Martin Keane

Engineer from glasgow. Interested in how technology creates more opportunities for Glaswegians and leaving climate in a decent condition for future generations.

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@joe_yer99 You won’t believe it but it’s because it’s two different teams delivering cycle lanes - yellow ones are “avenues” the others are the “city network” ones

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@is_glasgow The pavement they have put that bike box on is huge - not sure there is an issue, similarly the area beside me with a box has been put on a section with a huge build-out. Much better than bikes being left haphazardly.

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@joe_yer99 They had the benefit (?? ) of de-industrialising their waterfront 30ish years before the Clyde did. Also the central part is more like a canal (floating basin) so doesn’t need as much complex infrastructure which can handle the tides

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@joe_yer99 Do the area around science centre and carpark at the BBC first ….think there was an actual masterplan for this in 2000’s before financial crisis stopped the money

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@joe_yer99 Need the space for the new super-SEC

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@connorkapoor @ismailhozain Someone needs to make video of this process … never been able to get my head around it

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@ReplacetheM8 Think their methodology needs to be challenged on modelling the traffic if the viaduct is removed.

The area highlighted as being biggest impact is literally impossible to drive through.

They don’t look to have considered boulevard replacing viaduct

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@markgallagher_2 There is a video of the factory online https://t.co/pbmcH4asnS

It is discussed a bit in the book “Apple in China”

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@markgallagher_2 Apple implemented something like this with their Macintosh factory in 1984. They then abandoned highly automated for flexibility of low cost labour. I think specifically the volumes of macs were less than what the factory could produce so the cost of automation wasn’t justified.

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@MrNeilScott Think it has been bought by Buchanan galleries - part of their new masterplan

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@jonmolyneuxSGP The site in Thornwood also could be good - especially if Clyde metro route goes past

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@jonmolyneuxSGP Preferred the previous plan with some homes and shops vs a thermal spa

https://t.co/oMzRPQbQiw

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@thomasforth Bit of an interesting history - we didn’t really, we got around it by changing the definition - theirs is 220v and ours is 240v so we built electronics to work with both (230v +\- 6%)

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@charlieharris01 Hey Charlie - I lead digital at one of the UK catapult centres, bringing more AI into medicine manufacturing - would be interested in connecting

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@newglasgowsoc This type of celebration happens whenever a team wins the league - more questions need asked about why other cities can organise these events and Glasgow is caught out each year…..

Liverpool is about to host ticketed a title party event like they did previously in 2019…..

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@ReplacetheM8 @newglasgowsoc Do you have a link ?

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

@UrbanistTOC @SPTcorporate I thought that was a test vehicle - if that’s really the size of it then I’m not sure what benefit it gives over a bus.

Less road damage maybe ? More likely to encourage investment in an area ? Will be interesting to see if it attracts tram riders in a way a bus doesn’t

[Martin Keane @iam_keane]

One for the Glasgow metro team @SPTcorporate

[Samuel Hughes @SCP_Hughes]

Apparently Coventry is building a tram line at less than a fifth of the per mile cost of the Edinburgh tram, and with a construction time of *eight weeks* rather than six years. The trick is the use of battery-powered trams and shallow prefabricated tracks. A potential breakthrough?
https://t.co/58bFvqpJJM