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Glasgow Cycling Forum
The Glasgow Cycling Forum was formed in 2010 after an approach from Go Bike to Bailie Jim McNally, who chaired the Roads & Transportation Committee of Glasgow City Council. The aim was to emulate the Edinburgh Cycle Forum that had been successfully bringing together the local council and cycle user groups. A prompt response was received from Councillor Matt Kerr, who was then Bailie McNally's depute, but, more importantly, is a keen cyclist, commutes by bike and was, in his teens, a keen racer with Fullarton Wheelers. He now chairs the Forum meetings.
The Forum had a bumpy start but is now meeting 3 times per year and is making progress. Council officials whose remit includes cycling are meeting, often for the first time, at these meetings and the cycle organisations represented includes CTC, Sustrans, Freewheel North and the Glasgow Bike Station as well as Go Bike. We are now seeing the start of coordinated policies and an early success has been the introduction of Advanced Stop Lines for cyclists when road surfaces and road markings are renewed in the city.
The most recent minutes of the Glasgow Cycle Forum: