Argyll & Bute

Tarbert Ferry Terminal to Whitehouse – Community Path

Continuing consultation on a path between Tarbert’s ferry terminal, on Loch Fyne, across the top of the Kintyre peninsula to Kennacraig ferry terminal/Whitehouse. Stage 2 consultation (Stage 1 was in 2024) with concept designs for the route alongside the A83. An in-person consultation event in Tarbert has passed. This path to the south-west seems to be separate from the north-east path project (Tarbet to Inverarnan).
Links: Tarbert to Whitehouse Community Path (Engagement Hub), large plan image (ZoomHub), Tarbert–Whitehouse survey, Feedback Map and ABC website page.
Deadline: Tuesday 30 September 2025 (17.00).

East Renfrewshire

Barrhead Road Active Corridor (Newton Mearns) 

Updated plans for the third phase of this route on Barrhead Road in Newton Mearns (phase 1 is still under construction on Aurs Road at Balgray Reservoir). This will be an important active travel link across the M77 motorway between Newton Mearns town centre and greenspace at the reservoir. “Barrhead Rd would include improved paths and crossings; priority for people walking, wheeling, and cycling at junctions; traffic calming measures; improved road crossings; and new signage.”
Drop-in event with the project team: Mearns Library on Wednesday 1 October from 3-7pm.
Links: Barrhead Rd Active Corridor page
Deadline: 26 October 2025.

Glasgow City

Avenues Plus Duke St/John Knox St

A ‘meet the contractor’ event for the Avenues Plus routes currently under construction on Duke St (and planned for John Knox St). Apparently, an “opportunity to view the plans, ask questions, and meet the contractor’s team from Rainton Construction”. Perhaps also to ask about potential links to the new Avenue on Ark Lane and Westercraigs (which could lead directly into the Drives if it had a contraflow bike lane)? Also, Bike for Good will have a Dr Bike (maintenance/servicing) session outside from 4.30 to 6.30pm.
Drop-in event at Dennistoun Library on Thursday 2 October 2025, 3.30 to 7.30pm.
In other Dennistoun news, a Traffic Regulation Order for parking controls is due out shortly.

Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove – Phase 4

“Proposals include an enhanced public realm outside Exhibition Centre Train Station, with plans aiming to create a more inviting and accessible space that supports sustainable travel. This project also explores how Corunna Street, Minerva Street and St Vincent Crescent could be improved to better support walking, wheeling and cycling, while creating more welcoming and accessible public spaces. Proposed improvements include making Corunna Street one-way northbound with a dedicated southbound cycle lane, upgrading pavements and crossings, and adding clearer signage to improve wayfinding.”
Links: Connecting Yorkhill–Kelvingrove Smartsurvey.
Deadline: 7 November 2025.

Yorkhill to Anderston Liveable Neighbourhood – Phase 1

“Plans for the Anderston Liveable Neighbourhood build on earlier community feedback, and focus on improving the environment for pedestrians at Kent Road, Brechin Street, Claremont Street, Breadalbane Street and Dover Street. Proposed changes include upgrading pavements with dropped kerbs and tactile paving, improving pedestrian crossings, and adding new infrastructure such as cycle shelters, green planting and enhanced drainage.”
Links: Yorkhill–Anderston LN Smartsurvey.
Deadline: 7 November 2025.

Townhead Greening and Connectivity event

Apologies that we missed this local event in Townhead in the run-up to our AGM. It was about the open spaces in the neighbourhood bordered by the new Avenues under construction on N Hanover St and Kyle St.

North Ayrshire

Maritime Mile, Irvine

This is a large development programme to improve Irvine’s harbour area. “Phase 2 will improve the layout and appearance of Harbour Street and Montgomery Street and connections between Irvine Railway Station and the Beach Park. Activity hubs and spaces will also be created providing new opportunities to enjoy the Harbourside area.” Most of the plans appear to be shared use paths.
Drop-in events:
Wed 8 October, 12 noon – 3pm: Rivergate Shopping Centre;
Wed 8 October, 5pm – 7pm: Fullarton Connexions.
Links: Maritime Mile page, proposals and survey.
Deadline: Sunday 12 October 2025.

North Lanarkshire

East Airdrie Link Road

Major changes for Stage 3 of EALR – a new access road added to the new hospital from Towers Rd. Pavements were previously dropped from the main EALR trunk road between Riggend and Newhouse. The new road, next to a school, and wider road safety measures gives an opportunity to push for better active travel provision to the hospital from both Airdrie and the village of Plains. NCN 75 passes through both places and next to Drumgelloch train station. It’s important NLC also retain existing plans for an active travel path/bridge between the hospital and station.
Links: EALR consultation page, EALR StoryMap.
Deadline: Sunday 26 October 2025.

South Lanarkshire

Coalburn path openings

No new consultations but a follow-up on previous Douglas Valley consultation and Active Travel studies of Clydesdale. Two new active travel paths recently opened around Coalburn, on NCN74 in rural South Lanarkshire, with a further path to follow between Coalburn and Douglas. Coalburn Community Action Group campaigned for the path project, which was managed by Community Action Lanarkshire.
Being close to wind farms and potential for tourism seem to have helped with funding, according to SLC’s South Lanarkshire View:
“Construction funding was provided by South Lanarkshire Scotland Renewable Energy Fund (REF) via OnPath Middlemuir Windfarm and Walking Scotland’s Ian Findlay Path Fund.… …The work is part of a larger initiative to enhance the recreational and tourism offer, which includes the development of a Douglas Valley focussed Outdoor Recreation and Adventure Tourism scope, progressed by the Douglas Valley Advisory Group.”
Links: Coalburn to Poneil active travel path and Coalburn to Lesmahagow active travel path.

Argyll & Bute

Tarbert Ferry Terminal to Whitehouse – Community Path

Further consultation on a path between Tarbert’s ferry terminal, on Loch Fyne, across the top of the Kintyre peninsula to Kennacraig ferry terminal/Whitehouse. There are concept designs for the route between the two, alongside the A83. This is a Stage 2 consultation (Stage 1 was in 2024). There was an in-person consultation event in Tarbert that has passed. This path to the south-west seems to be separate from the project to create a path to the north-east (Tarbet to Inverarnan).
Links: Tarbert to Whitehouse Community Path (Engagement Hub), large plan image (ZoomHub), Tarbert–Whitehouse survey, Feedback Map and ABC website page.
Deadline: Tuesday 30 September 2025 (17.00).

East Dunbartonshire

LDP3 – Call for Ideas and Sites Consultation

Part of the Council’s continuing work to prepare its next Local Development Plan (LDP). The plan will guide what land in East Dunbartonshire is used for development. The call for ideas is about planning policy and spatial strategy. The call for sites is for general ideas or developers with plans about how to develop areas of land. The call for sites may be an opportunity to lobby for active travel routes.
Two drop-in information sessions (Kirkintilloch/Milngavie) have already passed.
Links: LDP3 web page, LDP3 call for ideas survey and LDP3 call for sites survey.
Deadline: Monday 15 September 2025.

