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Kidical Mass – Sun 18 May

Poster for kiddical mass cycle ride on Sat 18 May

Join Sunny Cycles, Women on Wheels and Parents for Future Scotland for Kidical Mass on Sunday 18 May for a family-friendly ride through the city, calling for Safer Streets for All.

Meet at The People’s Palace on Glasgow Green at 2:30pm and the ride begins at 3:00pm. All ages, all welcome. Mark your calendars and spread the word!

Whether you’re coming with family, friends, or simply care about making our streets safer and more inclusive – this ride is for you! This is a day to come together, have fun, and pedal for a better future.

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Please support SPT’s bus franchising plans

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SPT (Strathclyde Partnership for Transport) are currenty running a public consultation on the final Strathclyde Regional Bus Strategy.

Get Glasgow Moving has been coordinating the Better Buses for Strathclyde campaign since Sep 2023 calling for public control and public ownership of the bus network.

GoBike is proud to be one of nearly 50 organisations to support the Better Buses for Strathclyde campaign, which has made a lot of progress over the past 18 months.

GoBike is calling on members and supporters to please respond to the consultation. Better Buses for Strathclyde has put together detailed guidance on how to respond. The deadline for responding to the consultation is 5pm on Thur 29 May.

There are also a series of public events being held over the coming weeks as well:

Clydebank Public Meeting, Wednesday 23 April 2025, 7pm, Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall Street, G81 1UB

Glasgow Public Meeting – Whiteinch, Tuesday 29 April 2025, 6:30pm, The Whiteinch Centre, 1 Northinch Court, G14 0UG

Glasgow Public Meeting – Kingsway, Tuesday 13 May 2025, 1:15pm, Kingsway Community Connections, 50 Kingsway Court, G14 9SR

Glasgow Public Meeting – Bridgeton, Thursday 22 May 2025, 7pm, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), 8 Landressy Street, Bridgeton, G40 1BP

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LEZ Community Support Fund to support environmental projects

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Environment-enhancing projects from across Glasgow will share £732,000, as penalties collected through the city’s Low Emission Zone are poured back into local communities.

Eighteen organisations will receive grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 to deliver a broad range of schemes following successful bids to the council’s LEZ Community Support Fund.

Projects include improvements to children’s play areas, free bike provision, establishing food growing spaces and enhancements to greenspaces.

Other initiatives involve peatland restoration, installing solar panels, air quality education projects, urban rewilding, and wildflower meadow planting.

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Cycling Scotland Board recruitment

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Cycling Scotland are currently recruiting for two new trustees to join their Board.

The Board provides strategic leadership for Cycling Scotland, working with the staff team, and they’re are looking for new trustees with a variety of skills including transport planning, legal or HR. Recognising the value of diversity, they encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

The recruitment pack details the responsibilities of a trustee and how to apply. The deadline for applying is Wednesday 23rd April 2025.

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Children’s Walking and Cycling Index published

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Sustrans has created the first ever Children’s Walking and Cycling Index, designed to help better understand the behaviours, barriers and attitudes affecting how children walk, wheel and cycle in the UK.

Children are often overlooked by decision-makers in transport except on journeys to and from school.

This leaves out the role that travel plays in their day-to-day lives, supporting development of their independence, socialisation skills, overall mental health and wellbeing, and reducing the family workload.

This new report gives a voice to children across the UK.

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Investment in landmark cycle routes delivering record share of journeys by bike in Scotland

A woman and young child cycle together on the South City Way cycle route, Victoria Road, Glasgow.

Record 15% of journeys on Glasgow’s South City Way and 8.3% of journeys on Edinburgh’s CCWEL made by bike

Investment in landmark cycle routes delivering record share of journeys by bike in Scotland

  • Record proportion of journeys being made by bike on Edinburgh’s new City Centre route and Glasgow’s South City Way
  • Over 1,700 more people cycling on Glasgow’s South City Way in two-day survey period in September 2024 vs 2023, a 46% annual increase
  • Edinburgh’s City Centre West to East Link sees additional 1,000 people cycling in two-day survey period in January 2025 vs 2024, an 83% annual increase
  • Evidence of wider impact of South City Way, with growth in cycling on nearby streets

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