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Join our region-wide campaign to take our buses back into public control 🚍

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We welcome Strathclyde's new £2 fare cap 🙌 🪙

But without public control of our bus network, this will only address half of the problem 🚌

It will do nothing to improve bus services, create new routes or integrate timetables and tickets with other transport modes 🚍🚇🚆

It will mean another huge increase in public subsidy to private bus companies without transparency and accountability 💸

Please sign our new @ScotParl petition to 'Accelerate the implementation of bus franchising powers' 👇
📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2246

#GetBusFranchisingDone
#BetterBuses
#CatchtheBusMonth Sign our new Scottish Parliament petition by @betterbusesspt

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Thanks to everyone who came to our Scotland Demands Better Buses Rally at the Scottish Parliament this week 🚍

It was great to see the Transport Secretary @StephenFlynnSNP there 🙌

Please sign our new @ScotParl petition to ensure he helps us to #GetBusFranchisingDone 👇
📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2246
(link in @BetterBusesSPT bio)

Photos: @colinhattersleyphoto Scotland Demands Better Buses Rally at the Scottish Parliament taken in Scottish Parliament Edinbugh by @betterbusesspt

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Why are we still waiting for better buses? 🚌

Our transport authority - SPT - approved plans to take our region's bus network back into public control last September 👏

But the @ScotGov are holding things up! 😠

Please take 2 mins to email your new MSPs to demand better buses now:
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde
(link in @BetterBusesSPT bio)

Tell them to come to our Scotland Demands Better Buses Rally on Weds 👇

🚍 Scotland Demands Better Buses
📍 Rally outside the Scottish Parliament
🗓️ 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝗽𝗺

#publictransport #glasgow #betterbuses #scotland
@StephenFlynnSNP by @betterbusesspt

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Join our Online Event to mark 40 years of the disastrous policy of bus deregulation & discuss progress towards getting our buses back in public control 🚍✊

𝘉𝘶𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 40 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦
🗓️ 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟮𝗽𝗺-𝟯:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
Register in advance at:
betterbuses.uk/conference
(link in bio)

The 26 October 1986 was known as ‘D-Day’, when the disastrous policy of bus deregulation was imposed everywhere across England, Scotland and Wales, except London.

It caused chaos, by stripping control over vital bus services away from public bodies and handing it to private companies instead. Since then, we’ve lost millions of miles of routes, fares have risen well above inflation and most parts of the country have been left with an expensive, unreliable and fragmented bus system that does not meet communities’ needs.

But after 40 years of failure, the tide is finally turning against bus deregulation. New publicly-controlled systems are now in place – or soon will be over the next few years – in many parts of England and Wales.

Join our Better Buses National Conference Online Event to hear more about the grassroots campaigns which have led to this much needed policy change. We will learn more about the history of bus deregulation, the campaigners who fought against it at the time, and the devastating impact it has had on human rights.

There will be time for discussion in breakout rooms exploring the progress being made in different parts of the country, sharing skills and providing tips to help you get involved in the fight for Better Buses for all.

#BetterBuses #PublicTransport #OnlineEvents Bus Deregulation: Fighting to end 40 years of failure - Online Event by @betterbusesspt

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12 days ago

Don't miss your chance to get one of our popular campaign t-shirts for just £10! 👕

They're available at Get Glasgow Moving's 10th Anniversary Exhibition at the New Glasgow Society - open every day until this Weds 23rd September, 12noon-5pm 👇

🗓️ Open every day until Weds 23rd September 2026, 12noon-5pm
📍 New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle Street, G3 8TL

The exhibition tells the story of Get Glasgow Moving’s origins in 2016, and all the campaigns that we have initiated and supported over the last decade, with photos and press cuttings from our major events and actions, and details of all our big wins and setbacks along the way...

There’s also a showreel of films from 2016-2026, and a selection of special artworks including:

🚇 ‘Greater Glasgow Integrated Rail Network’ map from 2015 by Angus Doyle
🚆 ‘Clyde Metro Future Map of Glasgow’ from 2025 by Abraham Dein @metromapdesign
and @euansutherlandartist's mini diorama sculpture ‘Demonstration is Democracy’ from 2023

Presented as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2026

#GlasgowDoorsOpenDaysFestival #GlasgowGoesOut #CulturalHeritage #GlasgowEvents #GDODF26 by @betterbusesspt

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25 days ago

📸✨ 10 YEARS OF GET GLASGOW MOVING! 🚌
A decade of campaigning, community, big wins, setbacks and the fight for a better public transport system in Glasgow. And now, some of my photographs are part of the story. 📸
It was brilliant to be at the opening of the Get Glasgow Moving 10th Anniversary Photography Exhibition at New Glasgow City.

Thank you to all the campaigners and cross-party politicians who have supported this campaign over the years and helped highlight just how important it is for Glasgow and the wider region to have a better, more reliable and accessible bus network.

From local people and activists coming together in September 2016 to a campaign that has grown into one of Scotland’s best-known passenger groups this exhibition captures a decade of people, places, campaigning and change.
📍 1307 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8TL
📅 On display until 23 September
🕛 12pm–5pm
Come along, see the photographs, learn about the journey and celebrate the people who have kept Glasgow moving. 🚌📸
And yes… keep an eye out for my photographs!

🫣 #busses #glasgow #photography #news #urgent taken in Glasgow, Scotland by @betterbusesspt

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Earlier this week, Susie from Get Glasgow Moving spoke to @bbcradioscot about the importance of going further than the fare cap to improve our buses.

Please sign and share our @scotparl petition to #GetBusFranchisingDone 👇

📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2246 (LINK IN @betterbusesspt BIO)

#betterbuses #publictransport #busfranchising #catchthebusmonth by @betterbusesspt

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Earlier this week, Ellie from Get Glasgow Moving spoke to Reporting Scotland about how the £2 fare cap isn’t enough to improve our bus services.

We need our buses brought back into public control!

Please sign our new @ScotParl petition to #GetBusFranchisingDone 👇
📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2246
(link in @BetterBusesSPT bio)

#betterbuses #glasgow #glasgowbus #catchthebusmonth taken in Glasgow, United Kingdom by @betterbusesspt

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Across Scotland, passengers are still dealing with inconsistent and unreliable bus services.

We need a bus network that works for the people who depend on it, with reliable services, proper investment and greater public control.

Gabriele from @living_rent explains why cheaper fares alone aren’t enough. taken in Scottish Parliament Edinbugh by @betterbusesspt

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We saw the signs long ago and we know to have better buses we need to get bus franchising done!

Sign our @scotparl petition to #GetBusFranchisingDone 👇
📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2246 (link in @betterbusesspt bio)

#betterbuses #catchthebusmonth #ScotlandDemandsBetterBuses

photo credit: Colin Hattersley

inspo @stopaidatacentres.scot by @betterbusesspt

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Yesterday, Susie from Get Glasgow Moving spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about Strathclyde's new £2 fare cap.

Please sign our @scotparl petition to #GetBusFranchisingDone 👇

📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2246 (link in @betterbusesspt bio)

#betterbuses #glasgow #glasgowbus #catchthebusmonth by @betterbusesspt

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Earlier this week, Ellie from Get Glasgow Moving spoke to the BBC about the benefits of bringing our bus network back into public control.

Please sign our new @ScotParl petition to #GetBusFranchisingDone 👇
📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2246
(link in @BetterBusesSPT bio)

#betterbuses #glasgow #glasgowbus #catchthebusmonth by @betterbusesspt

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