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On March 9th we’ll be closing the map to comments and shifting our focus to get your comments on design proposals for routes in the project. Keep an eye out for a newsletter soon with more details.

Thank you for all the contributions you’ve made so far. They’ve helped us understand your priorities for your neighbourhood and informed our designs for the project.

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Don’t stop just yet!

There’s still just under a month left before we close the map to comments, so there’s still time to let us know what you want to see improved in your area as part of the project.

We want to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how to improve the area for people walking and cycling. The project team reads them all and keeps them in mind when drawing up designs.

We’d particularly like to know:

Get pinning!

The Making Places team have set up a Facebook page where you can leave comments about things you like and dislike in the Woodside area.

How does this link to Connecting Woodside?

Both project teams are working closely together to make sure that the projects complement each other, and that both projects make Woodside a friendly place to walk and cycle, and an attractive place to live and visit.

Thanks again to everyone who took part in the consultation about West Princes Street and St George’s Road in August. We’ve been busy reading all your comments and working on the designs we showed you. The full consultation report is available on the Glasgow City Council website here [PDF download opens in new window].

Keep an eye out for more news in March – we’ll be back online and in person with updated designs to share with you.

West Princes Street Quietway

We showed you our early ideas for how to make West Princes Street a comfortable and accessible walking route and a simple, obvious and safe cycling route in the Connecting Woodside network.

We’re now working up more detailed designs for West Princes Street, incorporating your comments. We’ve been out on the street mapping utility cabinets, signposts, bins and other bits of street furniture to see if we can reduce clutter for pedestrians.

St George’s Road – northern section

We showed you our early ideas for the northern section of St George’s Road, including a physically separated cycle route from Clarendon Place to the junction of Possil Road/Garscube Road/St George’s Road

We’re now working up more detailed designs for the northern section of St George’s Road, incorporating your comments to make sure this key neighbourhood street is a great place to walk and cycle.

St George’s Road – southern section

We showed our latest detailed drawings for the southern section of St George’s Road, from the junction of Maryhill Road/Phoenix Road to Charing Cross/Sauchiehall Street. This section also includes a connection to the West Princes Street Quietway.

Remember, it’s never too late to comment on what you want to see improved in your area as part of the project. We are always looking for your thoughts and suggestions on how to improve the area for people walking and cycling – just pop your suggestions on our Commonplace Map . The project team checks in regularly to see what you’ve been saying.

We’d particularly like to know:

Get pinning!

Last week, Glasgow City Council added electric bikes (e-bikes) to the city’s extremely popular NextBike Cycle Hire Scheme .

These electric bikes are just like a standard pedal cycle, but with a battery and electric motor. As you pedal, the motor kicks in to take off some of the strain.

You might find an e-bike offers the power boost you need to start cycling for everyday journeys, like going to the shops, to visit friends and family, and to work. Or maybe you’re already cycling, but would like to be able to go further or on hillier routes than feels possible on a standard bike.

The new e-bikes are available 24 / 7. They can be hired and returned to any Next Bike station across the city. Each e-bike can go over 50 miles when fully charged – and there are charging facilities at 21 hire locations if they need a top up.

There are 4 hire locations where e-bikes can be charged in Woodlands and Woodside:

1. Where Maryhill Road meets North Woodside Road, by Lidl

2. At the bottom of Park Avenue, by the Eldon Street roundabout. Handy for the University of Glasgow’s St Andrew’s building

3. Opposite the new Woodside Health Centre, on Firhill Road

4. On Garscube Road, opposite Abercorn School. Right near the canal and useful for the Conservatoire and Scottish Opera too.

You can hire an e-bike using your existing NextBike membership – no special membership needed! For more information on locations and prices, visit www.NextBike.co.uk/Glasgow

The Aye Cycle Glasgow website also has some useful information about bike hire in the city.

Psst…

Before October 31st (this Thursday!), you would be able get a deal on membership. If you’re already a member of Enterprise Car Club, you can get 50% off a NextBike membership. Or if you’re already a member of NextBike, you can get 50% off membership and £10 free driving credit! More details are on the NextBike website .

