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Argyll Cycling Adventures

September 20, 2020 geomannie

It’s been a long summer stuck at home. Cycling holidays cancelled, friends not visited, places not seen. This last week however, my wife and I finally managed a short cycle tour in the beautiful Argyll, within easy cycling distance from … Continue reading Argyll Cycling Adventures

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Pollok Park Planning Application: Yesterday’s Solution to Tomorrow’s Problem

June 26, 2020 geomannie

Glasgow City Council has recently put in a planning application for an active travel plan within Pollok Park. Great, you may say, a reform of the traffic within the park is long overdue. Indeed, if you have visited the park … Continue reading Pollok Park Planning Application: Yesterday’s Solution to Tomorrow’s Problem

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The Bus Pass 500?

January 11, 2020 geomannie

The Northern and Northwest Highlands of Scotland are wonderful places; for most of us remote, for all of us wild and full of spectacular scenery. Large sections of the roads are single track, winding and hilly, with low levels of … Continue reading The Bus Pass 500?

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Keep National Cycle Route 75 Open During Public Events in Glasgow Green

November 19, 2019 geomannie

During October 2019 I started a petition with Glasgow City Council to ask them to keep National Cycle Route 75 (NCR75) open while events are held in Glasgow Green. 105 people signed to support the petition, but many potential supporters … Continue reading Keep National Cycle Route 75 Open During Public Events in Glasgow Green

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The South City Way: A Story of Angles and Flares

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 geomannie

As Jane Austen didn’t say “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a city that wishes for widespread uptake of cycling must install segregated cycle facilities”. This stems from the perception, as opposed to reality, that city roads are dangerous … Continue reading The South City Way: A Story of Angles and Flares

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Core Paths: What are They, Why are They Important & Where are They?

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 geomannie

Sometimes Core Paths get forgotten when it comes to discussing cycle facilities and I publish this piece as a short reminder. The concept of “Core Paths” was introduced  under  the  Land  Reform  (Scotland)  Act  as  way  of  recording  and  safeguarding  … Continue reading Core Paths: What are They, Why are They Important & Where are They?

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Ground Truthing Strava: Its use as a Proxy for Total Cycle Traffic

November 7, 2018 geomannie

How does data from the Strava cycle tracking app compare to roadside cycle surveys? Can we use use data from the Strava cycle tracking app as a proxy for cycle traffic? The evidence suggests yes. Here is a link to … Continue reading Ground Truthing Strava: Its use as a Proxy for Total Cycle Traffic

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East Refrewshire and the Strava Conundrum

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 geomannie

Subtitle: Can we Really Use Strava Data as a Proxy for Total Cycling Traffic? Wouldn’t it great if you could log all cycle activity to create a map of where every cyclist actually rode? With that sort of data you … Continue reading East Refrewshire and the Strava Conundrum

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Glasgow in 1942

September 6, 2018 geomannie

Lovers of the Para Handy stories may not know that the author Neil Munro (https://bit.ly/2oKm2JT) also wrote humorous stories about other characters living in and around Glasgow. Here is a tale from his stories of Erchie, a sometime beadle (church … Continue reading Glasgow in 1942

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CYCLE ACCIDENT DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE CITY OF GLASGOW 1999-2013

April 13, 2018 geomannie

A lost presentation from 2015 revived. Glasgow’s High Accident Rate Roads Note the high accident rate for female cyclists in the Byres Road area in the Extra slide. I have no explanation, its just an observation. This trend was also … Continue reading CYCLE ACCIDENT DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE CITY OF GLASGOW 1999-2013

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