A short list of consultations – a few closing very soon in Glasgow and Renfrewshire.
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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
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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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
LEZ Community Support Fund to support environmental projects
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.
Continue reading “LEZ Community Support Fund to support environmental projects”Today’s GoBike ride: 31 miles in the sun
Fourteen of us set off from the SEC this morning, crossing over the river and through Cessnock to Bellahouston Park (including a quick toilet stop).
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We will head out of Glasgow through to Paisley, and then onwards to Elderslie and Howwood.
March’s GoBike ride – a look back at the Parks we visited
Our ride on Sunday 02 March took us on this 21 mile route:
Starting from the SEC we made our way to the first park, Glasgow Green and then the seven of us moved on to at least another 10.
Continue reading “March’s GoBike ride – a look back at the Parks we visited”Sunday 2 March 2025, the GoBike ride – Eastern Parks
This ride sees us heading along the riverside to Glasgow Green, then onwards to explore the East End of Glasgow, including its parks. We will see some of the better known parks such as Tollcross Park and Hogganfield Park, and also some of the smaller parks.
Along the way we will pass attractions as diverse as the Velodrome and Provan Hall. We will finish up at Speirs Wharf at around lunchtime.
22 miles, with the occasional climb, and short bits on main roads.
Meet 10am at the north end of Bell’s Bridge, Congress Road, Glasgow.
For more information, see the GoBike cycle rides page.
Consultations: February 2025
A list of open/forthcoming consultations – including in-person and online events.
Some major consultations for Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire and the wider region (via Clyde Metro), so time for an update…
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