Strathclyde Cycle Campaign
Glasgow City Council propose a “quiet route” from Queens Park via Tantallon Road and Langside Road to Muirend. There are to be daytime restrictions on parking and junction remodelling. Our letter of approval, modified by comments and questions, may be seen here on our Consultations page.
Today’s Herald has this very positive article about the Pavement Parking Bill being promoted by Glasgow Kelvin MSP Sandra White: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14119494.Motorists_set_to_be_banned_from_parking_on_pavements/ (The picture on the website shows Derek Mackay, one of the confirmed speakers for the GoBike! Hustings on 16 March 2016.)
Also, a good analysis in yesterday’s issue in a letter from Norman Armstrong following on from Bob Downie’s about sharing road space: http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14116575.Cars_have_killed_45_000_Britons_in_the_21st_century__bicycles_less_than_10/
This letter is followed by another “interesting” one from someone complaining about people cycling on footways – just as well he wasn’t “clipped on the shoulder” by a car – and Alexandra Parade is somewhere we have suggested to Glasgow City Council that needs cycle lanes on the road.
Superb letter in today’s Herald from Bob Downie further to the report of death threats from Bearsden residents at the Bear’s Way consultation evening on 19 November: http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14111629.Letters__Motorists_and_cyclists_must_learn_to_live_together/#comments
Plus there’s an “interesting” letter about shared footways following it!
Glasgow City Council propose a 20mph speed limit for Dowanhill. If local residents see a concern with this please let us know and we can amend our letter of support, now loaded on our Consultations page.
They also propose a 30mph limit on the A728 from Polmadie Road, again see our Consultations page for our support.
Details of both are given on the GCC website.
Please respond to these if you support them.
Glasgow City Council is consulting, and we have responded to the following:
Improving bus access to the new hospital (QEUH) in Govan, details on our Consultations page for both Berryknowes Road and the Manse Brae area on the south side. Both these consultations close on 11 December; please object to the closing up of Manse Brae at its junction with Carmunnock Road with no through way for cycles. The council’s proposals may be seen at: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4216
Mandatory 20mph speed limit in the city centre, again our letter is on our Consultations page. This consultation closes tomorrow, ie 30 November, so if you haven’t done so already, please do write in and support this proposal.
There are 2 further public consultations ongoing, to which we encourage you to respond. The first is for Victoria Road on the south side, coming north from Queens Park. There was a public drop-in session on 26 November, and the proposals, particularly for a cycle lane on either side of Victoria Road, are very promising. However, there is no firm proposal for extending into the city centre and the council seem reluctant to use the route already popular with cyclists, ie Eglinton Street. Please point these things out when you respond. You can see the proposals and the survey on the city council’s consultation page.
The second is for the renewal of the Sauchiehall and Garnethill areas of the city, extending westwards to take in part of the area adjacent to Woodlands Road. There are some very adventurous proposals, including covering over part of the M8 in a rather long consultation document; this, and the very short survey are given on the same consultation page. The proposals include a far bigger emphasis on walking and cycling, which we should welcome.
The bears aren’t happy about this one! The car-using Bearsden populace was out in force at the Consultation event last Thursday:
Message from Allan Maclean, Glasgow City Council, re a public consultation event in the Calder Street Baths, 3-7pm on Thursday 26 November,received today:
“I am pleased to attach a copy of our promotional leaflet for the above public consultation. Please forward it to anyone that you think might be interested.
Also, as you may already be aware, there is a public event tomorrow regarding Shawlands Civic Square. The event is being held at Langside Hall between 10.00am and 6.00pm to enable the public to view initial plans.
Kind regards, Allan
Allan Maclean, Project Officer, Technical Services, Land & Environmental Services
Glasgow City Council, 231 George Street, GLASGOW G1 1RX
Phone 0141 287 9038
PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND THIS CONSULTATION: IT’S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE WHO CYCLE AND WALK, AND TRY TO USE LOCAL AMENITIES, GET THEIR VOICE HEARD.
Sorry about the delay (technical glitches were to blame) but here’s our latest newsletter with news from around the region, and yet another reminder of our AGM and public meeting this Wednesday, 18 November.
Patrick Harvie, Green MSP, shown here speaking at yesterday’s Cycling Scotland Conference in Edinburgh. Other politicians with him on the panel were, from next to Patrick, Jim Eadie, SNP, who is a member of the Cross Party Group on Cycling at Holyrood, David Stewart, Labour and keen cyclist Willie Rennie of the LibDems. All 4 spoke on their views for cycling, albeit in advance of the publication of their respective party’s manifestos. (The Conservatives were invited but declined to be represented).
Patrick is one of the speakers booked for the GoBike! Hustings on 16 March 2016 – further details here on our Meetings page – all as part of the We Walk, We Cycle, We Vote campaign for every one of us in Scotland to get our views to prospective MSPs for next May’s Holyrood Elections.
Earlier in the day Derek Mackay, Transport Minister (also confirmed as a speaker at the GoBike! Hustings) announced details of the new Community Links Plus competition.
Yes, just 16 days to go to the GoBike Public Meeting and AGM. Doors open 7pm for the AGM that starts at 7:30 and the Public Meeting with John Lauder from Sustrans and Dave Brennan of Pedal on Parliament will be underway by 8pm. Venue is the Admiral Bar on Waterloo Street, Glasgow.
We’ve stocked up on GoBike t-shirts, so why not buy one at the meeting? Sizes from Small to Extra Extra Large available in regular fit, plus ladies fit medium and large. Price £10 or included in a minimum £15 annual membership donation (initial or renewal).
The agenda for the AGM will be on the website soon; we’ll post when it’s available.