East Renfrewshire

Parks & Green Spaces

ERC say: “We want to learn about your experience of visiting and using parks and greenspaces in East Renfrewshire. Which parks are your favourite? What do you like about them? What do you think could be better? The results of the survey will be used to inform the new Open Space Strategy and Local Development Plan 3.”
East Ren parks and green spaces with important active travel links include: Rouken Glen Park, Balgray Reservoir and Whitelee Wind Farm. There are also some ‘missing links’, like the wasteground and disused bridge between Williamwood train station and Eastwood Health & Care Centre.
Link: East Ren parks and green spaces consultation.
Deadline (extended): 12 September 2025.

Thornliebank Consultations

Feedback about completed projects in Thornliebank, including access improvements to Thornliebank Playing Fields.
Link: Thornliebank Consultations page and Thornliebank Projects Feedback survey.
Deadline: no obvious deadline.

Inverclyde

Proposed Installation of Road Humps – Kirn Drive, Gourock (ETRO)

Following previous consultation, Inverclyde Council propose traffic calming on Kirn Drive in Midton, Gourock. The road would be made one-way between Arran Rd in east and Divert Rd in west with humps added. Also, Staffa Street would be made one-way from Ivy Crescent to Kingsway east. An Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) usually lasts 18 months to pilot a change.
Link: Kirn Dr, Gourock TRO page.
Deadline (extended): 1 September 2025.

North Ayrshire

Montgomerie Park, Irvine

North Ayrshire Council is planning the development of 188 new homes at Montgomerie Park, Irvine. Following previous consultations, the final plans for the site are available to view. A proposed road at the south of the new estate seems to include a cycle path but there are no details on width/surface.
Link: Montgomery Park page and final plans (PDF).
Deadline: Sunday 31 August 2025.

Renfrewshire

Outcomes of previous consultations

Renfewshire Council’s new website has an ‘Outcome available’ section with feedback from previous consultations. These include: Erskine Town Centre consultation and Johnston Civic Squares consultation.
Link: Renfrewshire Council consultations and ‘Outcome available’ page.

South Lanarkshire

Update on Hamilton Town Centre Masterplan

An update from South Lanarkshire Council is mostly about progress with property. Sadly, this includes demolishing the facade of the former Vogue Bingo hall on Keith St (apparently as it’s now unsafe). Other negative news includes the trial reintroduction of cars on Quarry St being made permanent. Quarry St used to be pedestrianised – see featured image at top of post from 2012 (with Vogue building in background). Car parking had crept up since the pandemic (leading to the trial). There should be disabled parking and it always had some access for loading, etc. However, officially opening the street to all cars removes safe space for walking, wheeling and cycling (even if it’s still one-way and not really a through road).

Also, work is starting to look at renewing the Duke St multi-storey car park – it’s due to be demolished (apart from the section under Wyler Tower!). However, the plan is to build a new multi-storey in the same place, on the wrong side of the road from the shops! It could potentially have been moved behind Quarry St, in the footprint of the current Regent Shopping Centre, if road access had been adjusted (see alternative plans, ignored by SLC). There is due to be an improved pedestrian/cycle path behind the Duke St car park, to Hamilton Central station, but it doesn’t seem like the rest of the town centre will be very cycle-friendly.

Local Action Fund

The Local Action Fund is £50,000 for each of the 20 council wards in South Lanarkshire. Several projects have already been awarded but there is funding remaining in some wards. There doesn’t seem to be a formal consultation or application process – constituents have to contact their councillors, who will decide where the remaining funds go.

For example, Rutherglen South, Ward 11, reportedly has £23,200 still to be spent by Councillors Robert Brown (who has attended GoBike hustings in the past), Margaret Cowie and Carol Nugent. Could some of the funding go towards improving local active travel routes?

Since there seemed to be a need to promote what was going on…

Argyll and Bute

• Helensburgh in Motion (Page\Park) – Deadline: 5 January 2025

East Ayrshire

• Design and Placemaking Supplementary Guidance 2024 – Deadline: 13 December 2024

East Dunbartonshire

• None (but BetterPoints active travel app has a daily prize draw until 8 December).

East Renfrewshire

• Brighter Barrhead – Deadline: 3 January 2025

Glasgow City

• West Nile Street Active Travel Route
  Note: North-south route by CineWorld/Concert Hall down to Argyle St – 2-way lanes switch sides at Bath St and some road/shared space sections at either end.
  Deadline: 10 January 2025
• George V Bridge Active Travel Improvements
  Note: Welcome infra but still questions about Broomielaw junction, especially left hook risk if cycling north from bridge (as Emma Burke Newman was when she was killed).
  Deadline: 13 January 2025
• UPDATE: Buchanan Bus Station masterplan – Deadline: 11 December 2024

North Lanarkshire

• Local Transport Strategy survey (AECOM) – Deadline: 20 December 2024
• LDP2: Topic Paper Consultation – Batch 5 (inc. Infrastructure First)
  – Deadline: 3 January 2025
• East Airdrie Link Road: Stage 3 (AtkinsRealis)
  Note: Route amended at both north and south links to A73. Single carriageway – no pavement/active travel infra (even by NCN75/planned new Monklands Hospital).
  Deadline: 10 January 2025
• Tell us About Your Place (based on the Place Standard) – Deadline: 31 January 2025

Hope you have a good Christmas and New Year.

The morning route will be largely following NCN route 7 through Dumbarton to Balloch, and then after lunch, we will head over to the Gare Loch via Glen Fruin. There will be plenty of views to be seen along the way, and the return to Glasgow will be by train from Helensburgh.
40 miles, with the hills all after lunch.

See further details on the GoBike rides page.

Meet at 10:00 am on Sunday at the north end of Bell’s Bridge at the SEC.

An earlier Digest ahead of the last East Renfrewshire drop-in event for five further projects. GoBike hopes the person cycling on Ayr Rd who was involved in a recent collision with a bus driver can make a full recovery.

Glasgow has plans for air quality, two projects in the West End and one in the East End. North Lanarkshire has an order for ambulance parking and a conservation consultation.

Section 1: Current Consultations
(in date order for responses)

1.1: Glasgow Air Quality Action Plan (Draft) 2024

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: An update to the existing Glasgow Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP). Air pollution in the city centre has been gradually reducing and the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) has made a difference since 2018 (originally for buses). If trends continue, some of the city’s Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) may be revoked later this decade. These include the city centre and Dumbarton Rd/Byres Rd where active travel routes like Avenues and City Ways are part of the solution. However, emissions still haven’t reached guideline levels for nitrogen dioxide (NO₂, especially around Hope St). Also, there’s a lot more to do on reducing single occupant car journeys, including expanding car clubs.
Website links: Draft Glasgow AQAP 2024, air quality information and AQAP survey.
Deadline: 20 March 2024.

