Glasgow – regeneration of 4 city centre areas: Broomielaw, Blythswood, St Enoch and Central

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Glasgow City Council recently announced the start of work on four new Regeneration Frameworks for the city centre – Broomielaw, Blythswood, St Enoch and Central.  This follows on from the pilot Sauchiehall District Framework which was approved by the Council in May 2016.  This introduced the concept of avenues, with reduced car lanes, new cycle lanes and trees planned for Sauchiehall Street from Charing Cross east towards the pedestrian precinct (which is also a core path and thus open for cycling).

The Sauchiehall website may now be seen at: www.glasgowcitycentrestrategy.com

GoBike at Victoria Park! Tomorrow, 18 June. Come and meet us.

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GoBike is supporting the Family Cycling Extravaganza on Victoria Park tomorrow, 18 June.  It should be a great day out for everyone, with lots of activities as well as the chance to meet up with GoBike and let us know what the issues are on your regular cycling routes.

There is information about the event on:

We Go Pedal Family Cycling Extravaganza!

https://www.facebook.com/events/987184331388399/

Glasgow/Renfrewshire City Deal: proposed new opening river bridge over the Clyde, PUBLIC MEETINGS!

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We have received the e-mail in italics below relating to a MEETING TONIGHT plus a poster, CityDeal-PublicExhibitions-June2016-flyer-v2 relating to a new bridge over the Clyde, proposed as part of the Glasgow Area City Deal.  Sorry about the short notice but see the links for further information.  Let’s hope this improves the active travel possibilities across the Clyde.

http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/citydeal

From: Hendry, Linda [mailto:Linda.Hendry@glasgow.gov.uk]
Sent: 13 June 2016 13:12
To: ‘Lynne McRitchie’ <lynne@wcavsn.co.uk>
Subject: FW: River Crossing/City Deal
Importance: High

 Hi Lynne

 There will be a special meeting of Garscadden/Scotstounhill Area Partnership, the invitation has been extended to non- members. Therefore can you please pass this on to any interested parties.

 As previously stated the meeting will take  in Yoker Community Campus on Wednesday 15th June 6.30pm-7.30pm with a single item agenda  on City Deal /Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside (£78m). (Please see attached paper). There will be a presentation by members of Renfrewshire Council. This will precede the exhibition to be held on Tuesday 21st June also in Yoker Community Campus from 10am-7pm. (flyer attached)

 Kind regards

 Linda

 Linda Hendry

Partnership and Development Officer

 Partnership and Development (North West Team)

Democratic Services

Chief Executive’s Department

Glasgow City Council

The Albany Centre

44 Ashley Street

Glasgow G3 6DS

 Main Telephone: 0141 276 9900

Direct Line: 0141 276 9886

Fax: 0141276 9909

Email: lindahendry@glasgow.gov.uk”

Glasgow crawls towards 20mph

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Consultation is currently open until Friday 17 June for Glasgow City Council’s latest rash of proposed 20mph zones, spread randomly across the city.  It would be so much quicker and cheaper, and easier for road users to understand, if, as we have campaigned, 20mph were the default speed limit across the city.  Our response is on our Consultations page

If you share our view about this slow progress to improve our city environment please write in and get in touch with your councillor.

GoBike on the Green!

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Cycling Scotland’s Wee Jaunt got off to a wet start yesterday (Sunday 12 June) but we made the most of the opportunity to speak to people about our campaigning – for the Bears Way continuation, for  cycle lanes on Union Street and for cycle facilities on the routes people actually cycle on.

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If there’s a summer fair near you where you think we might be able to speak to people about campaigning then do please get in touch and we’ll do our best to get along.

Bike Week 2016, starts tomorrow!

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Bike Week 2016, 11 – 19 June and you can meet GoBike on Sunday 12 June at Glasgow Green and, details yet to be confirmed for us, at Victoria Park on Saturday 18 June.  So why not get yourself out on your bike and then come and talk to us about what needs to be done to provide decent infrastructure for cycling?

Glasgow City Council have provided this list of events, bike week 2016-A3F-1 but there will be events on everywhere.

GoBike on the Green, Sunday 12 June: come and meet us

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GoBike will be at Glasgow Green on Sunday, 12 June for Cycling Scotland’s Wee Jaunt from 08:00 until 12:30 so why not come and meet us at our stand? Chat to us about the campaigning work that we are currently doing, the campaigning work you think we should be doing and, since John, our treasurer, will be there, you can take out or renew your membership!

We look forward to seeing you.

Big Bike Fest, Bearsden and Milngavie, 28 May – 05 June

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Lots to do at the Big Bike Fest, starting with the Big Debate on Saturday evening, ie tomorrow, 28 May, at Westerton Hall
82 Maxwell Avenue
G61 1NZ Bearsden, 7pm and then lots of activities during the week.  The Fest is organised and sponsored by the Bike Station, East Dunbartonshire Council and Sustrans.  Get yourself along and support cycling in Bearsden and Milngavie.

Have a look at the poster: BBF Poster

and check out the website: http://www.thebigbikefest.org.uk/

Reminder: Glasgow – European Cycling City?

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We have been asked to remind you all of the European Cycle Challenge, with the following words from one of the keen cyclists who works for the City Council cycle unit:

Now is the time to get cycling and do something for yourself and all other cyclists.

Glasgow has signed up for the European Cycling Challenge and needs your help.

The challenge is based around a route tracker called cycling365. It will help us build a map of where people are cycling and help us improve routes, junctions and cycle parking.

During the month of May we would like all cyclists to submit your routes. Whether cycling to work, just going to the shops or even just out for leisure.

We have a target to get over 2000 active participants in the challenge, this would give Glasgow a very real chance of winning the challenge.

Routes can be recorded on the cycling365 app, on a gps device or submit them manually.

As a reward, everyone who signs up and completes the challenge will get one of our bandanas. Not only that, we currently have over 100 fantastic prizes

everyone will be entered into the prize draw.

Join the Challenge, Make Glasgow a Cycling City!
www.glasgow.gov.uk/cycling

Regards

Collin

Dr Collin Little
Glasgow City Council
Land & Environmental Services
231 George Street
Glasgow, G1 1RX
tel: 0141 287 9483

email: collin.little@glasgow.gov.uk

www.glasgow.gov.uk/cycling

There’s also a video, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhK3yQL9DU

and it’s interesting to compare Andy Waddell, Head of Infrastructure Services at Glasgow City Council – he’s the man in the red jacket and cycle helmet who speaks quite a bit in the video – who is on his own bike, with the Leader of the Council, Frank McAveety, who was last seen on STV on Monday last week wobbling along on a city hire bike!