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Dr Fi Crawford 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@ficrawford.bsky.social

Lecturer in Transport @ubdc. Travel behaviour researcher and 'social data scientist'. Posts about #rstats, women in STEM & 😻😾😽

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Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name

We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

16.02.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚍πŸͺ΄Cities becoming less sustainable with more home/hybrid working?

WTP for PT access has fallen, especially in smaller cities & costlier housing markets.

πŸ“œ Blog: rebrand.ly/n9frpcg

πŸ“° Paper: rebrand.ly/dcj3xjk

@uofgussp.bsky.social @ubdc.bsky.social @nickbailey37.bsky.social @rafa-vdz.bsky.social

30.01.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leveraging blue spaces for public health: Co-creating a whole-system action plan β€’To co-create evidence-based, whole-system recommendations for leveraging blue spaces to enhance public health.β€’To highlight the salutogenic and equig…

🌊This is exciting! Our latest study has been published in Public Health in Practice! 🌊

❗12 policy recommendations to turn the potential of blue spaces into real improvements in public health ❗

πŸ“–Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#BlueSpaces #PublicHealth #UrbanHealth #HealthInequalities

15.10.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I just have to accept that I am going to spend the whole day panicking that I have made a mistake and I should be at work 😭

18.04.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Real Estate MSc - University of Glasgow
Dr Tunbosun Oyedokun about the Real Estate MSc programme available at the University of Glasgow.Visit https://gla.ac.uk/pg/realestate for more information on... Real Estate MSc - University of Glasgow

πŸš€ Your future starts here!

MSc Real Estate – fast-track entry to a professional career with a specialism in finance/investment, sustainability or housing

Professionally accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors πŸ’ͺ

Info πŸ‘‰ www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

09.04.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Myanmar, no earthquake assistance, instead a 44% tariff.

02.04.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

29.03.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 43361    πŸ” 12068    πŸ’¬ 1101    πŸ“Œ 789
Redirecting

Even within transport, I sometimes come across a journal paper title that is unbelievably depressing... "Spatial accessibility to gun violence exposure on walkable routes to and from school" #Chicago

[Really interesting paper using innovative data/methods though!]

doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

29.03.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
White text on black: I love walkable neighbourhoods because I don’t wanna go far for stuff. 

No big conspiracy, I’m just lazy.

White text on black: I love walkable neighbourhoods because I don’t wanna go far for stuff. No big conspiracy, I’m just lazy.

β€œI don't wanna go far for stuff"

My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

13.11.2024 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2671    πŸ” 576    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 58

As a parent I love walkable neighbourhoods cause the kids can get places themselves. No big conspiracy, I’m just tired.

28.03.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

Good grief! I hope that one of your colleagues saw this and told you to leave work early today and go home and rest πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

28.03.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Around 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs. 200,000 more since before the pandemic.

These are record numbers of children living in poverty.

Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found πŸ”½ 1/3

27.03.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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🚨 New child poverty figures out today paint a stark picture - 22% of children in Scotland are trapped in poverty

➑️ While lower than the UK’s 31% rate, this still falls short of the 18% interim target. Urgent action is needed

Our response ‡️

www.ippr.org/media-office...

27.03.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Taken #OTD in 1990.

Concrete cathedral to car culture...

David Rose captures the brutalist grandeur beneath the Kingston Bridge.

From the book, 'Glasgow: 24-hours in the Life of a City' (March 27/28, 1990).

27.03.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️🚽❀️

21.03.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I became a transport engineer because I love to streets full of people standing, sitting and simply enjoying this #publicspace with others. #Verdun #Welliington #pedestrians

20.03.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ

19.03.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also based within @uofgussp.bsky.social !

13.03.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public transport and social welfare: The impact of bus connectivity on employment outcomes for low-income populations - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Public transport enables access to economic opportunities, services and social networks particularly for lower-income populations who cannot afford to own a private car. Buses play a particularly impo...

New fully funded PhD studentship from @rafa-vdz.bsky.social has just been advertised!
Exciting opportunity to work on 'Big Data' relating to transport accessibility and employment with a fab team including Rafa and @nickbailey37.bsky.social at @ubdc.bsky.social

www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...

13.03.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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My first week on the Dundee Courier, and the newsdesk phone rang, saying something had happened...

I was sent to find a reporter, I found him weeping in his car, childrens' blood on his brogues.

Dunblane 13.3.1996

13.03.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes β€” Streetsblog USA Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!

β€œProjects that are solely related to active transportation are now being red-flagged and anything involving multimodal transport are being yellow-flagged. Highway projects, she added, still have a green light.”

12.03.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 9

I've been expecting this but it doesn't make me any less angry.

12.03.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just seen this gem of a quote from Don Hedeker at the University of Chicago:

'Multilevel analysis => another example of Golden Rule of
Statistics: β€œone person’s error term is another person’s (or many persons’) career”'

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

12.03.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
https://news.sky.com/story/leaving-afghanistan-teen-cricketer-had-to-burn-medals-now-she-wants-right-to-play-for-country-13323128

Afghanistan is no longer in the headlines as it once was, but the fate of Afghan women and girls should haunt the conscience of humanity. ⬇️

My piece ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
t.co/IdX4EuhLfn

07.03.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!!!!!
That's what I came here to say! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

08.03.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #IWD2025 - let’s create a world where all girls feel safe and free to be out and about in their streets and neighbourhoods!

08.03.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ™Œ I need this on a poster for my office!

08.03.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women around the world. πŸ’

Today, we celebrate your strength, resilience, and achievements in every aspect of life. May this day be a reminder of your worth, power, and the progress we continue to strive for together.

Keep shining!

08.03.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Afghan women students in Oman face expulsion after Trump's USAID freeze US aid funding enabled thousands of Afghan women to study abroad or online, but many of these programmes are now suspended.

On #InternationalWomensDay I receive my regular reminder that I am privileged to feel joy in being a woman - I wonder if I would feel the same if I was in their position πŸ’”:

www.bbc.com/news/article...

08.03.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover art for a book, β€œWomen Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation”, which includes pink typeface over a grey stylized photo of a Paris street from above.

The cover art for a book, β€œWomen Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation”, which includes pink typeface over a grey stylized photo of a Paris street from above.

This International Women’s Day, we’re incredibly proud to reveal the cover of our third book, β€œWomen Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation”.

Photo essays from 11 cities around the world, including Paris, BogotΓ‘, Barcelona and MontrΓ©al. To be released by RIBA Publishing in October.

08.03.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 14