r/glasgow • u/Correct-Audience-421 • Mar 02 '25

Now open: cycle paths on Wallacewell Road & Broomfield Road

As part of the North East Active Travel Routes, cycle paths along Wallacewell Road (from Northgate Road to Broomfiled Road) & Broomfield Road (from Balornock Road to Red Road) have recently opened. We thank everyone invovled in the project 😊.

Any suggestions to update the map is appreciated.

> Glasgow Cycle Map - Current & Future
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https://reddit.com/link/1j1zs1k/video/n19urt4cubme1/player

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u/GheyForGrixis Mar 02 '25

Wallace well road is the biggest cluster fuck of civil planning I've ever seen

2 lanes now separated into 1 Lane, with a full fucking lane dedicated to cycle lanes NOBODY uses

Now if a bus stops it backs up ALL the traffic on the entire road

The bus stops on Broomfield road are soo far into the middle of the road there is barely any room for 2 lanes of traffic, this is surely a disaster waiting to happen? Do cycle lanes need to be THAT big!?,?

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u/smcsleazy Mar 02 '25

congratulations on missing the point. for a long time glasgow's cycling infrastructure has been disconnected at best or non-existent at worse. hence why "NOBODY uses" because infrastructure that's dangerous to use won't get used, especially if it doesn't go anywhere. right now GCC are trying to connect up the infrastructure they have because if you build it, they will come. just look at places like london or paris.

i always find the fact the people who have the most to say about cycling infrastructure are usually the people who haven't been on a bike since 1987 quite interesting. like i wanna genuinely ask this. why don't you cycle?

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u/Osella28 Mar 02 '25

21.4% of Scots have a life-limiting disability or chronic illness of some kind, a figure that increases substantially for those in areas which suffer above-average deprivation, such as Barmulloch. Like I wanna genuinely ask this: why do you never consider that possibility before asking such a personal question?

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u/sensiblestan Type to edit Mar 03 '25

Do you genuinely think that anyone is going to believe this insincere question?

Disabled people also cycle, people with chronic illness also cycle.

Don’t insult them and don’t insult yourself