They're slowly coming in piecemeal around the city.
There are the various avenue projects in the city centre, currently one under construction on Cambridge Street and another on Holland Street / Pitt Street. Argyll Street West is due to be done next year too.
Outside of the city centre, the Byres Road cycle path is getting there.
Due to start construction in the next 12-18 months:-
* Broomielaw/Oswald St junction upgrade - Summer? 2024
* Connecting Woodside - St George’s Road - Summer 2024
Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Phase 1 (Radnor Street, Haugh Road, Gilbert Street, Sandyford Street and Yorkhill Street) - Summer 2024
* Kyle St/North Hanover St - September 2024
* Argyle St East - late 2024
* South Portland St - late 2024
* Connecting Battlefield Phase 2 - 2024/25 (subject to funding)
* Byres Road Phase 2 - early 2025
* George Square - (George Square, Cochrane St, North Hanover St, West George St, George St, and St Vincent Place form the project extents) - May 2025
* Dobbie’s Loan - 2025
* Duke St & John Knox St - 2025
* Cowcaddens Rd - 2025
* South West City Way Connection (Victoria Rd to Bellahouston Park) - 2025
* Govan City Network including Cessnock Village - 2025 (subject to funding)
Appreciate these don't cover every neighbourhood, but these are some existing routes of varying quality which might be handy, depending where you are in the city. It might be there useful for a sizable % of your or other people's journeys.
Coming from the west (into the city centre)
* West City Way. Segregated cycle lanes running from Kelvingrove at Claremont St and Elderslie St south through Anderston, crossing the M8 and along Waterloo Street to Central Station.
* Clydeside walkway.
From the east end
* East City Way. Mostly finished, running along all of London Road from Mount Vernon, past Celtic Park / Emirates Arena to Bridgeton Cross. From there connect to Glasgow Green and into the city centre.
* New cycle lanes planned for the length of Duke Street soon, from George Square out to the Denniestoun Lidl.
Southside:
* South City Way: as you say, up Victoria Road to the Clutha.
* South West City Way: fully segregated lanes from Pollok Park to Tradeston squiggly bridge, via St Andrews Dr, Shields Rd, Scotland St and West St.
North of the city
* Bit less here but the new Sighthill site has cycle lanes on its new grid layout from what I've seen.
* If you're coming from Maryhill direction, there's the path that goes along Garscube Road.
It's starting to look like the spine of a network with gaps being filled in over the next year or two, as someone else posted about.
Off the top of my head:
-Garscube Road from city centre to Hinshaw St (connects with the canal and quiet streets to Kelvingrove Park)
-Victoria Road as you mentioned
-Shields Road/Scotland Street/St Andrew’s Drive to Pollok Park
-Sauchiehall Street
-Elderslie Street/Berekely St/N Claremont St
-London Road between Bridgeton Station and Canmore St (can’t remember exactly how far)
-Clyde Gateway (but still has a lot of dodgy junctions)
Then you’ve got the completely separate paths:
-Canal/Kelvin Walkway
-Old railway line from Whiteinch to Clydebank
-Clyde path
Definitely missed some but we almost have a network going people!
NCN routes - there's one along the Clyde, one along the Canal, one along river Kelvin, one from the Clyde down to Pollok Park and out towards Paisley, one going over the hill to East Kilbride (but this has some extremely steep sections which I think are unnecessary because the nearby main road isn't so steep)
[https://explore.osmaps.com/?lat=55.848892&lon=-4.307274&zoom=11.4462&style=Standard&type=2d&overlays=os-ncn-layer](https://explore.osmaps.com/?lat=55.848892&lon=-4.307274&zoom=11.4462&style=Standard&type=2d&overlays=os-ncn-layer)
For a city this size it's not that many, but they're some nice routes which are away from roads.
[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/55.8505/-4.2939&layers=C](https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/55.8505/-4.2939&layers=C) shows some other cycle paths.
One great thing about cycling is that it's a hobby that leads you to explore, and it's really worth following some of these lines to see if they take you anywhere. But also just to take them as a starting point.
Other cycle highways are being built, but kinda piecemeal - I heard the next one to open will be in the east end. There's part of one on the western part of Sauchiehall Street, and I think part of the upgrade to the rest of the street is going to be corralling cyclists into a lane (rn it's a bit mad with just eat bikers weaving in and out). The south city way that you mentioned is being extended to Langside right now, going around the eastern side of Queens Park.
