In this respect, we have a number of white hatched markings on key junctions within our area. We are advised that these are only ‘advisory’ and no one can be prosecuted if they decide to park on them. It begs the question, ‘Why bother?’ Alternatively, as they are obviously put there because of perceived hazards, why not change their status to enable some kind of action to be permissible against people who park their vehicles on them?
Thank you Jennifer. The Interim Delivery Plan for the City Network sets out the options for the look and feel of the City Network, while the Final Delivery Plan sets out the phasing of key sectors of the network for its delivery across the city. Both documents can be viewed at the Active Travel webpage: www.glasgow.gov.uk/activetravel.
Re-instate clear signage on the speed limit. Re-design roads to physically make it impossible to speed. Create safe crossing points with outcrops and zebra crossings. Prevent inconsiderate and dangerous car parking with replacing and reviewing the position of all bollards (and use solid bollard that can not be removed by everyone). Street cleaning programme to remove mud, leaves, overflows of gullies etc, to prevent slipping. Enforcement, enforcement, enforcement on parking, vehicle idling, speeding
More education and enforcement of the existing rules to reduce events of speeding, running the red lights and dangerous driving. In many cases, the issue is not with the speed limit but with people not respecting it or not adopting the a safe behaviour when facing a hazardous situation. Adding more speed and traffic light cameras to discourage people from speeding and running the lights. Enforcing parking regulations to discourage people from parking on corners, too close to traffic lights, on cycle paths, double yellow lines, double parking etc to make it safer for everyone, keep the traffic more fluid and thus reduce the amount of rage on the road. Ensure pedestrians can cross safely without having to wait for so long at each crossroad: add more zebras and implement more smart lights. Simplify cycle path crossings: following a cycle path in Glasgow is often a slalom from pavement to road to cycle path that switch from left to right of the road without well thought through transitions
Hi there, the liveable neighbourhoods programme (https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/liveableneighbourhoods) has four themes; Streets for People, Active Travel, Local Town Centres and Everyday Journeys, these which will identify existing activity and propose new interventions to rebalance our streets. This can be implemented alongside other programmes and via a variety of funds to maximise impact.
More parking wardens to stop illegal and obstructive parking, eg on double yellow lines, in cycle lanes, on pavements, at junctions. Traffic control at junctions, to stop drivers jumping red lights, to stop drivers going into advance cycle boxes, to stop drivers going into yellow hatched junction spaces. Far more checks on driver speeds and reinforcement of the city's 20mph speed limits - and 20 should mean 20. All these actions would pay for themselves by reducing the number of collisions, injuries and deaths and the associated calls on the emergency services.
I don't think this can be tackled effectively by GCC alone. The real problem is Police Scotland not taking road crime seriously coupled with incredibly lenient sentencing. Virtually every other UK force has had a dashcam submission website for a long time, but up here we're still waiting for Police Scotland to implement a pilot version that was supposed to happen 2 or 3 years ago! All they have to do is copy the tech from an English force, it's not complicated! They clearly just aren't interested, so the government should be forcing them to do it. Almost every day you'll see a news report of someone being killed or seriously injured by a bad driver... who then often ends up with a slap on the wrist or no punishment at all. As long as the police aren't interested in pursuing prosecutions of obviously dangerous drivers and these people are allowed to continue driving (even if they are convicted!), the roads will remain unsafe for everyone.
20 mph for all residential streets and for Kilmarnock Rd through Shawlands. Too many speeding drivers and high acceleration. Street needs demarcation to visually provide barriers to speed.
I think a huge amount of education needs to take place to change drivers attitudes. There is a lot of hatred towards cyclists within the city and it can make cycling very dangerous. If it was an option I think all new car drivers should have to cycle around the city for a day to help them to understand why cyclists move to the front of the queue at traffic lights or why we hold our space on the road and don’t cycle right against parked cars etc.
Third Party Reporting portal, Reduce speed limits, Dutch Kerbs at Junctions, Default zebras at Junctions, Width and height limits. Noise cameras and enforcement, Road pricing, congestion charging. Increase size of emissions zones.