This round of consultation is officially over now, but it’s not too late to comment on what you want to see improved in your area as part of the project. We are always looking for your thoughts and suggestions on how to improve the area for people walking and cycling – just pop your suggestions on our Commonplace Map . The project team checks in regularly to see what you’ve been saying.

While we’re here – do you want to use art, activity or an enterprise to breathe life into an underused or neglected space on the canal?

Glasgow City Council invites you to apply to the Canal Stalled Spaces and realise your ideas!

Applications are open until 5pm on Monday 21st October

Who can apply?

Creative or socially-motivated not-for profit groups which are either based in Glasgow or working in partnership with others based in the Canal area.

What spaces are eligible?

Spaces need to be within a defined area around the canal (see the map above).

Within that, eligible spaces include:

How much money is available?

Funding is available from £500 to £4,500.

You can find more information at the links below:

Information on West Princes Street and St George’s Road will be available at both consultations, so feel free to drop into either one.

We’ll also be having a short walk around West Princes Street and nearby streets on the 15th, setting off at 5.30pm (although numbers will be limited) to get a better understanding of what we can improve.

Can’t come along to either event? Then you can view all the consultation materials using the links below, and you can leave your comments on our Commonplace map here , by Friday 13th September 2019:

We also have a survey specifically on West Princes Street that it would be great if you could complete to let us know your thoughts – it should only take a few minutes to complete and can be found here .

We look forward to seeing you there and hearing what you have to say about the next stage of this exciting project!

Anyone living, working or going to a school in Maryhill, Lambhill and Hillhead is eligible to be part of Beat the Street. To take part, all you need to do is pick up a card or a fob – you can find all the locations here - and then register online .

How to play

Once you’ve got your card, you’re ready to go! Start your journey by going to your first Beat Box (all the locations can be found here ). Hold your card or fob against the Beat Box until it beeps and flashes, then walk, cycle, or wheel to a different Beat Box within an hour – then hold your card or fob against this Beat Box until it flashes to score 10 points. Now carry on your journey and score more points for each extra Beat Box you tap!

Win Beat the Street

There is more than £4000 worth of prizes to give out through the game, plus leader boards for community and school teams, and prizes for highest average and highest points. Registered players can also win weekly Lucky Tap prizes such as vouchers and Beat the Street goodies for taking part.

Find out More

Want to find out more or set up a team? Visit the website or email the Beat the Street team at team.glasgowcanals@beatthestreet.me .

Beat the Street is being delivered by Intelligent Health and is funded by Scottish Canals, Glasgow City Council, Scottish Natural Heritage and Paths for All.

Thanks again to everyone who got involved in the consultation – your feedback really does make a difference – a full report on the consultation is available here . We look forward to sharing with you how the designs are progressing at our next consultation events later in the year, and if you missed it, you can still view the consultation information here .

It’s also not too late to comment on what you want to see improved in your area as part of the project. We are always looking for your thoughts and suggestions on how to improve the area for people walking and cycling – just pop your suggestions on our Commonplace Map .

A key part of the Connecting Woodside project is to remove the barriers that people may face when looking to take up cycling - one of these is having a secure place to keep a bike. As an initial trial, we have installed a secure cycle shelter in partnership with Queens Cross Housing Association with space for up to 8 bikes at Cedar Court – they’ve been so popular that there is already a waiting list.

We would really like to install more units, and just need to know where you would like to see them. Simply drop a pin on our Commonplace Map , and we’ll do our best to deliver secure storage in as many locations as possible.

Street Play is a nationwide initiative run by Play Scotland and supported by Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life. It aims to bring communities closer together by local groups and residents taking back their street to enjoy a traffic free environment.

All associated council costs are provided free of charge to residents, local groups and community based organisations. You can also claim the cost of Public Liability Insurance.

The dates the free road closure apply to are:

You can apply for 1, 2, or even all 3 weekends, however a separate application form must be filled in for each weekend.

Find out more and apply here .