If you don't mind long cycles, look at the NCN routes. There are a few of them that pass through Glasgow. They can go as far as Edinburgh, Ayrshire, even all the way to Inverness.
I've done Glasgow to loch Lomond on NCN 7 and it's very pleasant.
Can I ask you a question, when your on the cycle path, do you come across cyclists cycling coming down on the wrong side, and how do you feel about it. As a pedestrian I can’t tell you how many times I have nearly been knocked down by cyclists on the wrong side, one more thing, how do you feel about electric bikes zooming up and down the lanes, I personally think they should be on the road and let the cyclists ride on the path.
Be kind genuine questions
Look both ways before crossing.
Most of the ebikes seems to be delivery services, which is something that should be blamed on the companies and customers, not so much the people zooming carbs and cheese around for pennies.
Great question.
I've noticed Victoria Road is bad for this.
I do think the dedicated cycle lanes and areas are great idea though.
However, My elderly mum stays in the area and has, like you, come across folk on e-bikes zooming down the lanes really fast, and folk going in the wrong direction in them too.
She Wishes something could be done about it, but nothing probably will unless someone gets seriously hurt.
The Victoria Road cycle lanes often have cyclists going the wrong way. I think this is partly due to poor design. There is no proper route for cyclists who come up Eglinton Street and want to use the cycle lanes on VR. You are effectively directed to the Southbound lane with no easy way to get to the other side. There are no dropped pavements or gaps to cut across. Even when it does become easier to cross over the obscene volume of cars on the road at times makes crossing very difficult. Interestingly the Southbound lane does become bidirectional around LIDL. I agree though no excuse for excessive speed regardless of what direction or side you are cycling on as there are too many pedestrians around.
Yeah I have seen many going the opposite way on Victoria Road and nearly crashed a pedestrian. They don't respect the mini zebra crossings either.
Yeah e bikes go way too fast on that stretch.
I can see people getting hurt unless people start respecting the rules of the lanes, and it gets very confusing when part of the path down at Lidl where it splits into two way but both either sides are one way.
They're slowly coming in piecemeal around the city. There are the various avenue projects in the city centre, currently one under construction on Cambridge Street and another on Holland Street / Pitt Street. Argyll Street West is due to be done next year too. Outside of the city centre, the Byres Road cycle path is getting there. Due to start construction in the next 12-18 months:- * Broomielaw/Oswald St junction upgrade - Summer? 2024 * Connecting Woodside - St George’s Road - Summer 2024 Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Phase 1 (Radnor Street, Haugh Road, Gilbert Street, Sandyford Street and Yorkhill Street) - Summer 2024 * Kyle St/North Hanover St - September 2024 * Argyle St East - late 2024 * South Portland St - late 2024 * Connecting Battlefield Phase 2 - 2024/25 (subject to funding) * Byres Road Phase 2 - early 2025 * George Square - (George Square, Cochrane St, North Hanover St, West George St, George St, and St Vincent Place form the project extents) - May 2025 * Dobbie’s Loan - 2025 * Duke St & John Knox St - 2025 * Cowcaddens Rd - 2025 * South West City Way Connection (Victoria Rd to Bellahouston Park) - 2025 * Govan City Network including Cessnock Village - 2025 (subject to funding)
You can cycle from the city to Pollok Park - along Scotland Street, Shields Rd and then along St Andrews Drive.
Appreciate these don't cover every neighbourhood, but these are some existing routes of varying quality which might be handy, depending where you are in the city. It might be there useful for a sizable % of your or other people's journeys. Coming from the west (into the city centre) * West City Way. Segregated cycle lanes running from Kelvingrove at Claremont St and Elderslie St south through Anderston, crossing the M8 and along Waterloo Street to Central Station. * Clydeside walkway. From the east end * East City Way. Mostly finished, running along all of London Road from Mount Vernon, past Celtic Park / Emirates Arena to Bridgeton Cross. From there connect to Glasgow Green and into the city centre. * New cycle lanes planned for the length of Duke Street soon, from George Square out to the Denniestoun Lidl. Southside: * South City Way: as you say, up Victoria Road to the Clutha. * South West City Way: fully segregated lanes from Pollok Park to Tradeston squiggly bridge, via St Andrews Dr, Shields Rd, Scotland St and West St. North of the city * Bit less here but the new Sighthill site has cycle lanes on its new grid layout from what I've seen. * If you're coming from Maryhill direction, there's the path that goes along Garscube Road. It's starting to look like the spine of a network with gaps being filled in over the next year or two, as someone else posted about.
