March 25 2025

Glasgow City Council has shared its planned designs for a series of prominent road junctions across the west end as part of an initiative to boost active travel.

The online consultation shares developed designs for Yorkhill and Kelvingrove, specifically Kelvinhaugh Street, Derby Street, Parkgrove Terrace and Kelvingrove Street.

They show how upgraded pavements, step-free crossings and segregated cycle paths could lay the groundwork for future walking, wheeling and cycling in the area.

Cllr Angus Millar commented: "We want to provide greater opportunities to move about Glasgow safely, and by establishing a City Network of active travel routes we can connect communities across the city.

"Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove will improve the environment for walking, wheeling and cycling, and link to existing active travel routes such as those in Kelvingrove Park and the Govan-Partick Bridge. The project will also encourage more sustainable travel by improving connectivity with Exhibition Centre train station."

Consultations have concluded for phase one of the project, with construction due to start on Radnor Street, Haugh Road, Yorkhill Street and Sandyford Street later this year.

Public feedback on the latest phasing is invited through 27 April. 

7 Comments

#1 Posted by Fat Bloke on Tour on 25 Mar 2025 at 13:37 PM

Still no plans for Commonhead Road and Lochend Road I see. Much easier fix -- pick up the litter and fill in some potholes.

Move about safely -- well where are the plans for Union Street and Jamaica Street?

Plus spending lots of scarce public resources on Transport 1400's huge herd of hobby horses delivering road congestion that was not there in the first place.

Strange set of priorities -- put in new pavements but do not keep them well maintained or even pick up the litter.

Student level politics and programme delivery.

#2 Posted by James Hepburn on 25 Mar 2025 at 14:40 PM

Glasgow City Council have throughout their history been a study in ineptitude. This is just another example of how they waste our money.

#3 Posted by Roddy_ on 25 Mar 2025 at 20:34 PM

Common pattern to the naysayers :

A. Complain about inaction
B. Complain about action taken
C. During action turn into 'Umarells' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umarell
:)

Also fun to play pothole bingo on social media - ie the first to mention 'potholes' is the loser

#4 Posted by Alec on 26 Mar 2025 at 16:57 PM

Pothole complainers - I would imagine there is funding they can access if they focus on renewable transport.
Also it's never either or, ask for both

#5 Posted by Useless Eater on 27 Mar 2025 at 08:56 AM

This design isn't just bad; it's actively hostile plus shambolic, outdated, and eye-gougingly ugly. You'd think they're on a mission to destroy small businesses and torment drivers and cyclists into emigrating, what with the same failed designs showing up in different corners of the city. Einstein was right when he said the definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It's mendacious to call this progress.

#6 Posted by Mark on 31 Mar 2025 at 22:29 PM

#4 - Yes, that's the issue. Despite local authorities reportedly being on their knees, with critical services slashed, somehow funding's available for bike lanes? The question which FatBOT and others raise is why bike lanes have been made a priority, ahead of other things – including all the other forms of renewable transport, such as car sharing schemes, park & rides, electric and hydrogen buses, trams, electric trains, and so forth.

#7 Posted by Jay D on 7 Apr 2025 at 10:11 AM

I would love to see a city-wide petition in Glasgow regarding all these so-called "beautiful" active travel plans and redesigns. I'm almost certain that more than 85% of the city doesn't want this nonsense. None of it will be used nearly enough to justify the billions already spent on it.

This is nothing but a very poor example of greenwashing and virtue signaling, all in an attempt to appear "carbon neutral"—while relying on alternatives that are arguably less environmentally friendly, like electric cars.

For one of the most highly taxed places in the entire UK, Glasgow resembles a third-world country compared to much of the rest of the nation: rubbish everywhere, potholes big enough to build student accommodation caves in, and councillors taking home pay packages equivalent to half a million a year—more than the UK Prime Minister, even.

Corruption runs deep here, and they love a little virtue signaling exercise like this.

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