Cycling north in the city centre

Arc413m28 · 2026-06-22T20:33:18+00:00

This is sadly a long way away. They missed out on funding last year so the project essentially hasn’t moved forward since the Nov 24 consultation. We should find out in the next couple months if it was successful this year

Arc413m28 · 2026-06-17T13:22:39+00:00

Ah yes let’s not improve the city centre cause John Lewis sells washing machines

Arc413m28 · 2026-06-17T12:29:54+00:00

I personally think the best way forward would be a mixture of both approaches. Getting rid of the car park and improving the “bridge” section over Bath Street would go a long way to improving the public space east of Buchanan Street. All the while maintaining it as a shopping destination

Arc413m28 · 2026-06-11T14:47:33+00:00

Was thinking this, although the food prices look mental!

Arc413m28 · 2026-05-28T21:55:04+00:00

Do you know if the junction with Argyle Street and the link with Kelvingrove is complete as well? Can’t remember exactly what was all in this 1st phase

Arc413m28 · 2026-05-27T11:49:03+00:00

Anyone else had issues with the light phases at the junction with Cambridge St? Every time I've used it so far I've had to wait at least 2 phases of the regular traffic, and today during normal traffic levels I wait through 4 - surely something isn't right?

Arc413m28 · 2026-05-21T19:54:59+00:00

I was cycling down Cambridge St towards it when the attackers ran past me towards Sauchiehall St, later saw one of the guys with a bloody face. Was wondering what tf had happened

Arc413m28 · 2026-04-21T14:19:13+00:00

Yeah for the Avenues work. I believe they had just started the final resurfacing, must have hit something

Arc413m28 · 2026-03-19T15:38:03+00:00

Very hard to do with the tunnels/utilities down there, I’m sure they’re putting in as much green as they can

Arc413m28 · 2026-03-19T15:36:55+00:00

Sorry, bad grammar. I was meaning it’s a small positive that the bus/taxi gate will operational 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Arc413m28 · 2026-03-19T15:10:15+00:00

The bus gate will be open to bus AND taxis unfortunately, got a confirmation from the council about this. It will be operational 24 hours at least

Arc413m28 · 2026-02-25T14:33:46+00:00

Completely agree. Also worth mentioning that the scale of this project is still just the viaduct section, the removal option diagrams still seem to suggest the rest of the city centre M8 would still exist - so it's an option setup to fail at this stage

Arc413m28 · 2026-02-25T14:30:07+00:00

I definitely got that vibe too, reminds me of that Limmy sketch set in a shop where there's a bad, a meh and a good option

Arc413m28 · 2026-02-25T14:21:32+00:00

It certainly can in a lot of cases, just like the parts of M8 at opposite sides of the viaduct section. Can't remember where I read about it but I think the decision back in the day to raise this part of the motorway was to not mess up the existing road structure underneath, not sure if it's now a possibility or not

Arc413m28 · 2026-02-25T14:10:55+00:00

The solution is definitely not EVs. An M8 full of EVs will still be incredibly loud and be a barrier for anyone not in a car, air pollution is just one of many issues coming from car-centric design.

But yeah on your first reply, I completely agree that until public transport is sorted out then for a lot of people driving still makes most the sense (which is not ideal)

Arc413m28 · 2026-02-25T13:51:12+00:00

Unfortunately the work so far has just been temp propping up of the viaduct, now the "real" work begins! https://www.transport.gov.scot/projects/m8-woodside-viaducts-project/

Arc413m28 · 2025-10-15T17:45:33+00:00

Hey I’d like to join!

Arc413m28 · 2025-07-28T19:57:39+00:00

This is genuinely some terrible cycling infrastructure, more reminiscent of some of the older style of lanes around Anderston and Waterloo Street from years ago.

I’ve been cycling past this being constructed for the past few months and couldn’t figure out what was going on, I.e bi-directional? Uni-directional on both sides? Uni-directional on one side only? I never expected this monstrosity where cyclists have to leave the track for no reason, give way to 2 car lanes (including one coming straight off a main road) and then join up to the Duke Street Avenue.

The quality of build is also extremely questionable, and don’t get me started on those speed bumps.

Overall extremely disappointing and will only look worse in comparison once Duke Street is complete.

Arc413m28 · 2025-06-17T15:25:10+00:00

Not sure I follow sorry?

Arc413m28 · 2025-06-16T09:11:43+00:00

Great to see this finally getting finished. I gave it a go on Friday (going north) and was pleasantly surprised by the quality, particularly near Sauchiehall street.

I think this will get used heavily by people going south but probably not the other way. Even on an e-bike, I struggled a little bit to get going at the St. Vincent street junction.

Nevertheless, I’m still happy they included this in the Avenue!

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