaigner to join our team
In spring 2019, after receiving a grant from the Foundation for Integrated Transport to help us build the campaign, we began recruiting for a full-time campaigner.
