People cycling home on the South City Way cycle route in Glasgow, heading southbound through Govanhill.
#SouthCityWay jumping today. This pic doesn't do it justice (I was caught in crowds of 10-20 at a time on the way in this morning, which tbh is the new normal).
Infra like this making a huge difference. 🚲🚲🚲
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El ciclismo está en auge!
➡️ Más bicicletas que coches en hora punta en la #SouthCityWay de Glasgow
➡️ Crecimiento anual del 90 % en el uso de la bicicleta en la #CCWEL de Edimburgo
➡️ Los nuevos carriles bici de Stirling fomentan los desplazamientos en bicicleta
Google Street View image from 2010 looking south away from the city centre, at the junction of Gorbals Street and Ballater Street in Glasgow, just south of the River Clyde. The view shows a wide four-lane arterial road, lined with fencing to limit pedestrian crossing. At this time, the road was typically dominated by heavy traffic, and unwelcoming for people walking or cycling.
Photo taken by me in summer 2025 at the same location, at the junction of Gorbals Street and Ballater Street in Glasgow, looking southwards away from the city centre. The photo shows the changes following the renovation of the street in 2023: a drastically narrowed roadway, with space given over to street trees, wider pavements, and a wide, protected cycle lane (part of the 3km city's 'South City Way' cycle route). New modern red-brick tenement style housing can be seen beyond the junction, lining the street into the distance. Many people can be seen cycling, including women with young children.
A more local one... before & after on the route of the #SouthCityWay in Glasgow. @brenttoderian.bsky.social
New street trees 🌳, easier crossings 🚶, bus gates 🚍 and a new dedicated cycle lane that's helping thousands of people travel into the city by bike every day. 🚲
Cycling is soaring in Scotland, with the latest data showing new dedicated, connected routes are having an immediate impact👇
➡️ More bikes than cars in rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling lanes helping more people to travel by bike
Amazing news, which comes the same week that traffic survey findings were published, showing more bikes than cars were recorded at morning rush hour on the #SouthCityWay cycle route for the first time this year. 🚲👇
The impact of building this infrastructure is real.
Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
See more 👇
#SouthCityway #Glasgow @gobikeglasgow.bsky.social
Bold change ➡️ big impact
Our research shows that since the construction of Glasgow's #SouthCityWay, carbon emissions have reduced by 53% 📉
Find out more about how new walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure is benefiting local places: buff.ly/IyD2L5H
A great article in @timesscotland.bsky.social on the huge growth in numbers of people travelling by bike on Scotland's new protected cycle lanes, including the #CCWEL and #SouthCityWay. 📈🚲
We need more safe routes just like these, to bring the benefits of cycling to more people across Scotland.
A woman and child ride their bikes along a physically separated cycle lane on Glasgow's South City Way cycle route.
People cycling on a physically separated cycle lane, part of Edinburgh's City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) cycle route.
NEWS: Investment in landmark cycle routes is delivering record share of journeys by bike in Scotland.
⬆️ 15% cycling modal share on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
⬆️ 8.3% modal share on Edinburgh's #CCWEL, with 83% annual growth in cycling
Read more: orlo.uk/3P15U
Photo showing a woman cycling along a separated cycle lane which forms part of the South City Way cycle route in the middle of Govanhill, Glasgow. The woman approaches a junction up ahead, which is a Dutch style design. The photo was taken on a sunny summer's day. A digital cycle counter display and in information board about the route and cycle lane design stands to the left of the cycle lane.
☝️ This video is of the excellent #SouthCityWay: a 3km route of fully separated cycle lanes running from Queen's Park to #Glasgow city centre, via some of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in the city.
Bringing safe #cycling infrastructure to tens of thousands of people's doorsteps. 🚲
Looking northbound along the South City Way cycle route, which runs along Victoria Road in Govanhill, in the southside of Glasgow. The route runs for 2km through some of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in southside, connecting them directly to the city centre.
Photo of people cycling on the South City Way cycle route in Glasgow's southside. The photo shows the redesigned streetscape, with physically separated cycle lanes, new cycle parking and widened pavements. The cycle route was completed to the city centre in mid-2023, and is now seeing thousands of users each day of the week.
Sunday lunchtime in Glasgow.
🚲 #BuildItAndTheyWillCome #SouthCityWay
