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GT GT  •  Glasgow City Council Officer  •  2023-11-30  •  13 comments
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Proposal code: GlasgowCommunityChoices-2023-11-16

Glasgow City Council will identify priorities for individual communities and will use agreed design options to improve our streets to allow for easier movement for people with mobility impairments.

In line with the roll out of the Liveable Neighbourhoods programme and City Network development, Glasgow City Council will identify priorities for individual communities and will use agreed design options to improve our streets to allow for easier movement for people with mobility impairments. This could include works such as dropped kerbs, crossings, tactiles and continuous footways, which allow priority for pedestrians and make day-to-day movement easier in neighbourhoods.

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  • A_637

    Dropped kerbs are great, would like to see more of them. However they are currently far too often blocked by drivers parking on/across them. Better parking enforcement is very urgently needed.

    It'd also be great to see many more continuous/raised footways to force drivers to slow down when turning into side streets. But a) again the existing ones are routinely parked on and b) they need to be combined with the narrowing of many wide sweeping junctions, e.g. the busy Byres Road/University Place junction. Or here on Shields Road, incredibly wide for no good reason: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hDY9V4bAyvths36dA

    All junctions like this should be narrowed to become 90 degree turns, ideally protected by bell bollards to prevent drivers cutting the corners. This would both reduce the speed that drivers can enter them and greatly reduce the amount of time a pedestrian needs to spend crossing. There is absolutely no justification for continuing to cater to motorists with designs like these.

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    • Beth_Frieden_324

      Oh my god I love this idea so much. I have to cross several of these incredibly wide side streets with my 5-year-old every morning on the way to school. It so obviously prioritises cars over people. Please please do this.

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      • Council Officer LN
        Council Officer LN  •  Glasgow City Council Officer  •  2023-12-14 18:06:20

        Thank you for your feedback, the Liveable Neighbourhoods programme and City Network activity provide a key opportunity to rebalance our streets and make it easier to walk, wheel and cycle for everyday journeys.

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    • loftylocke

      A lack of consistency of design leads to confusion for pedestrians. There are numerous pedestrian crossing designs, surely it's not beyond Council planners to implement a consistent approach. Newer bike lanes require pedestrians to cross them to access bus stops. I appreciate work being implemented to improve Sauchiehall Street and enjoy walking along but worry that due to impression that the whole pavement design gives impression that pedestrians have priority whereas in fact cars still have access to side streets. Could pedestrians not have priority in all city centre areas and with more time allocated for pedestrian crossings.

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    • alasdair_angus_macdonald

      The hierarchy of road users must be emphasised, pedestrians given priority at places where there is potential for accidents - junctions,where pedestrians seek to cross the roads. Except for main roads, footways should be continuous across junctions, with appropriate dropped kerbs for vehicles. At locations where main roads are to be crossed at signal lights, crossing times for pedestrians should be increased and crossing phases should be part of the phasing, rather than having to be requested. For people with visual impairment such signalling should include audible signalling. In main roads within mainly residential areas, such as Liddesdale St in Milton, regularly spaced zebra crossings should be introduced, with, at key places - schools, health centres, rows of shops - the street width ‘pinched’ to a single two-way lane for vehicles. Footway clutter must be addressed and footway widths increased. Overgrown vegetation in residential areas must be cut back with owners’ duty enforced.

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      • Ellen_Wright_987

        Pedestrians must come first and their safety a priority. GCC must look at crossings on roads such as Great Western Road which a is nightmare. The junction with Cowdenhill Road / GWR / Lincoln Avenue is especially bad. and has been highlighted for decades with no action. Near this area there are schools, a care home, residents who need to be listened to. The speed of traffic along GWR also needs to be controlled.

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        • BiggestJ

          Roads, junctions, and roundabouts all need reengineered to be pedestrian first, cycles second, buses third, all other vehicles a distant fourth. The Dutch can do it, GCC has no excuse. GC don't even need to out in much effort, they can just copy the Dutch's homework!
          One thing the council could do RIGHT NOW is actually enforce parking regulations. Far too many drivers park in junctions, across dropped kerbs, in bus stops, taxi ranks, and cycle lanes.
          Give me a cut of the fines issued and I reckon I could live like a king just walking up Kilmarnock Road, across to Victoria Road, down to Shawlands, and then back to he start.
          There does maybe need to be a legislation change where fines are a percentage of the driver's global income, not just a fixed amount.

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          • Phluff

            Since becoming a mum I've found the local streets aren't very friendly when using a pram. There are routes to and from local amenities such as the library without dropped kerbs. These can be challenging to navigate with a pram and shopping. A good example is Craigpark, the street for Dennistoun Library. Another annoyance is non-continuous footways, such as the street heading to Robroyston Train Station. The half of the pavement under the control of Glasgow City Council just stops abruptly and turns to grass. You need to cross the road to reach the pavement on the other side, which is too thin and often obstructed with bins. Also, people drive too fast and don't indicate before turning off this road too which adds to the anxiety on this street.

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            • David Gunn

              I fully support all accessibility improvements, especially for people with reduced mobility.
              Pedestrian (including wheeling) access and movement must be genuinely placed at the top of considerations from the outset for any design or plan - in line with existing local and national guidance and strategies.
              Please remove most, if not all, "pedestrian barriers" which force pedestrians to take unreasonable circuitous routes to cross a road. A particularly egregious example of this is at Moodiesburn St/Provanmill Road in Blackhill, where the barrier completely cuts across the raised table of the crossing making it impossible for anyone using a wheelchair to cross the road.
              More dropped kerbs are essential. There are many examples of crossings with a dropped kerb on one side but not the other!
              Footways need to be dealt with first, before roads, when it comes to leaf or snow clearing.
              Proper full and regular strict enforcement of pavement parking and bus stop parking is needed.

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              • Mohammed_Ishaq_521

                This is total hypocrisy from the Council. While I support any plans to improve design, it is important to stress that generally speaking our road design has been fairly good. I would say that the biggest danger to the disabled, elderly etc. actually the implementation of under used, dangerous cycle lanes which are confusing. There are a lot of elderly and disabled people who simply do not go out in certain areas because of collisions with cyclists rather than motorists. This has been well documented in relation to Govanhill, Sauchiehall Street, and a few other areas. Based on what has been implemented to date, it is clear that the Council is not capable of implementing a design which is safe for the public.

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