Month: November 2017

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2 weeks to go – GoBike AGM and Public Meeting with Anna Richardson, 29 November

 

Yes, just 2 weeks to go until our AGM, followed by discussion with Anna Richardson, Glasgow City Council’s Convenor for Sustainability and Carbon Reduction – this includes all things cycling, walking and roads.

In the AGM we hope to approve our new constitution and elect people to be on our main committee and our sub-committee action groups to take projects and campaigns forward.  We are very excited about the prospect of 2 Co-Convenors to take campaigning for good cycle infrastructure in Glasgow and Strathclyde forward, an improved focus on consultations and we are looking for people to help with marketing the campaign and increasing membership.  Do please volunteer to join in!

Anna Richardson will be talking about the challenges of her role and answering your questions about how we take the city forward to be a place for people.

The details are on our flyer: GB! AGM2017

Venue: The Admiral Bar, 72a Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA, with cycle parking and a NextBike station nearby.

Date: Wednesday 29 November 2017

Doors open: 7pm (the bar upstairs will be open before then for both food and drink)

AGM: 7:30pm

Anna Richardson: 8pm

Please do come along, bring a friend and share this information.

 

 

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Buses and Smart Ticketing – 2 Consultations from the Scottish Government

 

Our friends in Get Glasgow Moving have sent us encouragement to respond to the Local Bus Services consultation, as well as the Smart Ticketing consultation, which both close at midnight on 5 December 2017.  Both these are being run by the Scottish Government.  The associated papers are moderately technical and perhaps overly complicated but please do respond to both before the closing date.

The better our bus services, the more people will use them, the less traffic congestion there will be, the less pollution there will be and the better our towns and cities will be for those of us who walk and cycle.

Smart ticketing seems to be a no-brainer and the sooner it is brought in for travel throughout Scotland the better.  It will make using public transport easier for us all.

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Candleriggs Glasgow, hotel to be built and new contraflow cycle lane!

 

The old Goldberg site on Candleriggs, from Wilson Street down to the Trongate is being redeveloped and road access is being changed to facilitate access to the hotel being built there.  The good news for active travel is that there will be no through motor access from Bell Street to Wilson Street (the junction at the foot of the photo) and there will be a contraflow cycle lane on the south part of Candleriggs, to allow two-way cycling here.

GoBike’s letter of support, but with some related questions, is here: GoBike Candleriggs Traffic Mgt support 111117 and the City Council’s explanation of what is proposed is here: CCTRO Variation20 Candleriggs Report Feb2017 with this plan: P5056_06_02B_Candleriggs TRO

Full details of Glasgow City Council’s proposals may be seen here

Comments don’t close until 08 December, so there is plenty of time to get your views in!

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14 November: School Run Summit for west Glasgow

GoBike member Neil Lovelock has told us that Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust and De’ils On Wheels are hosting a School Run Summit on Tue 14 November at Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre to look at a collective response to the issue of the School Run.  You can find out more about the event here https://dumbartonroad.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/school-run-summit-for-west-glasgow/ and if you are interested in attending you can book here www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/drcet-schoolrunsummit  The event is from 09:30 – 13:30 and includes lunch.

This is a phenomenon that fills our streets with cars and deprives children and their parents/carers of a walk or cycle to school.  If you are in the west of Glasgow and concerned about the pollution and ill-health caused by all these car journeys then get yourself along to Scotstoun if you can.