1.2: East Renfrewshire active travel projects (x5)

Council: East Renfrewshire.
Subject: Following the A77 Phase 3 consultation there are five more projects:

• A77 Active Corridor Phase 5+
• Clarkston–Muirend Active Corridor
• Clarkston–Thornliebank Active Corridor
• Lower Whitecraigs Community Link
• Wytch Wood Community Link

Visualisations show some potential changes including Dutch-style roundabouts, continuous pavements and side-by-side pedestrian/cycle crossings (similar to existing ones in East Kilbride). There will be more details in the next Digest.
Drop-in events have been on this week with the last one TODAY Thursday 7 March at Clarkston Library from 10am until 5pm.
Website links: East Renfrewshire Commonplace site.
Deadline: 31 March 2024.

1.3: North Woodside Road (Outdoor Public Space)

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: This started as an idea from Websters Theatre for a temporary public events space in the cul-de-sac outside their building. It was put forward for a council programme called Animating Spaces but has since been absorbed into the wider Connecting Woodside project. The latest plans feature a path, dropped kerb, cycle hire station and rain garden. The street is a useful link between the Kelvin Way and Great Western Road (and doesn’t currently have a drop kerb). While the plan might seem modest, removing two car parking spaces to fit it in might still get a negative reaction from some in the West End.
Featured: Digest 75, 1.1 (originally as “Websters Theatre – A New Public Space at Kelvinbridge”).
Website links: N Woodside Rd storymap and N Woodside Rd survey
Deadline: 12 April 2024.

1.4: Conservation Area Consultations (Coatbridge/Cumbernauld)

Council: North Lanarkshire.
Subject: Two consultations about lesser known Conservation Areas. The Coatbridge one is either side of Blairhill train station and the other is in Cumbernauld Village (the original settlement north of the town centre). While not directly related to cycling, the last few survey questions mention traffic and development.
Website links: Coatbridge: Blairhill and Dunbeth Conservation Area Consultation and Cumbernauld Village Conservation Area Consultation.
Deadline: 12 April 2024.

Section 2: Consultation Feedback

2.1: Glasgow City Network Delivery Plan presentation

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: A talk by Kevin Argue of GCC about plans and progress from the city centre Avenues, the City Network, ‘Connecting…’ area projects and Liveable Neighbourhoods. A (very) quickfire overview of recent infrastructure, current construction and near future plans. Most of the projects listed have been covered in previous Digests (except Cadogan St?). One insight was the timescale – phases 0 and 1 of the City Network and design of phase 2 by an “aspirational” date of 2025?
Website links: Active Travel Cafe – A New Glasgow.

2.2: Helensburgh in Motion

Council: Argyll & Bute.
Subject: A consultation which slipped through the net last month (apologies – we tweeted it just before the deadline). Initial survey is closed but Page\Park architecture practice are due to report back with results and plans later in the year.
Website links: Helensburgh in Motion website.

Section 3: Proposed Traffic Regulation Orders

3.1: East Dunbartonshire TROs

Website links: East Dunbartonshire TROs.

3.2: Glasgow City TROs and Traffic Calming

Subject: An order to prohibit driving on part of Radnor St and others which are due to have new protected cycle lanes for Connecting Yorkhill & Kelvingrove. Deadline: 01 April 2024. Also, an order in advance of construction of the Avenues Plus routes on Duke St and John Knox St (starting 2025?). Deadline: 12 April 2024.
Website links: GCC Proposed Traffic Regulation Orders and GCC Proposed Traffic Calming Schemes.

3.3: North Lanarkshire TROs

Subject: Centre Park Court is road access for Asda car park and Coatbridge Health Centre and also part of NCN Route 75. The order reduces an Ambulance-only area outside the health centre, presumably to provide more space for car parking/pick-up/drop off. Deadline: 27 March 2024.
Website links: Centre Park Court Coatbridge Variation Order.

Happy St Andrew’s Day.

Closing today – a consultation in Argyll and Bute plus two Liveable Neighbourhood plans for the Southside of the city.

Glasgow also has a glut of guidance, frameworks and traffic orders. North Lanarkshire looks at speed limits in Seven Lochs Wetland Park. Renfrewshire has a few more tries at taming traffic.

We’re still working on the new Digest (apologies for any stray test posts last week).

Section 1: Current Consultations
(in date order for responses)

1.1: Oban Town Centre North Active Travel

Council: Argyll & Bute.
Subject: Early stages of project to explore opportunities for new active travel improvements around The Corran Esplanade and George Street in Oban. 
Website links: Oban Town Centre North Active Travel webpage, Oban North AT boards, Oban North AT ‘virtual exhibition’ and Oban North AT survey (one page).
Deadline: TODAY, 30 November 2023.

1.2: Greater Gorbals to Pollokshields East Liveable Neighbourhoods

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: “Projects include: Destination Laurieston; Crown Street Retail Park Links and Re-imagining Albert Drive Streetscape.” The Lauriston project is by the South City Way between the Five Ways/Brazen Head junction and the Citizens’ Theatre on Gorbals St (A730). It would provide outside space at the railway arches on Cleland Lane. Consultation events have already finished.
Website links: LN Design Workbook (see pages 1–9) and LN Stage 2 survey.
Deadline: TODAY, 30 November 2023.

1.3: Mansewood to Shawlands Liveable Neighbourhoods

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: “Projects include: Transforming Kildrostan Triangle; Creating Safer Routes: Mansewood & Hillpark and Improving Connections: Shawlands and Strathbungo.” Events have already taken place.
Website links: LN Design Workbook (see pages 10–22) and LN Stage 2 survey.
Deadline: TODAY, 30 November 2023.

1.4: City Centre Strategy

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: City Centre Strategy (CCS) 2024-2030 “brings together the “Big Moves” that will transform Glasgow’s city centre in the short to medium term.” Redevelopments include both Buchanan Galleries and the St Enoch Centre, major housing developments along the Clyde, further Avenues and recommendations from the District Regeneration Frameworks (DRFs).
Website links: City Centre Strategy document (PDF, 7.6MB) and CCS survey.
Featured: Digest 128, 1.4 (DRFs).
Deadline: 3 December 2023.

1.5: Paisley town centre junction improvements

Council: Renfrewshire.
Subject: Changes to remove filter lanes at junctions at either end of Gauze St, Paisley. One by Paisley Abbey and the other on Glasgow Rd (A726) by St Mirin’s RC Cathedral. Both plans would add crossings, increase space for walking and, to an extent, cycling. They’re within the area of Paisley First, the town centre Business Improvement District (BID) who shot down plans for segregated cycleways on nearby Causeyside St. So, these slight improvements may still need support.
Website links: Paisley town centre junction improvements page, Glasgow Rd junction plan and Gauze St/Cotton St junction plan. Respond by email: ei@renfrewshire.gov.uk.
Deadline: 22 December 2023.

