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Cycling Scotland annual conference

The Cycling Scotland Conference is coming to Dundee on Wednesday 10th September 2025. Join other experts and decision-makers, from across Scotland, to share learning and celebrate progress towards enabling more people to cycle for everyday journeys.

Keynote speakers include:

  • Mark Flynn, Dundee City Council Leader
  • Brian Deegan, Active Travel England Director of Inspections
  • Rebecca Morris, Vision Zero Communications Director
  • Jillian Evans, Head of Health Intelligence and Divisional General Manager, NHS Grampian
  • Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at the University of West of England   

The Conference will be Chaired by Laura Young, award winning climate activist and environmental scientist. 

Image: source Cycling Scotland website

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Glasgow infrastructure update, Summer 2025

View up Pitt St past covered bike traffic light to fenced off bike lane going up hill

In case anyone else has been losing track of all the construction projects going on just now… Glasgow City Council put out an Avenues Programme Progress Report (PDF) in April 2025. However, a few that were due to be complete by May 2025 are still going on. So, it seemed like a good time to revive GoBike’s Infrastructure Update and have a look…

Snapshot of progress

The following is a snapshot of active travel works in and around the city centre during May/June 2025.

Most of these are part of the Avenues Project (or Avenues Plus). Not all projects include segregated cycle lanes, for example: Holland St and Sauchiehall Precinct (but the latter has removed raised platforms so there’s more space for cycling). The photos give an idea of how things are taking shape. 

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GoBike supports the Joint Active Travel Manifesto

Cover from 'A Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026'

GoBike joins over 50 organisations from across Scotland that have come together to urge all political parties to enable more people to walk, wheel or cycle, ahead of the run up to the 2026 Holyrood election.

The ‘Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026’, supported by a range of health, environmental and road safety organisations, calls for parties to commit to multi-year budgets, link public transport and improve road safety, in order to build on ongoing success and bring the benefits of walking, wheeling and cycling to more people.

From helping to reduce Scotland’s carbon emissions to improving public health and supporting local economies, the manifesto highlights some of the many benefits that active travel brings, calling on parties to pledge to support five key commitments on continued national investment, long-term funding, infrastructure, linking active and public transport, and creating safer streets.

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Sunday 1 June 2025 – GoBike ride to Loch Thom


This ride heads west through Renfrewshire, but since it is newly open, we shall initially stick to the north side of the River Clyde in order to use the bridge at Yoker.

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New Yoker to Renfrew bridge open

The new Yoker to Renfrew bridge opened to the public on Friday 9 May 2025.

The 184-metre, twin-leaf bridge has been built as part of the £1.3bn Glasgow City Region City Deal. It swings open to allow river traffic such as the PS Waverley to move freely along the River Clyde. The opening was also reported on the STV News and the BBC News

The bridge forms part of a newly opened 5km active travel route connecting Yoker and Clydebank to Pailsy town centre.

You can check when the bridge will be open to river traffic and therefore unavailable to pedestrians, cyclists and motor traffic on the dedicated webpage https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/renfrew-bridge

Photo source: Colin Mearns Clydebank Post https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/25149275.renfrew-bridge-welcomes-public-across-glasgows-river-clyde/

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Scottish Government drops car traffic reduction commitment


Transform Scotland has responsed to the Scottish Government’s recent decision to drop it’s commitment to reducing car traffic by 20% by 2030.

Transform Scotland’s Public affairs manager Laura Hyde-White said

“It is deeply disappointing to see the Government abandon its target to cut car traffic by 20% by 2030. This was a very ambitious goal which demanded transformational change.”

“Yet since its announcement progress has been piecemeal at best, with the Government spending the past four years tinkering with public transport fares and delivery plans stuck in limbo as responsibility bounced between national and local government.”

“But we need traffic reduction more than ever — not only for climate, but for cleaner air and safer streets, a healthier and fairer society, and a stronger economy.”

Read more here

Source: Transform Scotland

Photo by Quaid Lagan on Unsplash

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May’s GoBike ride, 04 May 2025

This month’s ride took us north through the city, past the yet-to-be-completed Pitt Street


cycle lane and along the Garscube Road cycle lane to the canal. Then it was over the Stockingfield Bridge and along to Kirkintilloch. Our journey to Palacerigg is shown above.

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How to Start a Bike Bus – Cycling to School Webinar with Shawlands Bike Bus

Have you seen a Bike Bus pop up on social media or in your local area? Interested in starting one in your local community?

Learn from Shawlands Bike Bus Co-founder, Katherine Cory (also Women on Wheels Families Coordinator!) about how to get started, tips, tricks, challenges and how different bike buses tackle barriers to cycling to get families in their communities riding to school!

Bike buses ooze fun and joy and this short webinar is sure to be an enjoyable intro to the movement. There will lots of time for Q&A, so don’t be shy – get your questions ready!

Sign up here – Zoom link will be sent on day of event. All welcome.

Source: Shawlands Bike Bus