You may remember that last month we posted our response to Glasgow City Council’s proposals for parking restrictions within the 20mph zone in Partick. While we support 20mph as a default urban speed limit, we do not support Glasgow City Council’s piecemeal approach. We are very unhappy that parking is allowed on both sides of relatively narrow one way streets, which prevents not only cycle lanes being provided but also prevents contraflow cycling. Indeed, it seems that some streets are made one way simply to allow parking both sides.
Glasgow City Council have responded to our letter with an e-mail that:
- implies we want every road and street in Glasgow to be 20mph. We do not; we accept that some radial routes will operate at 30 or even 40mph.
- maintains their piecemeal approach, albeit they are accelerating slightly, which could take years to make the city a 20mph city, save for exceptions of some main roads outwith shopping areas or high accident areas.
- maintains their current approach to installing traffic calming.
All this is an expensive way to do what, in our view, could be done quicker by following what we understand to be the Edinburgh approach, ie a city-wide approach.
Our 2 letters and the intervening GCC e-mail text are on our Consultations page. Please read them and do comment on further Consultations, particularly if you live or work in the areas affected.