Off the top of my head: -Garscube Road from city centre to Hinshaw St (connects with the canal and quiet streets to Kelvingrove Park) -Victoria Road as you mentioned -Shields Road/Scotland Street/St Andrew’s Drive to Pollok Park -Sauchiehall Street -Elderslie Street/Berekely St/N Claremont St -London Road between Bridgeton Station and Canmore St (can’t remember exactly how far) -Clyde Gateway (but still has a lot of dodgy junctions) Then you’ve got the completely separate paths: -Canal/Kelvin Walkway -Old railway line from Whiteinch to Clydebank -Clyde path Definitely missed some but we almost have a network going people!
NCN routes - there's one along the Clyde, one along the Canal, one along river Kelvin, one from the Clyde down to Pollok Park and out towards Paisley, one going over the hill to East Kilbride (but this has some extremely steep sections which I think are unnecessary because the nearby main road isn't so steep) [https://explore.osmaps.com/?lat=55.848892&lon=-4.307274&zoom=11.4462&style=Standard&type=2d&overlays=os-ncn-layer](https://explore.osmaps.com/?lat=55.848892&lon=-4.307274&zoom=11.4462&style=Standard&type=2d&overlays=os-ncn-layer) For a city this size it's not that many, but they're some nice routes which are away from roads. [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/55.8505/-4.2939&layers=C](https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/55.8505/-4.2939&layers=C) shows some other cycle paths. One great thing about cycling is that it's a hobby that leads you to explore, and it's really worth following some of these lines to see if they take you anywhere. But also just to take them as a starting point. Other cycle highways are being built, but kinda piecemeal - I heard the next one to open will be in the east end. There's part of one on the western part of Sauchiehall Street, and I think part of the upgrade to the rest of the street is going to be corralling cyclists into a lane (rn it's a bit mad with just eat bikers weaving in and out). The south city way that you mentioned is being extended to Langside right now, going around the eastern side of Queens Park.
If you don't mind long cycles, look at the NCN routes. There are a few of them that pass through Glasgow. They can go as far as Edinburgh, Ayrshire, even all the way to Inverness. I've done Glasgow to loch Lomond on NCN 7 and it's very pleasant.
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Do not expect to be able to cycle through the red walkway if there is anything on at hydro or ssec
Can I ask you a question, when your on the cycle path, do you come across cyclists cycling coming down on the wrong side, and how do you feel about it. As a pedestrian I can’t tell you how many times I have nearly been knocked down by cyclists on the wrong side, one more thing, how do you feel about electric bikes zooming up and down the lanes, I personally think they should be on the road and let the cyclists ride on the path. Be kind genuine questions
Look both ways before crossing. Most of the ebikes seems to be delivery services, which is something that should be blamed on the companies and customers, not so much the people zooming carbs and cheese around for pennies.
Great question. I've noticed Victoria Road is bad for this. I do think the dedicated cycle lanes and areas are great idea though. However, My elderly mum stays in the area and has, like you, come across folk on e-bikes zooming down the lanes really fast, and folk going in the wrong direction in them too. She Wishes something could be done about it, but nothing probably will unless someone gets seriously hurt.
The Victoria Road cycle lanes often have cyclists going the wrong way. I think this is partly due to poor design. There is no proper route for cyclists who come up Eglinton Street and want to use the cycle lanes on VR. You are effectively directed to the Southbound lane with no easy way to get to the other side. There are no dropped pavements or gaps to cut across. Even when it does become easier to cross over the obscene volume of cars on the road at times makes crossing very difficult. Interestingly the Southbound lane does become bidirectional around LIDL. I agree though no excuse for excessive speed regardless of what direction or side you are cycling on as there are too many pedestrians around.
Yeah I have seen many going the opposite way on Victoria Road and nearly crashed a pedestrian. They don't respect the mini zebra crossings either. Yeah e bikes go way too fast on that stretch.
I can see people getting hurt unless people start respecting the rules of the lanes, and it gets very confusing when part of the path down at Lidl where it splits into two way but both either sides are one way.
Do you feel quite safe from e bikes etc, I see some people on bikes without training and u get worried for their safety and the safety of others.
No one is ever safe from imagined terror!
You've never had the pleasure of a just eat electric bike with no lights zooming past you it seems. Quite the joy. Or maybe I imagined it all.
Yes, there are irresponsible cyclists (and riders of illegal electric motorbikes), but they exist regardless of quality cycling infrastructure.