June 9 2023

Glasgow's Avenues Plus programme is advancing in all directions with the council poised to launch a month-long consultation for Duke Street and John Knox Street in the east.

Following progress on Sauchiehall Street, the latest activity will begin on 15 June at Dennistoun Library between 14:00 and 16:30, where a drop-in session hosted by Ironside Farrar will outline how new walking and cycling routes can be introduced.

The area of focus will stretch along Duke Street from High Street to Bellgrove Street, extending through John Knox Street up to Castle Street.

Karen McGregor, Sustrans director for Scotland said, "Opportunities for accessible walking, wheeling, and cycling across Glasgow have never been greater than they are now. By facilitating safer journeys through the city centre and building common sense connections to other local routes, the Avenues Plus project plays a huge part of the active travel transformation we are already seeing across Scotland."

A network of connected routes across the city is planned for the Avenues Plus project, which includes interventions at Cowcaddens Road, Dobbie's Loan and South Portland Street.

8 Comments

#1 Posted by Fat Bloke on Tour on 9 Jun 2023 at 11:45 AM

Transport 1400 vibe to the fore -- traffic congestion would appear to be their end goal.

Separate bike lane has all the hallmarks of a series of accidents waiting to happen.

Who is going to pay for all the guide dogs to be re-programmed?

Middle class welfare at its worst.

#2 Posted by FHM on 9 Jun 2023 at 11:56 AM

#1, the opposite is their end goal, as you quite well know and as every single traffic and active movement study has ever determined.

Separate bike lane will clearly improve bike safety. How can you get that so wrong?!

Not sure why anyone would pay for all the guide dogs to be re-programmed. To be honest, it is more people that will have to re-learn simple things. Change is quite hard to deal with...

#3 Posted by Georwell 84 on 9 Jun 2023 at 13:03 PM

Seems that there is an assumption that a substantial amount of car owners will change to a bike.
Why is the future increase of EVs and Hybrids use not being factored in here.

#4 Posted by Great Uncle Beet on 9 Jun 2023 at 13:08 PM

I cant wait to see the substitution of a wildflower with a good old spank of tarmac.

#5 Posted by Lovely on 9 Jun 2023 at 14:20 PM

Well it certainly wrecked the traffic flow on Sauchiehall Street.

No idea whether that was their goal or just an unintended consequence of the very poor design.

#6 Posted by ong bak on 9 Jun 2023 at 14:53 PM

#3 Because the intention is to vastly reduce private vehicle ownership amongst other things.

C40 Cities - The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5 Degree World
https://www.c40.org/wp-https://www.c40.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2270_C40_CBE_MainReport_250719.original.pdf

You can see ambitious targets such as:
0kg & 0kg meat and dairy consumption (page 78)
3 new clothing items per person per year (page 82)
reduce private car ownership to 0 (page 86)
reduce number of flights to 1 short haul flight every 3 years per person (page 90)

#7 Posted by Fat Bloke on Tour on 9 Jun 2023 at 15:33 PM

#6 -- who wrote that report?

OPEC should be in with a shout -- the backlash would have us all driving Cadillacs.

Hair shirt progressives that will get the ideas they profess to back absolutely nowhere.

Their motivation needs to be questioned at every level -- attention seeking would be there smallest sin.

#8 Posted by Roddy_ on 9 Jun 2023 at 21:38 PM

Great that the avenues are heading in this direction, though cyclists and pedestrians in Dennistoun will feel short-changed given that it stops at Bellgrove Street- just before it gets to the most densely population neighbourhood in the East-End. Not - I would submit - an optimal scenario.We need a second phase to follow in short order to connect the population centres. A 'meanwhile' link through the south of the meat market site and the soon to be completed flats would help to connect through to Havannah Street and in a very small way fulfill some of the promises of the now defunct and befuddled Collegelands masterplan.

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