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Glasgow infrastructure update, Summer 2025

View up Pitt St past covered bike traffic light to fenced off bike lane going up hill

In case anyone else has been losing track of all the construction projects going on just now… Glasgow City Council put out an Avenues Programme Progress Report (PDF) in April 2025. However, a few that were due to be complete by May 2025 are still going on. So, it seemed like a good time to revive GoBike’s Infrastructure Update and have a look…

Snapshot of progress

The following is a snapshot of active travel works in and around the city centre during May/June 2025.

Most of these are part of the Avenues Project (or Avenues Plus). Not all projects include segregated cycle lanes, for example: Holland St and Sauchiehall Precinct (but the latter has removed raised platforms so there’s more space for cycling). The photos give an idea of how things are taking shape. 

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Sunday 1 June 2025 – GoBike ride to Loch Thom


This ride heads west through Renfrewshire, but since it is newly open, we shall initially stick to the north side of the River Clyde in order to use the bridge at Yoker.

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New Yoker to Renfrew bridge open

The new Yoker to Renfrew bridge opened to the public on Friday 9 May 2025.

The 184-metre, twin-leaf bridge has been built as part of the £1.3bn Glasgow City Region City Deal. It swings open to allow river traffic such as the PS Waverley to move freely along the River Clyde. The opening was also reported on the STV News and the BBC News

The bridge forms part of a newly opened 5km active travel route connecting Yoker and Clydebank to Pailsy town centre.

You can check when the bridge will be open to river traffic and therefore unavailable to pedestrians, cyclists and motor traffic on the dedicated webpage https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/renfrew-bridge

Photo source: Colin Mearns Clydebank Post https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/25149275.renfrew-bridge-welcomes-public-across-glasgows-river-clyde/

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How to Start a Bike Bus – Cycling to School Webinar with Shawlands Bike Bus

Have you seen a Bike Bus pop up on social media or in your local area? Interested in starting one in your local community?

Learn from Shawlands Bike Bus Co-founder, Katherine Cory (also Women on Wheels Families Coordinator!) about how to get started, tips, tricks, challenges and how different bike buses tackle barriers to cycling to get families in their communities riding to school!

Bike buses ooze fun and joy and this short webinar is sure to be an enjoyable intro to the movement. There will lots of time for Q&A, so don’t be shy – get your questions ready!

Sign up here – Zoom link will be sent on day of event. All welcome.

Source: Shawlands Bike Bus

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Palacerigg Country Park is the GoBike destination on 04 May


On Sunday 04 May, we will head out of the north of the city along the Forth & Clyde Canal

to Kirkintilloch, and then take the Strathkelvin Railway Path into North Lanarkshire.

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Kidical Mass – Sun 18 May

Poster for kiddical mass cycle ride on Sat 18 May

Join Sunny Cycles, Women on Wheels and Parents for Future Scotland for Kidical Mass on Sunday 18 May for a family-friendly ride through the city, calling for Safer Streets for All.

Meet at The People’s Palace on Glasgow Green at 2:30pm and the ride begins at 3:00pm. All ages, all welcome. Mark your calendars and spread the word!

Whether you’re coming with family, friends, or simply care about making our streets safer and more inclusive – this ride is for you! This is a day to come together, have fun, and pedal for a better future.

Source: Facebook Sunny Cycles

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LEZ Community Support Fund to support environmental projects

Image of the Glasgow Low Emission Zone traffic sign

Environment-enhancing projects from across Glasgow will share £732,000, as penalties collected through the city’s Low Emission Zone are poured back into local communities.

Eighteen organisations will receive grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 to deliver a broad range of schemes following successful bids to the council’s LEZ Community Support Fund.

Projects include improvements to children’s play areas, free bike provision, establishing food growing spaces and enhancements to greenspaces.

Other initiatives involve peatland restoration, installing solar panels, air quality education projects, urban rewilding, and wildflower meadow planting.

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