What action can Glasgow take to prioritise the safety of people using sustainable transport modes (such as walking, wheeling or cycling), over accommodating cars?
Suggest ways Glasgow can better prioritize sustainable transport users over car users.
Hello Jennifer, to add to the other council officer's reply, the City Network is planned to pass within 400m of most schools, with additional interventions through the Liveable Neighbourhoods programme for those schools further away. Delivery of the City Network will progress in tandem with the Liveable Neighbourhoods tranches of work. More information on all this work is available via the Active Travel Strategy webpage: www.glasgow.gov.uk/activetravel
Hi Jennifer, thanks for your comments. The proposal to replace the Pollok Roundabout with a traffic signal junction is intended to improve the junctions’ poor accident record and increase its reliability. The design seeks to place all vehicle, cycle and pedestrian movements under the control of traffic signals; although active travel users will be required to navigate several stages to cross the junction, it is proposed, however, to implement “walk with” facilities which enables vehicle movements in one area of the junction whilst active travel users cross at another area, i.e. maximising active travel crossings and maintaining traffic flow through the junction at the same time. This is an extremely busy junction serving as a significant corridor linking housing to the west of the junction with the M77 motorway and Silverburn Shopping Centre to the east. At locations such as this it is necessary to balance the needs of all users to ensure a safe and smoothly running junction.
Hello Mac, thank you for commenting. The council is progressing with designing and delivering the City Network, a comprehensive and connected network of protected cycling infrastructure. The Interim Delivery Plan for the City Network, approved by the City Administration Committee in February 2022, sets out the design approach to this, which follows the most recent national design guidance. You can find the Delivery Plan document and more information at the Active Travel Strategy web page: www.glasgow.gov.uk/activetravel.
Also be aware that rat runs exist because main roads are clogged with traffic already. The problem needs to be fixed at source instead of making conditions even worse for people living on or using main roads.
Hello Becca, I'd like to pick up with you on your reference to Cumberland Street. You mentioned right turning vehicles while the other responder mentioned left turning vehicles. Would you be able to provide a few more details so that we can gain a clearer picture of the vehicle movements you're referring to at this junction? Many thanks.
Improvements to he cycle network such as a more joined-up network with rail links, and better maintained cycle paths, segregated cycle paths (with penalities for drivers using them as curb parking which is endemic in space such as the path along Mosspark Bvd at the outdoor sports centre), better lighting, secure bike parking in residential and commercial areas, enforcement of dangerous driving and parking rules - it's key to start to unlearn the car-centric society that we have built because we cannot sustain it any longer
The privatised bus system is confusing, with different Fares, and similar bus numbers for different routes. Navigating that is often confusing. Could GCC provide a unified public transport system that integrates the railway, subway and buses all within one umbrella, such as Transport For London's scheme? One card (like the Oyster card) to tap in and out for all modes of transport, with a clear Fare structure. This could encourage more to use pubic transport, with a clear integrated network that's streamlined. This also should include the cycling network. TFL has all these mapped out to make it easy for Londoners to choose their routes easily and clearly. Could we do the same?
Hello Fiona, thank you for raising the issues around integrated transport ticketing which, through the Glasgow Transport Strategy and in particular its Policy 39 (www.glasgow.gov.uk/transportstrategy), we continue to work with operators on. In terms of successes, the Glasgow Tripper ticket scheme between major bus operators allows bus travel across Glasgow for £24.60 per week: www.glasgowtripper.co.uk. Meanwhile SPT inform us that the Zone Card they provide, and which is a voluntary scheme including ScotRail, the SPT Subway and a number of bus operators, is to be re-launched later this year in a smart ticket format.
The Active Travel Strategy and Liveable Neighbourhoods programme takes a ‘Connectivity, People & Place’ approach and embeds the sustainable travel hierarchy - this means giving priority to people walking, wheeling and cycling. The city network will provide protected cycleways and improvements for pedestrians.
Hello Jennifer, to add to the other council officer's reply, the City Network is planned to pass within 400m of most schools, with additional interventions through the Liveable Neighbourhoods programme for those schools further away. Delivery of the City Network will progress in tandem with the Liveable Neighbourhoods tranches of work. More information on all this work is available via the Active Travel Strategy webpage: www.glasgow.gov.uk/activetravel
Hi Jennifer, thanks for your comments. The proposal to replace the Pollok Roundabout with a traffic signal junction is intended to improve the junctions’ poor accident record and increase its reliability. The design seeks to place all vehicle, cycle and pedestrian movements under the control of traffic signals; although active travel users will be required to navigate several stages to cross the junction, it is proposed, however, to implement “walk with” facilities which enables vehicle movements in one area of the junction whilst active travel users cross at another area, i.e. maximising active travel crossings and maintaining traffic flow through the junction at the same time. This is an extremely busy junction serving as a significant corridor linking housing to the west of the junction with the M77 motorway and Silverburn Shopping Centre to the east. At locations such as this it is necessary to balance the needs of all users to ensure a safe and smoothly running junction.
Hello Mac, thank you for commenting. The council is progressing with designing and delivering the City Network, a comprehensive and connected network of protected cycling infrastructure. The Interim Delivery Plan for the City Network, approved by the City Administration Committee in February 2022, sets out the design approach to this, which follows the most recent national design guidance. You can find the Delivery Plan document and more information at the Active Travel Strategy web page: www.glasgow.gov.uk/activetravel.
Also be aware that rat runs exist because main roads are clogged with traffic already. The problem needs to be fixed at source instead of making conditions even worse for people living on or using main roads.
Hello Becca, I'd like to pick up with you on your reference to Cumberland Street. You mentioned right turning vehicles while the other responder mentioned left turning vehicles. Would you be able to provide a few more details so that we can gain a clearer picture of the vehicle movements you're referring to at this junction? Many thanks.
take space away from cars on our wide roads and create segregated cycle lanes
Improvements to he cycle network such as a more joined-up network with rail links, and better maintained cycle paths, segregated cycle paths (with penalities for drivers using them as curb parking which is endemic in space such as the path along Mosspark Bvd at the outdoor sports centre), better lighting, secure bike parking in residential and commercial areas, enforcement of dangerous driving and parking rules - it's key to start to unlearn the car-centric society that we have built because we cannot sustain it any longer
The privatised bus system is confusing, with different Fares, and similar bus numbers for different routes. Navigating that is often confusing. Could GCC provide a unified public transport system that integrates the railway, subway and buses all within one umbrella, such as Transport For London's scheme? One card (like the Oyster card) to tap in and out for all modes of transport, with a clear Fare structure. This could encourage more to use pubic transport, with a clear integrated network that's streamlined. This also should include the cycling network. TFL has all these mapped out to make it easy for Londoners to choose their routes easily and clearly. Could we do the same?
Hello Fiona, thank you for raising the issues around integrated transport ticketing which, through the Glasgow Transport Strategy and in particular its Policy 39 (www.glasgow.gov.uk/transportstrategy), we continue to work with operators on. In terms of successes, the Glasgow Tripper ticket scheme between major bus operators allows bus travel across Glasgow for £24.60 per week: www.glasgowtripper.co.uk. Meanwhile SPT inform us that the Zone Card they provide, and which is a voluntary scheme including ScotRail, the SPT Subway and a number of bus operators, is to be re-launched later this year in a smart ticket format.
The Active Travel Strategy and Liveable Neighbourhoods programme takes a ‘Connectivity, People & Place’ approach and embeds the sustainable travel hierarchy - this means giving priority to people walking, wheeling and cycling. The city network will provide protected cycleways and improvements for pedestrians.