With the weather getting milder and warmer and the nights lighter, now is the perfect time to spring into cycling! Not only is cycling a great way to get about, it also:

To find out more about cycling in Glasgow and some tips visit Glasgow.gov.uk/Cycling .

It’s a really exciting time to be a resident in Woodside and Woodlands with so much investment in the area that will benefit everyone when it comes to walking and cycling. As well as Connecting Woodside, Scottish Canals are planning a new access ramp to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Firhill Road and bridge over to the neighbouring community of Hamiltonhill.

The City Centre Avenues project is also progressing. One of the next phases is the Underline, which will directly connect Woodside to the City Centre via a revamped St George’s Cross and improved New City Road. Initial design consultations took place at the end of last year and we are working closely with the City Centre Avenues team to ensure a strong connection into the area.

· Windsor Halls (just off Maryhill Road) on Monday 11th February, 3-7pm , focusing on North Woodside Road

· Woodside Library (St George’s Road) on Tuesday 19th February, 3-7pm , focusing on St Georges Road and Charing Cross

Information on North Woodside Road and St George’s Road will be available at both consultations, so feel free to drop into either one.

Can’t come along to either event? Then you can view all the consultation materials here , and you can leave your comments on our Commonplace map here by Sunday 3rd March 2019.

We look forward to seeing you there and hearing what you have to say about the next stage of this exciting project!

Further information on this initiative can be found at the Next Bike Website.

Secure Cycle Parking

Glasgow City Council is currently performing a feasibility study on the introduction of secure covered cycle parking for residents of Glasgow.

The provision of these will help remove one of the major barriers to the uptake of cycling, namely the ability to conveniently and securely store a bike.

The consultation page for this is now available until Sunday 16th December.

In the first instance we are looking to provide facilities at 50 locations across the city. This will prioritise those areas of high household density which includes tower blocks, flats and tenement properties, which will aid the development of a programme of installation in areas that will benefit most from this initiative.

Should you wish to suggest locations that fall within the Connecting Woodside project area, please submit your request via our Commonplace Website or email sustainabletransport@glasgow.gov.uk

Car Club vehicles parking places

Glasgow City Council currently facilitates a Car Club, which can be a more cost effective alternative to owning a car, particularly a second car or if you only make occasional journeys. Sharing vehicles through a Car Club can help to reduce parking pressures across the city, promotes sustainable travel and can give people easier access to larger vehicles, such as vans, when they need them.

Further information on this initiative can be found at the Glasgow Car Club scheme provider's, Co Wheels, website .

Changes for junctions and loading

To help make junctions safer for all users, we have reduced the space available for parking near to a number of junctions. This means that people crossing the road and drivers emerging from the road will have better visibility of on-coming traffic, improving their safety.

We’ll be carrying on with work on all these measures through the rest of the year, before beginning construction on the next phase in Spring 2019, which take in the area generally bounded by Maryhill Road to the east, Woodlands Road to the west and New City Road to the south. We hope to be able to give you an update on the plans in early 2019.

Remember, you can see a full map of the Connecting Woodside project area, and add any comments for the project team to pick up, on our Commonplace website .

Initial design ideas for these streets are now open for consultation and can be found here .

You can let the design team know what you think of the initial designs by Sunday 9th December using this 2 minute survey . Your feedback, along with responses already gathered from local businesses and community groups, will help to inform the next stage of designs.

If you'd like to meet the design team, they will be out and about with drawings and plans 10am-5pm on Friday 16th November (St Georges Cross and New City Road) and Saturday 17th November (Sauchiehall Street near Marks & Spencer, and Cambridge Street).

Following last year's consultation, Glasgow City Council and Sustrans are about to embark on this exciting project. Our first public engagement will take place over the next four weeks until the 17th July 2018. This engagement process will focus on cycle segregation on Garscube Road and public realm enhancements where North Woodside Road meets Maryhill Road. The engagement materials can be found here: Connecting Woodside engagement materials .

A public drop-in session will be held on: Tuesday 26th June, 3:30pm-7pm, Woodside Library, St. George's Road.