1.6: East Kilbride South Neighbourhood Planning 2023

Council: South Lanarkshire.
Subject: Local planning project about a wide range of issues including transport and public spaces. Intended for residents of the southern part of East Kilbride – doesn’t mention neighbourhoods but presumably Greenhills, Whitehills, Mossneuk, etc.
Website links: EK South Neighbourhood Planning webpage and EK South Neighbourhood Planning survey.
Deadline: 30 December 2023.

1.7: Supplementary Guidance SG6: Green Belt and Green Network

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: A side salad served with the City Development Plan. Detailed guidance on… “development in the Green Belt, the enhancement of the green network, the protection of open space… provision of open space to support new development, …the role of contributions from new development in delivering… different types of open space.” Includes scoring tables and maps of city greenspace provision.
Website links: SG6 consultation draft and SG6 survey.
Deadline: 18 January 2024.

1.8: Supplementary Guidance SG12: Delivering Development

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: A side dish served with the City Development Plan (probably chips). “Further detailed guidance, including the mechanisms the Council will use to secure contributions to deliver the Clyde Fastlink project, a public transport scheme intended to enhance public transport access along the Clyde Waterfront.” Includes tables categorising different sizes of development and financial contributions for each type. There are no maps but it’s probably the same route via the Squinty Bridge to Govan as in TROs from several years ago. There are currently developments proposed and being built along the route around Central Quay and Yorkhill.
Website links: SG12 consultation draft and SG12 survey.
Deadline: 18 January 2024.

1.9: My Neighbourhood, My City – Place Standard Survey

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: Survey for the new City Development Plan (Glasgow’s land-use plan), which will decide where new homes, schools, businesses and open spaces should be located. The Place Standard tool gathers rates different factors about a neighbourhood to identify issues. Responses will inform the Evidence Report for the plan.
Website links: MNMC Place Standard survey (and City Development Plan 2 web hub).
Deadline: 1 February 2024.

1.10: Greater Easterhouse Strategic Development Framework

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: “The SDF for Greater Easterhouse identifies key issues and opportunities in the area, and sets the vision and framework for future development in line with the spatial policies of the City Development Plan and the National Planning Framework 4.”
Website links: Greater Easterhouse SDF page and Greater Easterhouse SDF survey.
Deadline: 5 February 2024.

1.11: Greater Pollok Local Development Framework

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: “The Vision for Greater Pollok includes… movement and travel infrastructure, town centres, local shopping, facilities, housing, and economic development areas… green spaces and initiatives which tackle climate change. Following extensive community engagement, which ended in September 2022, the Draft Greater Pollok LDF document is now complete.”
Website links: Greater Pollok LDF page and Greater Pollok LDF survey.
Deadline: 5 February 2024.

1.12: School Street Trial, Hurlford

Organisation: Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA).
Subject: School Streets trial in Academy Street and Union Street, Hurlford. Temporary bollards and reduction in parking spaces directly in front of Hurlford Primary School.
Website links: Hurlford School Streets webpage and (very short) School Streets survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

Section 2: Consultation Feedback

2.1: Glasgow Bike Hire Scheme Hits 2.5million Hires

Organisation: nextbike by TIER (in partnership with Glasgow City Council).
Subject: A milestone for the hire bikes – from just under half a million hires from 2014–18 to about a million during the last two years. The network has expanded beyond the original target of providing 1,000 bikes at 100 hire stations. Five new stations have recently been installed: People’s Palace; Pollokshaws Road (next to Pollok Country Park); Blythswood Square (north east corner); Shields Road Subway Station and Glasgow Kelvin College East End Campus. A further station is due on Clyde Place next to the King George V Bridge. Nine existing stations will also be upgraded to include docking stations for e-bikes.
Website links: Glasgow Bike Hire Scheme Hits 2.5million Hires article.

Section 3: Proposed Traffic Regulation Orders

3.1: East Dunbartonshire TROs

Website links: East Dunbartonshire TROs. Disabled parking spaces, some experimental School Streets and restrictions/speed limits around Canniesburn Toll.

3.2: Glasgow City TROs & Traffic Calming

Website links: Glasgow City Proposed TROs and Glasgow City Proposed Traffic Calming Schemes. Orders for recent consultations including Wallacewell Rd/NEATR Phase 1 and St George’s Rd/Clarendon Place (Connecting Woodside). Also, a temporary order for next phase of works on South City Way (to Trongate).

3.3: North Lanarkshire TROs

Website links: North Lanarkshire Live Consultations. Includes proposals for lower speed limit on Gartcosh Rd (A752)/Townhead Rd in the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. A driver collided with a tree near the entrance to Drumpellier Country Park during the summer, which may have fed into the plans. Nearby Gartloch Rd went from 60 to 40mph in 2016.

Another shorter Digest for now while GoBike looks at a new way of producing these. There are both longer term strategies and more local consultations in this issue. Also, an update from Glasgow about more ups and downs for the Avenues programme.

1.1: Oban Town Centre North Active Travel

Council: Argyll & Bute
Subject: Early stages of project to explore opportunities for new active travel improvements around The Corran Esplanade and George Street in Oban. 
Website links: Oban Town Centre North Active Travel webpage, Oban North AT boards, Oban North AT ‘virtual exhibition’ and Oban North AT survey (one page).
Deadline: 30 November 2023.

1.2: City Centre Strategy

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: City Centre Strategy (CCS) 2024-2030 “brings together the “Big Moves” that will transform Glasgow’s city centre in the short to medium term.” Redevelopments include both Buchanan Galleries and the St Enoch Centre, major housing developments along the Clyde, further Avenues and recommendations from the District Regeneration Frameworks (DRFs).
Website links: City Centre Strategy document (PDF, 7.6MB) and CCS survey.
Featured: Digest 128, 1.4 (DRFs).
Deadline: 3 December 2023.

1.3: East Kilbride South Neighbourhood Planning 2023

Council: South Lanarkshire
Subject: Local planning project about a wide range of issues including transport and public spaces. Intended for residents of the southern part of East Kilbride – doesn’t mention neighbourhoods but presumably Greenhills, Whitehills, Mossneuk, etc.
Website links: EK South Neighbourhood Planning webpage and EK South Neighbourhood Planning survey.
Deadline: 30 December 2023.

1.4: Funding information sessions across East Renfrewshire

Council: East Renfrewshire.
Subject: Community engagement about place-based funding for regeneration, including active travel and public realm (amongst other things like shop front improvement, digital connectivity, etc.). Sessions have already taken place in Clarkston and Barrhead. They continue throughout November in Newton Mearns, Neilston, Thornliebank and Giffnock. Eaglesham’s session is in early 2024.
Website links: East Ren Funding information sessions webpage.
Deadline: January 2024.

1.5: My Neighbourhood, My City – Place Standard Survey

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: Survey for the new City Development Plan (Glasgow’s land-use plan), which will decide where new homes, schools, businesses and open spaces should be located. The Place Standard tool gathers rates different factors about a neighbourhood to identify issues. Responses will inform the Evidence Report for the plan.
Website links: MNMC Place Standard survey (and City Development Plan 2 web hub).
Deadline: 1 February 2024.

