Category: GoBike

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New cycle parking for Glasgow – thanks to GoBike members!

Thanks to input from you our members, we have been able to help out Glasgow City Council with their latest programming of cycle parking locations. Land Environmental Services have asked us to pass on their thanks.

Of the 71 locations you all suggested we have 32 being taken forward into programming, and 25 others currently being considered and investigated. If you made a suggestion and want to see it’s status check in on the description on your location on this map:

Thank you again for participating and for helping us help the council make things better for folk getting around on bikes. We look forward to more positive collaborations in the future!

It’s been great to be able to get you involved – if you fancy helping out some more sign up as a member and we can get you hooked up to our Slack channels where all the action happens. If you’re already a member and want to get in involved on Slack email us to let us know.

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** POSTPONED ** WCV Campaigners Training Day

We are really sorry to announce that Saturday’s WCV Campaigners Training Day has had to be postponed due to the weather. We are sorry to disappoint but will aim to get a new date out for this as soon as we can. All ticket holders have been contacted but please do share the word around anyone you know who had been planning on coming on the day.

Until the next time, enjoy the white stuff!

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#iloh the Good

As cycle campaigners, it is often the bad and dangerous, or more often than not, the lack of cycling infrastructure that we shout about.  However, there is also some infrastructure around that we actually really do like, and would love to see more of.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain updated their Insert Loved One Here image creator, to enable people to show their love for genuinely good cycling infrastructure. Here in Glasgow, we decided to take make this physical, and had some stencils created with a love heart and the #iloh hashtag. An intrepid group of GoBike volunteers took to the rather chilly streets on the evening of the 13th of February, so that Glasgow could wake up the next morning to find a little bit of cycling infrastructure love. Here, we show you the bits we chose and why. Continue reading “#iloh the Good”

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Jura Street Consultation Event Today – 28 February **CANCELLED**

JURA STREET consultation A3 poster v2 LR

News just in from Glasgow City Council:

“OFFICIAL

MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT – LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Dear Sir / Madam

Due to the adverse weather conditions and the current forecast for further snow. Today’s Jura Street consultation event at the Palace of Art, has been cancelled. Continue reading “Jura Street Consultation Event Today – 28 February **CANCELLED**”

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Campaigners Training Day – THIS WEEKEND!

Our co-hosted Campaigners Training Day has come around so quickly that this weekend on Saturday it will be here! We are hastily getting our workshops polished off, finalising running orders and of course booking in the lunches, and although it’s looking like it’s going to be really buzzing there, are still a few free spaces available. Get yourselves booked in on the Eventbrite page here. Continue reading “Campaigners Training Day – THIS WEEKEND!”

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GoBike Members Take Action on Byres Road

Yesterday one of our GoBike mini-campaigns ‘Space for People Byres Road’ took to the busy streets of Partick and Hillhead in a day of action to gather support for better provision for cyclists and pedestrians in Glasgow City Council’s plans for the upcoming £9m regeneration of Byres Road. Continue reading “GoBike Members Take Action on Byres Road”

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Consultations Digest Issue 3, 20 February 2018 – Stushies brewing: Elmbank Street Glasgow and Cowgate Kirkintilloch

 

Yes, folks, we have a couple of contentious situations in this issue.  See Section 3, Consultations Feedback where we discuss whether Elmbank Street will provide northbound access to the Sauchiehall Street cycle lane, but first, see Section 1 for the threat to the so-called “shared space” along Cowgate, the main street in Kirkintilloch.  Continue reading “Consultations Digest Issue 3, 20 February 2018 – Stushies brewing: Elmbank Street Glasgow and Cowgate Kirkintilloch”