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Author	eenbiertje
Comment	Three observations, which I think are fair: * Cars are often parked on unprotected sections of the route, and often swing round the side-street junctions without care for cyclists passing along the "continuous" cycleway. * Too many cyclists are indeed using the lanes on the wrong side of the road (maybe like 10-20% of those that I see - still quite a high number) * Pedestrians are often walking down the middle of the cycle lane So across the board, drivers, cyclists and pedestrians are making errors. Personally, I think this is largely down to the novelty of this type of (really good!) quality segregated two-sided cycleway. It's the first of its kind in the city, and I think, possibly Scotland. It's also partly down to less than perfect design: the lane isn't well protected enough in places; it's not clear that cyclists have right of way at some of the junctions without traffic lights (eg Cuthbertson Street). It's a shame as well that it wasn't given a more bold and uniform colour - maybe green or ash red as is normal in Netherlands. Can't just assume everyone will know instinctively that a new tarmac lane is for cyclists. Red or green might've made this less ambiguous. Anyway, design issues aside, as I say it'll probably just need a bit of time for people to get used to how it's meant to work - for all involved (cyclists, drivers, pedestrians). And once it's actually completed and connected to the City Centre, you'll see use increase dramatically. In itself, more use will build more familiarity with it.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/kg69l5/victoria_road_is_finally_finished_for_cyclists/ggdkubs/
Created	Sat 19th Dec 2020 5:07pm
Status	normal ()

Three observations, which I think are fair:

* Cars are often parked on unprotected sections of the route, and often swing round the side-street junctions without care for cyclists passing along the "continuous" cycleway.
* Too many cyclists are indeed using the lanes on the wrong side of the road (maybe like 10-20% of those that I see - still quite a high number)
* Pedestrians are often walking down the middle of the cycle lane

So across the board, drivers, cyclists and pedestrians are making errors.

Personally, I think this is largely down to the novelty of this type of (really good!) quality segregated two-sided cycleway. It's the first of its kind in the city, and I think, possibly Scotland.

It's also partly down to less than perfect design: the lane isn't well protected enough in places; it's not clear that cyclists have right of way at some of the junctions without traffic lights (eg Cuthbertson Street). It's a shame as well that it wasn't given a more bold and uniform colour - maybe green or ash red as is normal in Netherlands. Can't just assume everyone will know instinctively that a new tarmac lane is for cyclists. Red or green might've made this less ambiguous.

Anyway, design issues aside, as I say it'll probably just need a bit of time for people to get used to how it's meant to work - for all involved (cyclists, drivers, pedestrians). And once it's actually completed and connected to the City Centre, you'll see use increase dramatically. In itself, more use will build more familiarity with it.