1.6: School Street Trial, Hurlford

Organisation: Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA).
Subject: School Streets trial in Academy Street and Union Street, Hurlford. Temporary bollards and reduction in parking spaces directly in front of Hurlford Primary School.
Website links: Hurlford School Streets webpage and (very short) School Streets survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

1.7: North East Active Travel Routes (NEATR) UPDATED

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: Updated plans for protected cycle lanes using width on Wallacewell Rd, Northgate Rd, Broomfield Rd, Balornock Rd and Red Road. Also, kerbs protection at junctions and some interesting crossings (including to a school).
Featured: Digest 15, 1.1.
Website links: NEATR Storymap.
Deadline: No obvious deadline (previous consultation took place in 2018 so this new process may just be for info).

1.8: East Kilbride town centre: A new vision

Council: South Lanarkshire.
Subject: Redevelopment demolishing Centre West for housing, with a new north-south street put next to it. Other demolitions would create space for a new town square and car parking by the Queensway trunk road.
Website links: EK consultation boards and EK questionnaire.
Deadline: No obvious deadline but events finished late September.

1.9: Waiting to Happen (junctions consultation)

Company: New Practice (architecture practice the late Emma Burke Newman worked with).
Subject: Community engagement about junctions on Clyde St – Gorbals St at the Clutha Vaults pub, Albert Bridge (by the High Court) and George V bridge/Broomielaw (by the casino).
Featured: Digest 141, 1.7.
Website links: Waiting to Happen consultation page.
Deadline: No obvious deadline (but New Practice say they’ll review the submissions and present to councillors).

Section 2: Consultation Feedback

2.1: Avenues update

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: Latest update on the Avenues programme is a very mixed bag. On one hand, there’s an increased pace of development in some areas. On the other, there’s a question mark over whether City Deal funding will cover many of the Avenues that are already planned. Some are under review, including Cathedral Street, Hope Street, Glassford Street, Elmbank Street/Elmbank Crescent and possibly others like George Street.
Website links: GCC Avenues Programme Update 2023 and Re:Glasgow article on Avenues.

Section 3: Proposed Traffic Regulation Orders

3.1: East Dunbartonshire TROs

Website links: East Dunbartonshire TROs.

3.2: Glasgow City TROs & Traffic Calming

Website links: Glasgow City Proposed TROs and Glasgow City Proposed Traffic Calming Schemes.

3.3: North Lanarkshire TROs

Website links: North Lanarkshire Live Consultations.

Some consultations have slipped through the net recently (due to limited time to produce the Digest). This Extra rounds up some of the ones that would otherwise have missed out.

The following are in date order – you’ve not got long to respond to the first project, which takes a bite out of Apple’s ambitions…

East Ayrshire

Infinity Loop, Kilmarnock

Organisation: Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA).
Subject: A 26km(!) ‘figure of eight’ network of walking, wheeling, and cycling routes in and around Kilmarnock. Consultation is about proposals for route 1 (purple line) and route 2 (orange line). The central Route 1 includes a segregated cycleway on Glasgow Rd by Tesco (taking width from hatching/right-turn lanes and grass verge). The eastern Route 2 has a segregated cycleway on Grassyards Rd towards Kay Park. Both would replace some current painted/soft segregated bike lanes (with shared paths in other sections). This ambitious project will need wide support to avoid a Holmston Rd/Causeyside St situation –please consider filling in the multiple choice parts of survey (link below).
Website links: Killie Infinity Loop webpage, KIL project storymap and KIL survey.
Deadline: Sunday 12 November 2023.

School Street Trial, Hurlford

Organisation: Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA).
Subject: School Streets trial in Academy Street and Union Street, Hurlford. Temporary bollards and reduction in parking spaces directly in front of Hurlford Primary School.
Website links: Hurlford School Streets webpage and (very short) School Streets survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

Argyll & Bute

Oban Town Centre North Active Travel

Council: Argyll & Bute
Subject: Early stages of project to explore opportunities for new active travel improvements around The Corran Esplanade and George Street in Oban. 
Website links: Oban Town Centre North Active Travel webpage, Oban North AT boards, Oban North AT ‘virtual exhibition’ and Oban North AT survey (one page).
Deadline: 30 November 2023.

South Lanarkshire

East Kilbride South Neighbourhood Planning 2023

Council: South Lanarkshire
Subject: Local planning project about a wide range of issues including transport and public spaces. Intended for residents of the southern part of East Kilbride – doesn’t mention neighbourhoods but presumably Greenhills, Whitehills, Mossneuk, etc.
Website links: EK South Neighbourhood Planning webpage and EK South Neighbourhood Planning survey.
Deadline: 30 December 2023.

The heat is on in June with tight deadlines and tight spaces in South Lanarkshire and Argyll & Bute. Also, updates from North Ayrshire and North Lanarkshire.

As the Argyle Street West TRO closes, an Avenues Plus consultation is due to open in the East End.

It’s also an important time for GoBike with our AGM on Saturday 3 June (World Bicycle Day!), our monthly ride on Sunday 4 June and then the Accessible and Inclusive Design Forum on the Monday.

Forthcoming events

Glasgow Avenues Plus – Duke Street & John Knox Street, Community Drop-in Event:
Thursday 15 June 2023 at Dennistoun Library, 2pm–6.30pm (and on-street along route).
An online questionnaire will go live on 15 June (on Ironside Farrar’s consultation website).
See further information in this Dennistoun Community Council article. 

Contents
(new consultations in bold)

1: Current Consultations

1. East Kilbride Town Centre Active Travel Network – Phase 1.4
2. Dunoon to Hunters Quay Active Travel Route
3. Irvine housing developments – Revised draft plans
4. Argyle St West (Traffic Regulation Order)
5. North Ayrshire Local Development Plan 3
6. North Lanarkshire Council – Green and open space survey
7. Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Partnership Plan
8. Devon Street Urban Park

2: Consultation Feedback

1. City Network – Delivery Plan (Phases 4 & 5)
2. Muir Street, Motherwell – Transport facilities open

3: Proposed Traffic Regulation Orders

1. East Dunbartonshire TROs
2. Glasgow City TROs
3. North Lanarkshire TROs

Section 1: Current Consultations
(in date order for responses)

1.1: East Kilbride Town Centre Active Travel Network – Phase 1.4

Council: South Lanarkshire.
Area: West Mains Road at its eastern end, from Creighton Grove to the Priestknowe (Three Bears) roundabout.
Subject: Section of W Mains Rd past housing to link to bike paths on Churchill Ave. There are two options to continue east of the existing 1-way cycletracks (from zebra crossing). Option 1 has a short 2-way cycletrack then shared path, with green space made into a ‘pocket park’ (keeping most parking bays). Option 2 is mostly 2-way cycletrack, except for short breaks at disabled parking bays, then shared path round corner at roundabout. The latter would remove most of the current car parking spaces and convert the grass area into a residents car park. While the council have to keep residents on-side, it’s a bit of a Hobson’s choice between the two options. Also, SLC haven’t addressed links from Creighton Grove up to Hunter Community Health Centre and Andrew St, which need resurfacing/re-signed.
Featured: Digest 110, 2.3.
Website links: East Kilbride Town Centre Active Travel Network – Phase 1.4 webpage.
Deadline: 2 June 2023.

