| Comment | Without knowing the specific road you mean, they've largely been installed on roads which are part of the city's City Cycling Network 2030 plan.
So the orcas are only temporary until hard, permanent infrastructure goes in. Basically, those car lanes aren't coming back.
The idea is that you need to build a viable network to encourage more cycling. It's only when you build a comprehensive network of routes that take people to a range of different destinations, that you see usage rise significantly. That's the lesson from cities across the world.
You can see where 'mini-networks' have already sort of developed in Glasgow and ridership has increased significantly already. Garscube Road and the connected routes to Woodside & Maryhill, and on the Southside centred around Victoria Road. These areas have seen ridership triple in a couple of years, and it's only continuing to grow.
If you build individual, unconnected roads, no one would drive on them either. |
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