Sunday 7 January 2024 – The Annual GoBike Infrastructure Ride

Swans by the banks of Hogganfield Loch


Happy New Year GoBikers!
For our annual ride focusing on cycle infrastructure in Glasgow, we shall take a look at a number of new and recent developments on the north side of the city.

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Consultation Digest (Local) Issue 150, 14 December 2023

Paisley Abbey from the south east (Cotton St)

Stitching it together…

Plans for a few Paisley landmarks to connect with more green space. Glasgow has guidance on green belt, delivery, place and a few Development Frameworks. East Dunbartonshire gathers evidence at events for its Local Development Plan 3. Also, neighbourhood plans in East Kilbride and school streets in East Ayrshire.

The new look Digest is still coming together as well – hopefully in the New Year.

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Cancelled, GoBike cycle ride, Sunday 3 December 2023 

Sunday 3 December 2023 – All Around Glasgow
***Cancelled due to snow***


Yes, Andy has cancelled our ride. Do stay snug, warm and safe whatever you are doing instead.

Consultation Digest (Local) Issue 149, 30 November 2023

Greater Pollok Community Hub

If at first you don’t succeed…

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).

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Sunday 03 December, A Glasgow Cycle Circular


It has been some time since we did a circular ride all around Glasgow. We will start by heading through the West End, then use the Clyde Tunnel cycle tunnel to reach Govan, and from there we will head across the South Side to reach Glasgow Green.

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Consultation Digest (Local) Issue 148, 16 November 2023

Oban town centre North Active Travel Project virtual exhibition screenshot

Looking ahead…

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.

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Consultation Digest (Local) Issue 147, 4 November 2023

City Centre Strategy graphic

Running on empty…

Unfortunately, this Digest is even later than other recent issues as it’s become a struggle for your author to find time for them. This issue has less info than previous ones so it’s quicker to produce. The format of the Digest will have to change further to make it sustainable in future.

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November’s GoBike ride, 05 November, is going Halfway and back

Toryglen Rd entrance to Malls Mire

This ride will see us meeting, as usual, near the north end of Bell’s Bridge at 10:00 and then only going (to) Halfway! We will head along the riverside to Glasgow Green, then onto the recently upgraded East City Way through Parkhead.

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Consultation Extra: City Centre & SPT Active Travel Strategies (20-10-23)

Glasgow city centre development night-time visualisation

A few strategies missed out on the recent Digest, including the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) Active Travel Strategy. The council’s City Centre Strategy came out the day after the Digest but is obviously important for Glasgow…

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Consultation Digest (Local) Issue 146, 19 October 2023

Visualisation of Ayrshire Central gatehouses off Kilwinning Rd, Irvine

Out of the rubble…

As destruction dominates the news abroad and in parts of the UK, there’s little solace to be found. However, this issue has a few consultations with plans for new construction following demolitions in North Glasgow and North Ayrshire. Also, renewal for a town centre in South Lanarkshire. In Glasgow, there are plans for city centre junctions and a ‘conversation’ event in the Southside. Elsewhere, there’s a one-way system proposed in Renfrewshire.

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