1.2: Dunoon to Hunters Quay Active Travel Route

Council: Argyll & Bute.
Area: Coast north from Dunoon ferry terminal to Hunter’s Quay ferry terminal.
Subject: A rare appearance by A&BC with an active travel route to link two ports. Consultants Stantec say: “The proposed active travel route was subject to engagement work in 2018-2019 and is now being revisited due to a change in national cycle design standards. Draft concept designs will be produced for the entire route.  Due to the limited street space on the section of route between James Street and Hunters Quay Ferry Terminal, three potential options are presented for further consideration prior to developing designs.” The impact of new standards is shown in option 2 for Hunter’s Quay – potentially repositioning a sea wall!
Website links: Dunoon to Hunters Quay Active Travel consultation.
Deadline: 6 June 2023.

1.3: Irvine housing developments – Revised draft plans

Council: North Ayrshire.
Subject: Two sites are being redeveloped – part of Ayrshire Central Hospital’s grounds and Montgomerie Park in Irvine, either side of the A78. Both housing plans include accessible homes and walking/cycling links. Montgomerie Park seems to include a cycle path alongside the site, which links to an existing off-road path, but there isn’t much detail on width or design. Each development is due to have an in-person consultation event:
Ayrshire Central Hospital – 6 June 2023, 4pm–6pm at Castlepark Community Centre.
Montgomerie Park – 13 June 2023, 4pm–6pm at Lanfine Community Centre.
Featured: Digest 120, 1.6.
Website links: Ayrshire Central Hospital revised draft plans and Montgomerie Park consultation revised draft plans.
Deadline: 16 June 2023.

1.4: Argyle St West (Traffic Regulation Order)

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: The public (Stage 2) TRO is out for this Avenues project. GoBike wrote to the council about the plans at Stage 1 (consultees only). GCC’s reply went into some technical details. The project was on hold during the pandemic so designs date from before the update of Cycling by Design (2021). Existing roadspace becomes one-way cycle lane weaved around car parking bays. We’ve previously heard that the shallow Argyle St rail tunnel dictates where ‘rain gardens’ can go. Apparently, that’s why the plans have planting nearer buildings and the cycle lane at the kerb. However, the zigzag bike lanes will be seen as Glasgow’s answer to the notorious lanes on Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Western Argyle St may not be as busy but large developments west of the M8 will soon increase footfall. The order also covers the ‘Hielenman’s umbrella’ and one-ways on Albion St/Shuttle St (Merchant City).
Featured: Digest 101, 2.2.
Website links: GCC Proposed TROs, Argyle St West TRO documents.
Deadline: 19 June 2023 (typo in original date, it was 9th – apologies).

1.5: North Ayrshire Local Development Plan 3

Council: North Ayrshire.
Subject: First consultation stage for the next Local Development Plan by North Ayrshire. It may be one of the first in Scotland under the new National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4 came into force in February 2023). As a result, it should have more emphasis on the environment, including active travel. Getting cycling routes/networks, developer obligations, etc. mentioned in the LDP makes them more likely to be delivered. Also, if developers proposals miss out or go against the LDP, these give people grounds to object and have plans altered or conditions added.
Website links: North Ayrshire LDP3 consultation website.
Deadline: June 28 2023.

1.6: North Lanarkshire Council – Green and open space survey

Council: North Lanarkshire.
Subject: Survey and audit data to feed into an Open Space Strategy and other policies. NLC avoid on-street protected cycle lanes, so anything affecting off-street paths could have a big impact on cycling in the county. Areas like the Seven Lochs Wetland Park have cross-border active travel routes (Hogganfield Loch to Drumpellier Country Park, Coatbridge). NL’s other country parks, Palacerigg (see above) and especially Strathclyde Park, are also havens for active travel. The latter has added and upgraded paths near Bellshill with more of NCN74 due to be re-routed through the park. The council ignored a GoBike suggestion for links between Strathclyde Park, Duchess Park, Ravenscraig and the existing Greenlink route (as part of redevelopment of Airbles Rd). There’s potential for similar links around some of North Lanarkshire’s dozen nature reserves. The consultation has a general survey and one about specific places that are important to visitors or residents.
Website links: Green and open space surveys.
Deadline: 10 July 2023.

1.7: Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Partnership Plan

Organisation: Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park.
Area: The park ranges from Loch Eck and Loch Goil in the west to Loch Earn and Callander in the east. Also, from Killin and Crianlarich in the north to Balloch in the south (but it misses out Helensburgh and Gare Loch).
Subject: A wide-ranging five year plan for the park. It includes a section on ‘Low Carbon Travel for Everyone’. Cycle routes and active travel are mentioned briefly but most of the section is about buses. That may make sense, considering the size of the park, but it’s still a bit disappointing. There’s already a cycle route from Balloch up the west side of Loch Lomond (and there were plans for an active travel route to Inverarnan as part of A82 works). Active travel paths were extended along the River Goil in 2021 and there seems to be plenty of scope for more.
Website links: Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Commonplace site.
Deadline: 19 July 2023.

1.8: Devon Street Urban Park

Organisation: Glasgow Urban Sports (GUS).
Area: Southside between Eglinton St and Pollokshaws Rd.
Subject: Formerly GUS M74, now revised and renamed… “The Devon Street Urban Park project is a proposal from Glasgow Urban Sports (GUS), a community led organisation, that aims to transform an unused area of land under the canopy of the M74 motorway, on the southside of Glasgow, to create a new public urban park and community leisure space.” While the project still involves building a skatepark it seems to have broadened out a bit to gain more community support. There are new partner organisations on board and a new survey to fill in.
Featured: Digest 92, Item 1.14.
Website links: Devon St survey, new GUS website.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

Section 2: Consultation Feedback

2.1: City Network – Delivery Plan (Phases 4 & 5)

Subject: An important report from the council about how the City Network will be delivered. The main headline is the phasing and distances planned. Phases 0–3 were covered in previous Digests. No exact timescales were given except that whole network is intended to be complete within ten years (or 2030 in some reports).
Phase 4 – Drumchapel–Anniesland (6km), Robroyston (6km), Ruchazie (11km), King’s Park–Carmunnock (14km).
Phase 5 – Anniesland–Partick (6km), Kelvindale (8km), Tollcross–Garrowhill (13km), Nitshill (7km).
The spread of distances in these phases goes from 14km in King’s Park–Carmunnock down to 6km for Anniesland or Robroyston.
The report also says: “While a phasing plan has been developed for the City Network, this has to be regarded as indicative. It is critically important that delivery is flexible and reactive to take advantage of any development and funding opportunities which may emerge. As such, phasing proposals will be regularly reviewed.”
Featured: Digest 134, 2.1, Digest 135, 2.1.
Website links: City Network – Delivery Plan report.

