| Comment | One of the disappointing aspects of the upcoming Avenues programme is the lack of north-south connector routes.
As far as I know, only Hope Street (very steep) and Stockwell-Glassford Street are included.
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/avenues
The council will argue that Buchanan Street is already a core path on the cycling network, but it's not ideal to cycle down with the volume of pedestrian traffic there. We really need another north-south Avenue style route somewhere around that area. Miller-West Nile Street would've been my preference, as it's probably the least steep of any street round there, and still quite central.
Then again, if the city centre car-free zone (raised during COP last year) does eventually come to pass, that would make cycling and getting to routes on either side of the central core much easier, without much need for added infrastructure. |
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