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Glasgow’s Strategic Plan for Cycling

Glasgow

The City Council have already uploaded the consultation version of the Strategic Plan for Cycling to the website: www.glasgow.gov.uk\consultations  and there’s a poster giving times for consultation events during Bike Week: Cycling 2015-2025 Consutation Ad F_AW-1 and here’s the text of the e-mail they have sent out:

“MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF ANDREW BROWN

PROJECTS MANAGER, LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Glasgow City Council is in the process of developing its Strategic Plan for Cycling 2015 -2025. Initial consultation with key stakeholders has taken place and a draft plan has now been developed.

In order to assist in finalising the plan, a wider consultation exercise is now underway and feedback will be accepted until 4 September 2015.

A copy of the draft Strategic Plan for Cycling 2015-2025 is now available to view on our website at:

www.glasgow.gov.uk\consultations

The above site contains a feedback form which can be used to submit any comments on the draft strategy.

The Strategic Plan will also be promoted at a number of Bike Week events (13 – 21 June) where staff will be available to answer questions:

  • Monday 15 June (9am until 2:30pm)

Buchanan Street, near St Vincent Street, Glasgow

  • Tuesday 16 June (9am until 2:30pm)

Buchanan Street, near St Vincent Street, Glasgow

  • Wednesday 17 June (7:30am until 2:30pm)

Glasgow Green, near Saltmarket, Glasgow

  •        Thursday 18 June (7pm until 8pm)

Bike Station, cycle cinema, Haugh Rd, Glasgow

  • Sunday 21 June (10am until 4pm)

Riverside Museum, Glasgow

If you require any further information regarding the consultation process, please contact my assistant Allan Maclean on 0141 287 9038.

Andrew Brown

Projects Manager

Land and Environmental Services

Glasgow – UK Council of the Year 2015″

Read it, think about it, submit your views and circulate comments if you wish.  The GoBike Policy Group will be drawing up the GoBike submission over the summer and we’ll get that out on the website.

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ScotRail Cycle Innovation Plan

Abellio

We are now informed that the Abellio ScotRail Cycle Innovation Plan is available here on the Transport Scotland website.  It contains lots of information about their plans for cycles and trains.

GoBike is, from May 2015, represented at the ScotRail Cycle Forum, which meets next on 27 August.

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Bike Week, 13 – 21 June

 

Lots of events on in Glasgow and the west for Bike Week.  Check out the Glasgow City Council supported events A3 bike week poster (web)

GoBike have traditionally had a stand at several events in Glasgow during Bike Week, but not this year.  The City Council are concentrating on consultation on their Strategic Plan for Cycling 2015 -2025, which starts next week.  See our next post for details.

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Active Travel manifesto for 2016: Scotland on the move

 

There has been news this week of the Active Travel Manifesto, launched by 7 leading charitable organisations in Scotland, in time for the 2016 Holyrood Elections.  You can see further information at: http://transformscotland.org.uk/blog/2015/06/09/scotland-on-the-move-active-travel-charities-set-out-vision-for-improving-scotlands-health/

GoBike will be contributing to the election debate next year – details to follow – but if you wish to get involved in informing cyclists, and non-cyclists, about the views of the different political parties as they related to cycling and walking, do get in touch.

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Family Man Fun Day – women also welcome – volunteers needed, Hamilton Racecourse 21 June

 

GoBike is, once again, taking part in this event at Hamilton Race Course: http://www.whatsonlanarkshire.co.uk/event/020867-family-man-fun-day/

We do need volunteers for our stall there, so please, even if you can only spare an hour or so, get in touch with the GoBike Convenor by e-mail at convenor@gobike.org, giving your name and the hours you can do.

Apart from that, it will be a great day out, so get yourselves along there and enjoy the day

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Edinburgh Festival of Cycling – including Women’s Cycle Forum

Edinburgh Festival of Cycling

Edinburgh’s Festival of Cycling starts on 11 June, with lots of activities for everyone, see http://www.edfoc.org.uk/

and for all the women among us, on Saturday evening, 13 June, there’s the Women’s Cycle Forum, only £5, so get yourself booked.

And for those who can’t make it to the east, the Glasgow Cycle Festival kicks off in August – watch out for details.

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20mph in Glasgow, latest press release

20mph

GoBike yesterday issued this press release: GoBike 20mph Press Release Update 20May15 final

We had received Glasgow City Council’s confirmation of the result of our meeting at the Petitions Committee and wanted to let everyone know, Decision letter final

If you live in Glasgow and are writing to your councillors please let them know that you support this (we hope you do!)

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Bike and Beer: Something for the weekend!

 

Far be it from GoBike to be advertising, but Jason, a keen cyclist, who runs the State Bar on Glasgow’s Holland Street has managed to get 2 beers produced with a cycling theme and is launching them tomorrow evening, Thursday 21 May.  In the words of their twitter feed “This Thursday we will be launching our cycling ale from @AlechemyBrewCo king of the hill 2.1(aussie hops) &Le vainqueur 2.1% (USA hops)”

Could be worth a try.

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20 mph zones for parts of Anniesland and Knightswood: GoBike response to GCC consultation

 

GoBike has today responded to current GCC consultation (it closes tomorrow, 15 May) for 20mph zones in 3 parts of Anniesland and Knightswood.  Some of these areas already have traffic calming and that will stay, but new traffic calming in the shape of road “cushions” is proposed.  In the light of the success of our 20mph petition on Tuesday at GCC’s Petitions Committee, we have suggested that this is not necessary and that signage should suffice.  We also suggest that the areas, particularly near Jordanhill School be extended.  You can see our response here

If you support this, please let Glasgow City Council know!

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The Herald speaks: 20mph on the way for Glasgow

20mph sign blue sky

Read today’s Herald for news of the Petitions Committee at Glasgow City Council yesterday:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/victory-for-cycle-campaigners-as-petition-to-turn-glasgow-into-20mph-city-referred-to.125824478