2.2: Muir Street, Motherwell – Transport facilities open

Subject: North Lanarkshire Council sent the following:
“Work on the new transport hub at Muir Street in Motherwell is now complete.
The expanded bus stop next to Motherwell Rail Station is open, with a refurbished shelter and space for four buses. Real time information signs will be installed soon. 
A new access road and path runs between Hamilton Road and the station, with a rank for eight taxis, parking for blue badge holders, and drop off spaces has opened. The feeder taxi rank on High Road is also still available. Cycle parking is available in front of the station. Scotrail’s improvement work at Motherwell train station will be complete by the end of June. The transport hub project is being funded jointly by Transport Scotland, SPT, North Lanarkshire Council, through the Glasgow City Region City Deal, and ScotRail.”
It’s good to see the new facilities finally finished (original date was summer 2022).
Featured: Digest 92, 3.1.
Website links: North Lanarkshire Council, Muir Street page.

Section 3: Proposed Traffic Regulation Orders

3.1: East Dunbartonshire TROs

Areas: Bishopbriggs.
Subject: A TRO about parking named ‘Thrums & Ochil’ (for Linnhe Ave, Ochil Rd and Thrums Ave, Bishopbriggs). Made on 24 April to take effect on 12 June 2023.
Website links: East Dunbartonshire TROs.

3.2: Glasgow City TROs and Traffic Calming

Subject: See Argyle St West, above. There’s also a parking TRO for Springhill Parkway (and Springcroft Road), Baillieston – near Easterhouse train station.
Website links: Glasgow City Proposed TROs and Glasgow City Proposed Traffic Calming Schemes.

3.3: North Lanarkshire TROs

Areas: Towns and villages throughout the county.
Subject: Part-time 20 miles per hour speed restrictions – many around schools. Various Roads (Central region) covers Airdrie, Bellshill, Calderbank, Caldercruix, Coatbridge, Plains and Tannochside (page says Uddingston). Deadline: 14 June.
Website links: North Lanarkshire Live Consultations.

The number 101 can mean an introductory course in a US college. Alternatively, it could be a torture chamber of your worst nightmares in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Digest covers both bases with some horribly complicated plans to try to explain in simple terms.

If only this didn’t apply to any of the latest plans from Glasgow’s Avenues Project. While safer routes are welcome, issues with side streets don’t seem to have improved since Sauchiehall St. The lanes on Argyle St west (Central Station end, shown above) seem to be based on a retro movie poster.

Elsewhere, the south-west of Glasgow has the most consultations in this issue (there’s no prize, by the way).

Contents
(new/updated items in bold – link jumps to article)

Section 1: Current Consultations

1. Pollok Park: Off Road Parking Places Order 2016 (Variation No.1)
2. Braidcraft Rd & Brockburn Rd TROs
3. Hyndland, Hughenden And Dowanhill West, Traffic Management/Parking Controls
4. Ayr Road (South) Active Travel Improvements 
5. A803, Kirkintilloch Road (and Side Roads) Bishopbriggs TRO
6. Dennistoun to Cranhill Liveable Neighbourhoods
7. Govan to Kingston Liveable Neighbourhoods
8. Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) Green Space Survey
9. Langside to Toryglen Liveable Neighbourhoods
10. Ruchill to Cowlairs Liveable Neighbourhoods
11. Raeberry St Quietway (Connecting Woodside)
12. Helensburgh to Garelochhead active travel route

Section 2: Consultation Feedback

1. Glasgow City Centre Recovery Plan 2022–24
2. Glasgow Avenues Project – Argyle St West/Cambridge St/The Underline
3. Cardonald Area TRO

Section 1: Current Consultations
(in date order for responses)

1.1: Pollok Park: Off Road Parking Places Order 2016 (Variation No.1)

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: Off road car parking in Pollok Country Park. GoBike is happy with car parking being removed from a park but we know it will be replaced elsewhere. See Digest 73, Item 3.4 about the new access road and car park plans. This order affects the current car parks, presumably ahead of work starting. The Burrell Collection is due to reopen after refurbishment in 2022.
First covered: Digest 100, Item 1.5.
Website links: Off road parking plan-Burrell, Off road parking plan-Nether-Pollok, Off road parking plan-Riverside, Off road parking report, Off road parking order, Off road parking notice.
Deadline: 10 December.

1.2: Braidcraft Rd & Brockburn Rd TROs

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: Braidcraft Rd & Brockburn Rd, Pollok (west of Pollok Country Park).
Subject: Traffic Order to help make Spaces for People temporary infrastructure permanent. Both roads are dual carriageways – ‘soft segregation’ was added to a lane each way on both. There’s been a reaction against the lanes including a banner and a petition.
First covered: Digest 100, Item 1.6.
Website links: Braidcraft Rd plan, Braidcraft Rd report, Braidcraft Rd press notice, Brockburn Rd plan-1, Brockburn Rd plan-2, Brockburn Rd report, Brockburn Rd press notice, Braidcraft Rd/Brockburn Rd statement of reasons.
Deadline: 10 December.

1.3: Hyndland, Hughenden And Dowanhill West, Traffic Management/Parking Controls

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: Clarence Drive in the West End (between Crow Rd and Hyndland Rd).
Subject: Traffic Order to help make Spaces for People temporary infrastructure permanent. Existing painted lanes had been plagued by car parking so ‘soft segregation’ was added in late 2020.
First covered: Digest 100, Item 1.7.
Website links: Clarence Dr plan, Clarence Dr report, Clarence Dr notice, Clarence Dr SoR.
Deadline: 23 December.

1.4: Ayr Road (South) Active Travel Improvements

Council: East Renfrewshire.
Area: Ayr Rd south from Newton Mearns.
Subject: Build a replacement shared-use path on the north/west side of Ayr Road, between North Hillhead Road and the M77 overbridge.
(Note: the Ayr Rd, North consultation seems to have ended on 30 November. It had 712 comments, which became more polarised as it went on. See foot of consultation page to access comments like this ‘slice of life’!)
First covered: Digest 97, Item 1.7.
Website link: ERC Ayr Road South consultation page.
Deadline: 24 December.

1.5: A803, Kirkintilloch Road (and Side Roads) Bishopbriggs TRO

Council: East Dunbartonshire.
Area: South Bishopbriggs towards the town centre.
Subject: Parking restrictions on the eastern side of the A803 from the end of Springburn Rd (at Colston Rd) to Bishopbriggs Cross, near the train station. Also, parking restrictions at junctions on side streets along the western side of Kirkintilloch Rd, from Coltpark Ave to Brackenbrae Rd.
Website link: A803 & Side Roads documents (combined PDF of plans and report – GCC, you could do this too!).
Deadline: 7 January 2022.

