Campaign launched for safer junctions in Glasgow after cyclist’s death – and calls on local road users to share experiences Architectural practice where Emma Burke Newman worked identifies 3 junctions where it says urgent safety measures needed cycling
An architectural practice in Glasgow has launched a campaign calling for safer junctions in Scotland’s largest city after one of its staff members was killed in a crash involving a lorry in January and is calling on local cyclists, pedestrians and drivers to help it gather data at the locations in question.
That is one of the junctions where New Practice, where she worked, is calling for urgent safety measures to be taken by Glasgow City Council in a campaign calledThe second location is close to the Clutha pub at the junction of Clyde Street, Gorbals Street and Victoria bridge, while the third is near Glasgow High Court at the junction of Clyde Street with Saltmarket.
The firm is inviting people to share their experiences when using the three junctions, as well as their suggestions on how safety can be improved at those locations,Once it has collated submissions, it will send the findings to local councillors to present them to Glasgow City Council’s Active Travel Committee, “with the aim to promote safer design for junctions and the implementation of immediate changes to make our journeys in the city safer.
“Through our daily experiences of commuting from the Southside to the City Centre, we have identified three junctions which provide a particular challenge: the Casino, the Clutha, and the Court at Glasgow Green. New Practice says that the different types of active travel infrastructure found at each of the three junctions “create situations where the use conflicts with the design, leading to unsafe interactions between pedestrians, cyclists and vehicular traffic.
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