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Dr Andrew Hoolachan MRTPI

@andrewhoolachan.bsky.social

Lecturer in Urban & Regional Planning | Community Councillor | 90s pop culture enthusiast | Occasional Agitator

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Total nonsense.

03.03.2026 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With news today that Transport Scotland is considering substantive changes to the M8, in 2022 we held a public conversation at the university and invited practitioners, politicians and the public to contribute their views. You can read the full paper here:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

25.02.2026 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Permanent closure of M8 in Glasgow among options for ageing 55-year motorway viaducts Spans may be repaired or replaced instead at cost of up to ยฃ500m

Closing the M8 has gone from out there idea to something apparently being considered by policymakers! Well done to @andrewhoolachan.bsky.social and everyone else whoโ€™s made that happen. www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

25.02.2026 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Cyclists outnumbering drivers at rush hour on busy Glasgow road, as campaigners hail โ€œcolossalโ€ impact of safe cycle lanes - Cycling News | Bike Reviews | road.cc Glasgow โ€“ itโ€™s just like Amsterdam. Or at least thatโ€™s the opinion of Cycling Scotland, whose latest traffic survey found that cyclists are outnumbering car drivers at rush hour on a busy road in the ...

โ€œCyclists outnumbering drivers at rush hour on busy Glasgow road, as campaigners hail โ€˜colossalโ€™ impact of safe cycle lanes.โ€

Keep going, Scotland, keep going

20.02.2026 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 216    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

This is so cringe.

17.02.2026 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good blazer game

17.02.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m so multicultural

12.02.2026 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some of my best friends are Heterosexuals.

12.02.2026 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Will you be doing a launch in the school Ewan?

11.02.2026 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup, its all about cultural attitudes and behaviours

04.02.2026 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why do they all have Nazi haircuts?

03.02.2026 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Omg finally

03.02.2026 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done Tom.

02.02.2026 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can you give an example?

02.02.2026 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was on BBC Radio Scotland's Out of Doors programme on Saturday talking about the album and rain & sound art. Starts around 00:53minutes >>

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

02.02.2026 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

- Renaissance to Reformation
- cinematic geographies of Southeast Asia
- cities, society and space
- development geographies
- geographies of imperialism and colonialism

(St Andrews)

31.01.2026 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Taxpayers should not fund any form of religious education. Donโ€™t understand why CofScotland prayers when I was at school was the default position in a modern secular society. If you want to believe in magic fairies and impose arbitrary ethics onto others, do it in the privacy of your own home.

29.01.2026 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t believe how little people get paid in London year days for third sector and think tank roles that require so much experience. Saw one the other day for ยฃ35K. ยฃ5K more than I was earning in 2015 in such an environment. Insane.

29.01.2026 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah but I think times have changed in the last decade. Inequities like this have really gotten worse.

29.01.2026 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Living With Rain: Planning for Everyday Life in Glasgow, with Andrew Hoolachan and Bobby Jewell How does rain impact how and when people get around, whether on foot, on public transport, or in private vehicles? How does it affect how we use outdoor and public spaces, from parks to streets and sh

Congrats to our own @andrewhoolachan.bsky.social whose work on โ€˜Living with Rainโ€™, has been featured in a podcast, by the Thinking Through Infrastructure Network. You can listen to Andrew on the podcast here: soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc... @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

29.01.2026 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These London arts and culture jobs are for the children of the asset wealthied of Islington and Hackney, who can live at home.

29.01.2026 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*two jags* ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿณ

26.01.2026 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve been trying to disentangle the energy and creativity of urban policy of the Blair years, from his darker politics for our students. Sadly for most people of a certain age, the better urban polices are drowned out by his foreign policy, PFI initiatives & allowing house prices to run rampant.

26.01.2026 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t stand it. Bring back sodium.

21.01.2026 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Their 1990s is our 1960s.

21.01.2026 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Unfair Bus Fares 2026

Unfair Bus Fares 2026

Today First Glasgow put single fares up to a whopping ยฃ3.25, leaving us with some of the most expensive buses in the UK ๐Ÿ’ธ

How can ScotGov allow this blatantly unfair situation to persist? ๐Ÿ˜ค

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป by supporting SPTโ€™s plans to take our buses back into public control ๐Ÿ’ท

11.01.2026 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Twice per annum, good going.

11.01.2026 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is it coming up for a year anniversary of your middle class letter to Markies?

11.01.2026 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2001: A Space Odyssey has gotten far more relevant again in predicting the rise of AI and the perils of relying on it to survive.

11.01.2026 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"There is now regular talk of civil war in Britain. It is a mark of how low we have sunk.

"We scapegoat 'the other' โ€“ the outsider, the migrant, the sexual minority โ€“ with increasing vitriol and threat." || @neilmackay.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/poli...

๐˜๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜Ž๐˜Œ: ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ/๐˜—๐˜ˆ

06.01.2026 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1