In this respect, we have a number of white hatched markings on key junctions within our area. We are advised that these are only ‘advisory’ and no one can be prosecuted if they decide to park on them. It begs the question, ‘Why bother?’ Alternatively, as they are obviously put there because of perceived hazards, why not change their status to enable some kind of action to be permissible against people who park their vehicles on them?
Thank you Jennifer. The Interim Delivery Plan for the City Network sets out the options for the look and feel of the City Network, while the Final Delivery Plan sets out the phasing of key sectors of the network for its delivery across the city. Both documents can be viewed at the Active Travel webpage: www.glasgow.gov.uk/activetravel.
Re-instate clear signage on the speed limit. Re-design roads to physically make it impossible to speed. Create safe crossing points with outcrops and zebra crossings. Prevent inconsiderate and dangerous car parking with replacing and reviewing the position of all bollards (and use solid bollard that can not be removed by everyone). Street cleaning programme to remove mud, leaves, overflows of gullies etc, to prevent slipping. Enforcement, enforcement, enforcement on parking, vehicle idling, speeding
More education and enforcement of the existing rules to reduce events of speeding, running the red lights and dangerous driving. In many cases, the issue is not with the speed limit but with people not respecting it or not adopting the a safe behaviour when facing a hazardous situation. Adding more speed and traffic light cameras to discourage people from speeding and running the lights. Enforcing parking regulations to discourage people from parking on corners, too close to traffic lights, on cycle paths, double yellow lines, double parking etc to make it safer for everyone, keep the traffic more fluid and thus reduce the amount of rage on the road. Ensure pedestrians can cross safely without having to wait for so long at each crossroad: add more zebras and implement more smart lights. Simplify cycle path crossings: following a cycle path in Glasgow is often a slalom from pavement to road to cycle path that switch from left to right of the road without well thought through transitions
Hi there, the liveable neighbourhoods programme (https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/liveableneighbourhoods) has four themes; Streets for People, Active Travel, Local Town Centres and Everyday Journeys, these which will identify existing activity and propose new interventions to rebalance our streets. This can be implemented alongside other programmes and via a variety of funds to maximise impact.
More parking wardens to stop illegal and obstructive parking, eg on double yellow lines, in cycle lanes, on pavements, at junctions. Traffic control at junctions, to stop drivers jumping red lights, to stop drivers going into advance cycle boxes, to stop drivers going into yellow hatched junction spaces. Far more checks on driver speeds and reinforcement of the city's 20mph speed limits - and 20 should mean 20. All these actions would pay for themselves by reducing the number of collisions, injuries and deaths and the associated calls on the emergency services.
I don't think this can be tackled effectively by GCC alone. The real problem is Police Scotland not taking road crime seriously coupled with incredibly lenient sentencing. Virtually every other UK force has had a dashcam submission website for a long time, but up here we're still waiting for Police Scotland to implement a pilot version that was supposed to happen 2 or 3 years ago! All they have to do is copy the tech from an English force, it's not complicated! They clearly just aren't interested, so the government should be forcing them to do it. Almost every day you'll see a news report of someone being killed or seriously injured by a bad driver... who then often ends up with a slap on the wrist or no punishment at all. As long as the police aren't interested in pursuing prosecutions of obviously dangerous drivers and these people are allowed to continue driving (even if they are convicted!), the roads will remain unsafe for everyone.
20 mph for all residential streets and for Kilmarnock Rd through Shawlands. Too many speeding drivers and high acceleration. Street needs demarcation to visually provide barriers to speed.
I think a huge amount of education needs to take place to change drivers attitudes. There is a lot of hatred towards cyclists within the city and it can make cycling very dangerous. If it was an option I think all new car drivers should have to cycle around the city for a day to help them to understand why cyclists move to the front of the queue at traffic lights or why we hold our space on the road and don’t cycle right against parked cars etc.
Third Party Reporting portal, Reduce speed limits, Dutch Kerbs at Junctions, Default zebras at Junctions, Width and height limits. Noise cameras and enforcement, Road pricing, congestion charging. Increase size of emissions zones.