Abellio ScotRail’s Bike & Go Scheme, https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/travel-connections/cycling/bike-go gets a poor mid-term report from Alastair Dalton in the Scotsman today: http://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/inside-transport-scotrail-falter-in-going-dutch-on-cycling-says-alastair-dalton-1-4271174
Key Issues Which Arise in Cycling Claims
Here’s an article, sent in by a GoBike member, that might be of interest, from a firm of solicitors based in the north-west of England: http://www.pibulj.com/content/law-journal-summaries/news-category-2-53514/3792-key-issues-which-arise-in-cycling-claims-kate-sweeney-stephensons-solicitors-llp
Camglen bike hub launch and Festival – tomorrow, 29 October.
Please don’t forget – the Camglen bike festival tomorrow, at their new premises, just off Cathcart Road in Rutherglen, 11 – 4pm.
The venue is just off Cathcart Road, opposite the Old Quarry Inn and Cake in a Box and just down from Aldi
For more info check out their Facebook event or the Bike Town website
The Polmadie Bridge is needed: please sign the petition!
There’s a petition going on 38 degrees to get this bridge reinstated. It’s a vital link to Glasgow Green and Glasgow City Centre for people living just south of the river in Oatlands. Please sign it: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/free-the-polmadie-bridge-1
Camglen Bike Town Festival 29 October
Our friends at Camglen Bike Town are holding a Bike Town Cycle Festival and Open Day and invite you to come and join them at their celebration of cycling and opening day for their brand new Bike Town premises.
- All welcome – cyclists, not-yet-cyclists and non-cyclists!
- Free prize draw for cycling goodies
- Family cycling activities
- Dr Bike
- Smoothie Bike competition
- Bling your Bike
- Free bike checks and security marking
- Meet some great cycling folks
Date:
Saturday 29th October
11am-4pm
Bike Town
Unit 5
Thomson Court
Rutherglen
G73 2RR
It’s on Cathcart Place in Rutherglen, just behind Aldi – and GoBike will be there!
Time for cycleways – Herald letter from GoBike member
In today’s Herald (Wednesday 12 October) a letter from Bob Downie, who’s a member of GoBike’s Strategy Group, see: http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14795780.Time_to_buy_into_cycling/
Holmston Road and the Bears Way – the Sustrans view
We have reported recently on the terrible decisions made by councillors in East Dunbartonshire and South Ayrshire. Here’s the Sustrans view, by the Director of Sustrans Scotland, John Lauder:
Diary date: 23 November, GoBike AGM and public meeting on Glasgow’s Strategic Plan for Cycling
We have now booked the Admiral Bar on Waterloo Street, Glasgow for the GoBike AGM on Wednesday 23 November, at 7:30pm
This will be followed by our Public Meeting and Councillor Martin McElroy, Glasgow’s Cycling Commissioner (no longer a Czar!) will outline the City Council’s views on the following aspects of the Strategic Plan for Cycling:
- A Safer Cycling City: Key Outcome 4 on page 17
- Budget: Continue to spend above the Scottish national average per head of population, to develop commuter, leisure (and sports) cycling. (Our brackets): Target 1 on page 18
- Increase number of children cycling to primary school from 3.5% to 7% by 2025: Target 3 on page 18
- 20mph zones: page 20
- Glasgow Cycle Network/Infrastructure: page 23-26
You can find the Strategic Plan for Cycling from this link: http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/viewDoc.asp?c=P62AFQDNT1Z3DX81ZL
We hope to see you all on the 23rd!
Time to get Councillors who support Active Travel, Holmston Road Cycle Lane in Ayr to be ripped up!
What are we paying our Council Tax and Income Tax for if we don’t get the infrastructure? Councillors, and yes, it’s the SNP again, voting to rip up the new Holmston Road Cycle lane – funded by Sustrans. See: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/ayrs-holmston-road-cycle-lane-8991434
First it was the Bears Way under threat, and now Holmston Road – Council elections next May!
Better Late than Never: 20mph banners in Glasgow City Centre
After the very low key launch of the 20mph speed limit in Glasgow City Centre back in March this year, the City Council have finally got round to putting up banners proclaiming the limit.
Now all we need is compliance – and enforcement as necessary.