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.
Segregated cycle lanes that actually form a network. Reduce speed limits. Reduce car parking along the roads. Enforcement on irresponsible parking on pavements and footpaths.
We have to design with this in mind as a priority, not the throughput of cars - and be prepared to filter cars out of some routes to simplify matters. Take the Pollok roundabout replacement. It's clearly designed with the throughput of cars as the key priority, and peds/cyclists are permitted to creep around the edges. How many bikes will be able to get through those chicane islands in one go, both ways? It should not be built. It would be easier to make something good if we were willing to filter cars out of 1 of the 5 roads leading into IMO, but we certainly shouldn't build what is proposed.
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Identify positives first - Glasgow has a very significant urban rail system, a Subway, the city centre is very (too?)well served by buses. These form the foundation. Bus services increased both in number of routes and frequency, fares made much more affordable, with 'tap-on tap-off no ticket issued' being universal. The system used should be transferrable between modes. Not all buses should go via city centre, with interchanges around the centre allowing to transfer to train, subway, hire bike or walking. Introduce more cross city buses avoiding city centre. No parking inside the city centre (with the exception) and 'park and ride' facilities at interchanges outside a 3km radius of George Square. More pedestrianisation outside the city centre in local town centres. We still have a number of '15 minute areas' within Glasgow - these should be highlighted and emphasised as in Manchester.
Thank you, we currently have a full programme of on-road cycle training taking place in Glasgow's Primary schools; this is expanding year on year to include more local charitable organisations and mentors. We will soon be launching a new STARS (School Travel and Road Safety) website where teachers can find support to create school travel plans as well as walking and bike buses.
Thank you for the input, we are currently planning a city-wide publicity campaign which will be launched in October/November 2023 to ask all road users to look out for each other and to make drivers more aware of the new hierarchy of road user.
Be bold and test more schemes. Close at least half of city centre roads to cars, there is no need for them all (apart from Buchanan/Sauchiehall St) to be open to private cars. This can be done cheaply and quickly using bollards and planters to create space for people. Increase the cost of driving into the city to be at least as expensive as using the train or bus, or there is little incentive for people to use alternative transport.
Connect cycle infrastructure to create a proper network, suitable and safe for children to use independently from age 8.
Continue extending cycle lanes and link them up to one another.
Link cycle lanes to schools to ensure children have a safe route to cycle to schools.
Ensure that right of way is clearly marked at junctions where cyclists or pedestrians have priority
Install cameras at junctions
Ensure pavements are not closed for extended periods of time (eg, scaffolding in damaged buildings that is up for years and closes pavements to pedestrians, or building work that closes pavements for years at a time)
Connect cycle lanes. Many cyclist don't bother using dedicated cycle lanes as they are on the opposite side of the road they are travelling and then come to an end so they have to cross back over. This means there is an empty cycle lane and the cyclist still using the road.
Segregated cycle lanes that actually form a network. Reduce speed limits. Reduce car parking along the roads. Enforcement on irresponsible parking on pavements and footpaths.
We have to design with this in mind as a priority, not the throughput of cars - and be prepared to filter cars out of some routes to simplify matters. Take the Pollok roundabout replacement. It's clearly designed with the throughput of cars as the key priority, and peds/cyclists are permitted to creep around the edges. How many bikes will be able to get through those chicane islands in one go, both ways? It should not be built. It would be easier to make something good if we were willing to filter cars out of 1 of the 5 roads leading into IMO, but we certainly shouldn't build what is proposed.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c4059f7ad508406b9cfe9943c0bb97a6
Identify positives first - Glasgow has a very significant urban rail system, a Subway, the city centre is very (too?)well served by buses. These form the foundation. Bus services increased both in number of routes and frequency, fares made much more affordable, with 'tap-on tap-off no ticket issued' being universal. The system used should be transferrable between modes. Not all buses should go via city centre, with interchanges around the centre allowing to transfer to train, subway, hire bike or walking. Introduce more cross city buses avoiding city centre. No parking inside the city centre (with the exception) and 'park and ride' facilities at interchanges outside a 3km radius of George Square. More pedestrianisation outside the city centre in local town centres. We still have a number of '15 minute areas' within Glasgow - these should be highlighted and emphasised as in Manchester.
Thank you, we are currently working with Police Scotland to address the issue of people cycling on non-shared pavements.
Thank you, we currently have a full programme of on-road cycle training taking place in Glasgow's Primary schools; this is expanding year on year to include more local charitable organisations and mentors. We will soon be launching a new STARS (School Travel and Road Safety) website where teachers can find support to create school travel plans as well as walking and bike buses.
Make cycle lanes uniform and clearly marked. Stop cycles being used on non shared pavements. Prioritise pedestrians in all road situations.
Thank you for the input, we are currently planning a city-wide publicity campaign which will be launched in October/November 2023 to ask all road users to look out for each other and to make drivers more aware of the new hierarchy of road user.
Be bold and test more schemes. Close at least half of city centre roads to cars, there is no need for them all (apart from Buchanan/Sauchiehall St) to be open to private cars. This can be done cheaply and quickly using bollards and planters to create space for people. Increase the cost of driving into the city to be at least as expensive as using the train or bus, or there is little incentive for people to use alternative transport.
Connect cycle infrastructure to create a proper network, suitable and safe for children to use independently from age 8.
Continue extending cycle lanes and link them up to one another.
Link cycle lanes to schools to ensure children have a safe route to cycle to schools.
Ensure that right of way is clearly marked at junctions where cyclists or pedestrians have priority
Install cameras at junctions
Ensure pavements are not closed for extended periods of time (eg, scaffolding in damaged buildings that is up for years and closes pavements to pedestrians, or building work that closes pavements for years at a time)
Connect cycle lanes. Many cyclist don't bother using dedicated cycle lanes as they are on the opposite side of the road they are travelling and then come to an end so they have to cross back over. This means there is an empty cycle lane and the cyclist still using the road.