BIKE storage shelters are set to be installed on city streets from March in a bid to break down barriers to active travel.
Residents in tenement blocks or high-rise flats often have limited space to keep their bikes. Using communal areas can cause obstructions and increases the risk of theft.
This scheme, being introduced as a three-year pilot by Glasgow City Council, will offer bike stores on 60 streets.
Councillor Anna Richardson, city convener for sustainability and carbon reduction, said: “With so many of us in Glasgow living in tenements or flats, finding safe places to keep a bike has been a real challenge for many people.
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“Not having adequate storage has proved to be a real barrier to people relying on a bike and so it has been essential that we address this situation.
“Making on-street bike storage increasingly available will make it easier for people to use a bike and help make their everyday lives more active and sustainable.”
She added: “Encouraging greater reliance on the bike as an ordinary mode of transport is a vital part of our efforts to decarbonise the city’s transport system.”
Initially, 50 locations were identified as suitable for stores, but the council has now added ten sites which fall within areas scoring a minimum of 10% in the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation.
Overall, £490,000 will be invested in the project, with money supplied by the Scottish Government and the council’s cycling investment fund.
There will be a “modest” charge for users to cover “ongoing management, regular maintenance costs and monitoring”.
A council report reveals there is “considerable interest” from external groups to provide extra units which may be “placed in response to community requests” or targeted to “stimulate an uptake in active travel”.
The roll-out of the scheme has been delayed previously, with “no compliant bids” received during a procurement exercise early last year. The process has now been revised and a contract is set to be awarded in February.
Under the pilot scheme, units will be installed at:
33 Elderpark Street
Napier Place, Govan
5 Barrland Street
Coustonholm Road / Grantley St
48 Waverley Street
4 Nithsdale Road
95 Nithsdale Drive
16 Kildrostan Street
60 Keir Street
122 Kenmure Street
19 Arundel Drive
Battlefield Gardens
20 Langside Place
126 Cumming Drive
1 McLennan Street
78-84 Grange Road
21 Eskdale Street
132 Dixon Avenue
44 Langside Road
119 Copland Street
Malta Terrace
1 Queen Elizabeth Gardens
62 Albert Road
2 Balvicar Drive
9 Albert Avenue
Balvicar St/Pollokshaws Road
3 Dixon Avenue
85 Bowman Street
21 Steel Street
St Mungo Avenue
4 Maitland Street
102 Kelvinhaugh Street
1323 Argyle Street
45 Arlington Street
317 North Woodside Road
168 Raeberry Street
168 Wilton Street
291 Wilton Street
11 Fairlie Park Drive
30 Woodcroft Avenue
18 Plean Street
60/56 Strathblane Gardens
12 Garrioch Drive
4 Torgyle Street
43 Mingarry Street
8 Sandfield Street
21 Wester Common Drive
47 Aberfeldy Street
6 Circus Drive
9 Marwick Street
Roystonhill / Dunolly Street on nib east CW
105 Whitehill Street
81 Armadale Street
248 Meadow Park Street
7 Fordyce Street
72 White Street
26 Havelock Street
3 Dowanside Road
1 Dudley Drive
60 Hyndland Road
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