1.6: Dennistoun to Cranhill Liveable Neighbourhoods

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: From Dennistoun (including the Necropolis but not GRI), Milnbank, Haghill, Riddrie, Carntyne to Cranhill.
Subject: One of four LN consultations using Commonplace maps and the Place Standard tool. Dennistoun had some of a Spaces for People ‘LTN‘ put in then partly removed. The proposed Dennistoun & Royston Restricted Parking Zone – RPZ – has further delays. Haghill and Riddrie seem to have been spared a new dual carriageway despite it being marked on the map. The Connectivity Commission mocked up Edinburgh Rd with a tram and cycletrack in Carntyne but don’t hold your breath for that. Over 300 comments on the map so far. Consultation has started in the community with more events to follow.
First covered: Digest 100, Item 1.9.
Website links: Dennistoun to Cranhill LN Commonplace map, Dennistoun to Cranhill Place Standard survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

1.7: Govan to Kingston Liveable Neighbourhoods

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: From ‘Greater Govan’ (including Cessnock, Kinning Park, Plantation) and Ibrox to Kingston.
Subject: This area has had some redevelopment around Govan bus station. Nearby, work is due to start on the Govan to Partick footbridge (delayed by Peel Group amongst other issues). Also, the Southern General/Queen Elizabeth Uni Hospital is due to get improved greenspace and “active travel areas” (see next item). Paisley Road West is a main artery without bike lanes or proper connection under the M8 to the South West City Way on Shields Rd. There have been over 180 comments on the map so far.
First covered: Digest 100, Item 1.10.
Website links: Govan to Kingston LN Commonplace map, Govan to Kingston Place Standard survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

1.8: Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) Green Space Survey

Organisation: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.
Area: The Southern General/Queen Liz hospital site in Govan.
Subject: As mentioned in the above LN item, apparently a survey about greenspace and active travel at QEUH has been open for some time (apologies – better late than never). There are half a dozen survey questions, which include active travel and accessibility as well as greenspace and biodiversity.
Website link: QEUH survey (see also, NHS GG&C article link, above).
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

1.9: Langside to Toryglen Liveable Neighbourhoods

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: From Langside (at edge of Shawlands) across Battlefield, Mount Florida and part of King’s Park to Toryglen (and Polmadie).
Subject: A really random Liveable Neighbourhood area, including busy Langside and empty Polmadie. Plans for Battlefield Rest and the South City Way extension were delayed by local residents. In Toryglen, work to connect up new paths in Malls Mire has been continuing. There’s not much active travel infrastructure in between except the protected bit of Aitkenhead Rd and the very unprotected Spean St path. Over 350 comments so far.
First covered: Digest 96, Item 1.4.
Website links: Langside to Toryglen LN Commonplace map, Langside to Toryglen Place Standard survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

1.10: Ruchill to Cowlairs Liveable Neighbourhoods

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: North of the canal from Ruchill (at edge of Maryhill) across Possilpark, Hamiltonhill, Rockvilla, Craighall, Keppochhill and Port Dundas to Cowlairs (plus Sighthill Park).
Subject: The edges of this area have been redeveloped with active travel routes along the canal. Nearby Sighthill is being completely rebuilt including a segregated cycle route on St Rollox Dr. However, that ends at Cowlairs with many derelict sites nearby in Ruchill and Possilpark (but the latter is hoping to build a new community centre). The Spaces for People lanes on Hawthorn St have added a west-east cycle route (with some gaps). The map has just under 100 comments.
First covered: Digest 96, Item 1.5.
Website links: Ruchill to Cowlairs LN Commonplace map, Ruchill to Cowlairs Place Standard survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

1.11: Raeberry St Quietway (Connecting Woodside)

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: Raeberry St, North Woodside (west of Maryhill Rd).
Subject: Part of Connecting Woodside with junction redesigns at either end of the street and new secure cycle parking. The Maryhill Rd end is narrowed and the crossing moved to make a direct link to Trossachs St (towards Garscube Rd and the canal). Car parking bays are set by the new North Kelvinside/Woodside RPZ.
First covered: Digest 99, Item 1.12.
Website links: Raeberry St Quietway ‘storymap’, Raeberry St plans PDF, Raeberry St survey.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

1.12: Helensburgh to Garelochhead active travel route

Council: Argyll and Bute.
Area: Gare Loch east shore (A814/B872).
Subject: Active travel route between Helensburgh and Garelochhead (by Faslane naval base).
First covered: Digest 95, Item 1.5.
Website link: Helensburgh to Garelochhead active travel consultation.
Deadline: No obvious deadline.

Section 2: Consultation Feedback

2.1: Glasgow City Centre Recovery Plan 2022–24

Council: Glasgow City.
Subject: Successor to the Glasgow City Centre Strategy 2014–19 (after the intended 2020–25 strategy was derailed by the pandemic). Not strictly consultation feedback (it was done by a City Centre Task Force) but it’s relevant to projects that feature in the Digest like city centre Districts and the Avenues Project (see next item). The plan focuses on getting people back into the centre and doesn’t go into a lot of detail. Also, one action is to support the development of the SEC, which may not help to get the plans for the footbridge changed. However, it mentions Spaces for People and one of the actions is to “prioritise active travel”. Another says “people-focused space reallocation (ongoing)” – maybe a catchphrase for more than just the next few years?
Website links: Glasgow City Centre Recovery Plan (PDF), GCCRP article.

2.2: Glasgow Avenues Project – Argyle St west/Cambridge St/The Underline

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: City centre.
Subject: Following recent consultation events, plans were released for the next set of Avenues. Argyle St west (M8 to Central Station) has unusual angles for a cycle lane –apparently due to rain gardens (and the depth under them) not the car parking in-shots. Cambridge Street’s plans have less cycle lane than the current Spaces for People lanes. The Underline plans for New City Rd include a diagonal crossing at Phoenix Rd where work on the M8 Woodside Viaduct above it has delayed progress. The Avenues Project is wider than just cycling but the plans don’t meet standards in Cycling by Design. At GoBike’s AGM, our convenor Thomas outlined changes to try and improve things.
Website links: Avenues Project page, Argyle St west (AW) plan-1, Argyle St west (AW) plan-2, Cambridge St (CA) plan, The Underline (TU) plan-1, The Underline (TU) plan-2, Avenues phasing map.

2.3: Cardonald Area TRO

Council: Glasgow City.
Area: Cardonald
Subject: A response from the council about the proposed one-way streets, which GoBike objected to. They say: “having gauged the feedback received from residents of Kinross Avenue regarding the proposed one way system, this proposal will now be removed from the TRO.” So, for once we get our way on one-ways (‘by hook or by crook’, as they say).
First covered: Digest 97, Item 1.2.