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Cycling Fallacies website refreshed

It is great to see this fantastic website back up and running – https://www.cyclingfallacies.org/.

Don’t be fooled by common myths about cycling – use the explanations on the site to help spread the truth!

The site has been created in order to collate all the facts and arguments about cycling for transport. While there are a great many blogs, articles and videos explaining these concepts, they can often be difficult to keep track of and link to.

If you’re a cycle campaigner, you’ll probably have come up against the same old arguments time and time again. There are many myths about cycling, which are widespread and often believed, without any basis in fact. So the site hopes to make it easier for cycle campaigners to win the argument by providing a quick response to these myths.

This site has been made possible due to the hard work of volunteers, and with support from the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain.

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Glasgow Cycling Road Safety Roadshow

Cycling is growing in Scotland – for commuting, fitness, and leisure – but with it comes the responsibility to make our roads safer for everyone.

The Cycling Road Safety Roadshow brings together experts from law, policing, advocacy, engineering, and local government to share knowledge, discuss solutions, and build stronger partnerships for safer cycling across Scotland.

The roadshow will be held from 6 – 9:30pm on Wednesday 19 November at the University of Strathclyde 16 Richmond Street Glasgow G1 1XQ

Whether you’re a cyclist, campaigner, policymaker, or simply passionate about safer roads, this free event is for you.

Speakers – Hear from a panel of leading voices in road safety and cycling.

  • Roz Galloway – Partner, Cycle Law Scotland. Expert in representing injured cyclists and championing legal rights on Scotland’s roads
  • Scott Runicman – Cycling UK (Scotland)
    Advocate for everyday cycling and accessible infrastructure.
  • Chris Johnson – Cycling Scotland. Specialist in cycling policy, training, and active travel initiatives.
  • Stewart Sinclair – Police Scotland Road Policing. Insights from law enforcement on cyclist safety, collisions, and enforcement.
  • Eric Hill – Sweco UK. Perspective from transport planning and infrastructure design.
  • Malcolm Hall – Glasgow City Council. Bringing a local authority viewpoint on cycling infrastructure and policy.

Entrance is by donation to SAMH. Book your ticket via Eventbrite

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Helsinki goes a full year without a single traffic death

Toucan crossing on A73 Carlisle Rd, Airdrie with NCN75 and 'Cyclists Dismount' signs on left

The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year, municipal officials revealed recently.

Although road deaths are on the decline across the EU, with a 3 percent decrease in 2024, accidents with tragic outcomes are still commonplace in metropolitan areas. To go a full year without one is a remarkable feat for most cities — let alone a European capital.

In 2023, 7,807 Europeans lost their lives in traffic accidents in EU cities. Fifty-five people died in traffic accidents in Berlin last year, and nine individuals lost their lives in collisions in the Brussels region over the past 12 months.

Source: Politico

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Breakaway Femmes film screening

The untold story of the halcyon era of women’s professional cycling. For six glorious years during the 1980s, the Tour de France held a women’s race alongside the men’s race. These women raced over the same cobblestones, conquered the same mountains, and were cheered by the same throng of adoring crowds as the men.

The film screening will take place at 630pm on Thursday 23 October at the ODEON Glasgow Springfield Quay, G5 8NP. Tickets are selling fast so why not grab yours now!

Buy your ticket now!

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Kidical Mass Glasgow – Sat 13 Sep

Kidical Mass Glasgow is coming to the Southside on Saturday 13 September

Why you may ask? We don’t know about you, but we believe…

Every child should be able to cycle to school safely. Yet we lack adequate, well-connected cycling infrastructure to make this happen.

Every child deserves to breathe in clean air. Yet, 93% of Glasgow schools are in areas that violate WHO guidelines on safe air to breathe. Yikes!

Every child should be safe in our public spaces. Yet, do you feel comfortable letting your child or young person enjoy our public spaces independently?

We want to ensure our public spaces are designed to keep our kids safe, healthy and happy. Something that will benefit all of us, because safe streets for kids are safe streets for all.

Ambitious? Absolutely! But it will also be bright, bold, colourful and most importantly totally joyous. Because that’s exactly what our public spaces should be. Fun, safe, and welcoming spaces to be.

If you have any questions check out the FAQs on Sunny Cycles website or contact Katherine on families@womenonwheels.org.uk.

Book your place here

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Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival cycle routes

Scotland’s largest free heritage and community festival returns from Thu 18 to Sun 21 September 2025, inviting you to step – or wheel – behind the scenes of our visionary city!

Enjoy rare access to more than 150 captivating buildings, hidden spaces, factories, theatres, museum stores and  architectural and cultural gems across the city.

Organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, the festival celebrates the city’s rich built and cultural heritage, encouraging civic pride and connection through stories, spaces and shared experiences.

And this year the organisers have been working in partnership with Bike for Good to bring your four cycle routes – north, east, west and south – so you can get form venue to venue by bike and see even more of what is on offer!

Download the fold-out Festival Friendly Cycle Routes map to discover all participating venues, walking tour starting points, and four curated cycle routes created by Bike for Good.

Source: Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival

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Glasgow expands cycle storage scheme with 720 new spaces

CcyleHoop ground level, on street, secure cycle storage unit

Expansion of Glasgow’s cycle storage scheme is underway, with 720 new spaces set to be delivered this year.

The installation of 120 new units – each with space for six cycles, marks a significant growth of the popular cycle storage scheme, which over the next five years will provide up to 3,000 additional safe, secure storage spaces for people who live in tenement flats.

Following a successful trial in 2021, the residential on-street storage scheme – delivered by Cyclehoop – now offers over 1,400 secure spaces across more than 235 units citywide.

Demand for these units has been high, with typically 97% of spaces occupied and almost 3,000 residents registering for a new cycle storage space.

Convenient and secure on-street cycle storage is a key part of the city’s plans to encourage residents living in flats to view cycling as practical option for everyday journeys.

Many people in older tenement buildings are discouraged from cycling regularly due to a lack of indoor storage space. Fire safety regulations can prevent bikes from being stored in stairwells, and theft from these communal areas can also be a concern.

Cyclehoop secured a five-year contract worth up to £2.5m last year following an open tendering process and a decision by the council’s Contracts and Property Committee.

Read more…

Source: Glasgow City Council news page

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SPT awards £450,000 to sustainable transport projects

Older man and woman waiting at traffic lights at junction of Kelvin Way onto Radnor St, Glasgow

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has allocated more than £450,000 of funding to community groups as part of the Transport Scotland-funded SPT People & Place Programme Community Fund. This funding is intended to support 24 community groups in our region working to influence sustainable travel behaviour change through localised project

The People & Place Programme Community Fund supports organisations delivering small-scale projects (£5,000 – £50,000) at a community level which aligns with five key themes: Schools and Young People, Workplaces, Accessibility and Inclusion, Capacity and Capability and Supporting Sustainable Transport.

Projects being delivered under each of themes will be working to encourage behaviour change from traditional car use to more sustainable modes of transport, and initiatives vary from small infrastructure changes such as cycle storage installations, to cycle lessons and led bike rides, management of bike loan schemes, as well as skills building opportunities, increasing capacity and capability across the sector and region.

Organisations funded include Clyde Cycle Park, Living Lab CIC, Getting Better Together, Parents for the Future Scotland and Cycling Without Age.

Source: https://www.spt.co.uk/about-us/news/spt-awards-450-000-to-sustainable-transport-projects/

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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