Becki Cox

Urban flaneuse; transport nerd; doer of things. Full-time PhD researching street design and public life at University of Glasgow. Opinions often plagiarised.

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

Casually cycling 40km to sit on a bench like a complete tw*t...

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

Road Space Comparison https://t.co/B1s8Gtb3KV https://t.co/aeUB8nVqI0

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

Turns out it's customer service day on @TPExpressTrains and we got a free coffee ☕ I asked Audrey, Customer Host, how we could celebrate her and she said a tweet would do. So here's to Audrey (cc: @TPExpressTrains) 🎊🎉🎈🚄 ☕🥳

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@raffverduzco @UofGlasgow @UofGUrbStudies Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay 🥳🤩🎈🪩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼☺️ (although the office looked all wrong without you today 🥲)

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@DrDPMcArthur @SimmsMelanie I'd totally forgotten that 😂

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@sallyhinch The collective noun is a fold, I believe?

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

Midway through a shift at @thecathedral #Glasgow for Glasgow Doors Open Day @Glasgowdodf. It's lovely and peaceful in here 😌 Do pop in and pay us a visit today or at the weekend - no booking required!

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

Mmm, sorry but yeah...

[Oliver Brewer-Lennon SCP @obrw]

Are you a student at the @UofGlasgow checking things out at the Freshers’ Welcome Event? Stop by and see the faith and spirituality support services offered by @UofGChaplaincy. Look for this guy 👇

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

Surely this isn't a surprise? This is why the design language - how infrastructure instinctively reads to a driver or other user - of streets is so key. Details matter!

BBC News - Highway Code: 61% of drivers have not read new guidance
https://t.co/mjtV5gV8DV

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@DrDPMcArthur @AlistairMcCay 🤯🤯🤯

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@mgshanks Oh but now the Gloria instead. Hmm.

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@mgshanks Legit exactly what I was humming whilst scrolling through Twitter just now...

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@DrDPMcArthur I'm presuming you've just become one with the big data and therefore you sort of arguably *are* a computer? Or an R programme, at least.

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@gwillybobs @seanehewitt ❤️ (and peace be with you, obviously!)

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@LeicsCountyBike It can certainly be done and done well (i.e. inclusively). Good to have examples to point to :)

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

Here's Great Western Road, Glasgow, when it was closed earlier today for line painting. Usually choked with vehicles. You can hear conversations and birds, see the full beauty of the buildings...

Feels so key to use these moments to give folk a glimpse of what could be.

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@colki1983 @Glasgow_LS Tricky, but important to push for nonetheless I think :) Closing roads entirely to vehicles is perhaps rarely necessary but over-dominance can be tackled iteratively by restricting access to those that need it. Needs a bit of inspiration and vision though.

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@colki1983 @Glasgow_LS Indeed, I agree. Public transport often woeful in terms of accessibility and urgently needs fixed as part of the bigger solution. This would require running at a loss to start with (whilst people learned to trust in public transport again) and that's tricky.

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@LRichieScott These are really important Qs to be asking and it feels to me that we all need to work together to answer them because it's complex. And I completely agree, public transport can be woefully poor and needs improved in many cases to make it more fair.

[Becki Cox @becksmoo]

@LRichieScott Yes. Which is why you'll note that I've specifically referred to the "over-domination" of private vehicles, rather than suggesting removing them entirely. Of course access is still required for folk that need it. Good, accessible public transport is another factor within that.