Strathclyde Cycle Campaign
It looks as if Tradeston is about to be developed/changed/built up and changes are proposed to the roads there to allow for the construction; details below. Continue reading “Consultations Digest Issue 7, 17 April 2018 – Development coming to Tradeston and Clyde Place”
With only three weeks to go Pedal on Parliament need your help to get the word out there that this is happening on Saturday 28th April – just over two weeks to go!! Protests will also happen in Inverness on the 28th and Aberdeen the following day on Sunday 29th.
Head on over to their page to see how you can help.
We will be there – will you?
Three new consultations for this fortnight, all in Glasgow. The first is for Glasgow’s ‘The Park Conservation Area’ taking in Kelvingrove Park and surrounding areas, the second, with more opportunity to raise the profile of active travel, is for the High Street / Saltmarket area of the city, pictured here, and the third is on parking controls in the Kelvingrove area. As GoBike we have now submitted responses to the Jura Street and Scotstoun /Jordanhill requests for views. Both of these consultations are still open for you to get your responses in. Continue reading “Consultations Digest, Issue 6, 03 April 2018, THE FULL VERSION! Are cycle lanes where they are needed, see Item 1.4”
Byres Road – once a vibrant and eclectic place to visit, shop & congregate is in gradual decline. Street stalwarts such as The Sentry Box Toy Shop have been forced to close their doors & small indie businesses are struggling to survive.
Media reports & public debate often cite lack of parking spaces as a factor. Elsewhere Carnaby Street in London, the Latin Quarter in Paris, Stroget in Denmark & our very own Buchanan Street are bustling – but very much catering for people rather than vehicles.
Consultations on the proposed redevelopment of Byres Road are nearing completion. However will slight tweaks to the status quo really provide it with the transformation locals, visitors and businesses need? Continue reading “Guest Blog – The Business Case for Byres Road”
Today’s Walk Cycle Vote Cycle Campaigners Day in Glasgow was a resounding success with a meeting of positive, informed and enthusiastic minds with a fantastic range of thought/ideas provoking speakers and workshops and amazing networking. There is so much for us all to now take forward to help us make better places for everyone.
Click here for the full story nicely played out on Twitter today.
Thank you so much to all our positive, informed and enthusiastic attendees, to our amazing speakers and workshop hosts and to the incredible Walk Cycle Vote for setting it all up.
This coming month’s cycle ride will take you on a leisurely ride along NCN75 to Strathclyde Country Park. Come and join us for a 35 mile trip taking in Uddingston, Bothwell, the new cycling provision at the Raith Interchange, High Blantyre, Cathkin and Toryglen, before joining the route of the South City Way. Continue reading “GoBike Ride to Strathclyde Country Park – Sunday 1st April”
Hey folks. Just a reminder that our Campaigners Training and Networking Day in conjunction with Walk Cycle Vote is on this Saturday in Glasgow at the Whisky Bond. There is still time to grab yourself a last minute place. Head on over to the Eventbrite to register your free place. Continue reading “Campaigners Training Day This Weekend!”
Yes, we’ve a UK government request for your views in this issue, so do get your responses in. They say that they want more of us out on our bikes or walking so here’s your opportunity to tell them what needs to be done to facilitate that. See section 1.3 below. Continue reading “Consultations Digest, Issue 5, 20 March 2018: UK and Glasgow consultations in this issue.”
On Friday we shared with you Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to the proposals Glasgow City Council has put forward for their Low Emission Zones. We are in full agreement that these fall way below standards likely to make a difference to the illegal levels of pollution in our city. Continue reading “Plans to Protest Glasgow’s Lack of Ambition on Low Emission Zone Plans”
Proposals for how the Low Emission Zones in Glasgow will run have just come out and they fall way below expectations. We have an urgent request for your help from Friends of the Earth who have an e-action open here calling for their reform. It only takes half a minute – please support this if you can.
** We only have until Tuesday 20th March to lobby the Environment Committee ** Continue reading “Glasgow’s Low Emission Zones – Your Help is Needed”