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New Glasgow Cycling App

If you are a cyclist you are being urged to download a new Glasgow Cycling app, developed by the council’s Future City team, to share information about the routes you use to travel. By doing this you will help create a more accurate picture of how you travel about the city. It will also make sure future investment is made in the right places.

You can download the app now from the Apple store. An android version will be available soon on Google Play.
The app also includes a new interactive Future City Glasgow map showing the locations of cycle parking, bike shops and biking organisations.

Figures show the number of cycle journeys into and from Glasgow city centre has increased from 3,012 to 9,255 a day – a rise of 207% – since 2007. This is equal to 1,851,000 cycle journeys taken evey year into and from the city centre. The city’s new bike hire scheme has had 34,128 rentals.

Future City Glasgow is a £24 million programme demonstrating how technology can make life in cities smarter, safer and more sustainable. The city won the funding in a competition run by InnovateUK – the UK Government’s innovation agency.

More information: Visit www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=14348.

From Teresa Mooney, the Chair of the Strathbungo Society:

Annual General Meeting – Tuesday 21^st October 2014

Many thanks to all of you who attended our AGM and took part in some lively discussion on areas of work that were proposed for the Society to take forward in the next year to improve our neighbourhood and address the issues that matter to residents.   Thanks to David Meikle and Norman MacLeod, our local Councillors, for attending our AGM and offering information and support of our work.

On the night Office Bearers were elected:

Chair – Teresa Mooney   chair@strathbungo.co.uk

Vice Chair – Allison Hussain

Secretary – Alison Hunter

Treasurer – Bryan Miller

It was agreed that we will continue with our events programme, the first of which is:

Bungo Birl: Get out your tartan for this great family event! Saturday 22^nd November

6 – 9pm. Tickets are on sale now (includes delicious buffet!)

Adults £12, Children £6, under 3’s free. Bookings at: bungobirl@outlook.com

In addition to all of our events, we have agreed to take forward the following – not in rank order!:

1. Improvements to the pedestrian bridge at Regent Park Square and the railway bridge at Susie’s Shop
2. Improvements to the raised grass verge and roundabout at Nithsdale Road
3. Traffic management in Strathbungo, including awareness raising regarding speed and parking, improvements to street lighting, pavements and possible closure of the streets in a rolling programme, to allow children to play unhindered by traffic.
4. A greater focus on the history of the area and origin of the Society and its work on heritage and conservation.

I’m delighted to say that we have a few volunteers to help us to make these plans real in the coming year and beyond – some of them will definitely take a bit more than a year!   If you were not able to attend on the night and would like to be part of developing any of the above areas, and/or our existing areas of work, please get in touch: chair@strathbungo.com

We’ll keep you updated on progress and look forward to seeing you at the Bungo Birl!

Looking for something to do over the October Holidays? Come join us at Cochiti Kids on Tuesday morning (10-12) at Shawlands URC Church Hall (111 Mossside Road) and together we’ll do some singing, dancing, and playing instruments to celebrate autumn!  Hazel, the squirrel, will be there to greet everybody and we’ll do songs and dances about falling leaves, golden corn and pumpkin patches. Afterwards, there will be a time for socialising with biscuits, fruit, juice, tea and coffee. Everybody welcome–school-age children, as well as 0-5 year-olds, parents, carers, grandparents. Cost: £8 for adult + child; £1 for each additional child.

The Strathbungo Society is gearing up for its annual AGM, taking place this year at 7.30pm on Tuesday 21st October at The Bungo-Lo on Nithsdale Road, G41.

Everyone is welcome to come and discuss, or just listen to, the Society’s plans for this year. Tea and refreshments will be available and it’s a chance to hear what and how local issues may affect you.

Items to be discussed at the AGM include:

• Maintenance & improvement of pedestrian bridge and upgrade of rail bridge
• Proposed bus lane running through Strathbungo, traffic management and cycle ways
• Improvements to raised grass verge on Nithsdale Road and Roundabout at Nithsdale Street
• Community Mural at Sainsbury’s
• Theme for Children and Young People’s Art Competition 2015
• Fixed Community Noticeboard
• Burns Supper/Ceildh in January
• History of Strathbungo/possible Blog page
• Any other suggested area of work on the night

Registration is open for this year’s 5k Glasgow Santa Dash.

The event will take place on Sunday 7 December 2014 starting and finishing in George Square.

The run, co-ordinated by Land and Environmental Services, is always popular – attracting runners of all abilities and ages.

This year 3,000 ‘Santas’ will run to raise funds for our two nominated charities: the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice and the Sunday Mail Centenary Fund.

Every registered participant will be issued with a Santa Suit and will receive a medal at the finish line. There are also fabulous spot prizes to be won on the day

Register now.
Registration for adults (over 16) is £15; £5 for children. To register and find our more visit www.glasgow.gov.uk/santadash

Teresa Mooney, Allison Hussain and Nick Kempe from the Strathbungo Society met with a representative from the roads section of Land and Environment Services (LES) on Thursday 25th September about the Nithsdale Rd and Street pavements resurfacing (see previous post on this issue).

We walked over the three pavements that had been resurfaced pointing out a large number of defects including places where the work had not been finished leaving a rough surface and holes. We pointed out that most stanks and other coverings to utilities to flats and businesses are now below the pavement level and many are now impossible to open, identified a section of pavement that had been missed because tree roots were protruding and to tubs and other street furniture belonging to local businesses that are now sealed into the pavement. Local business owners also pointed out that the contractor had left the pavements before they had set and removed barriers and this had resulted in people walking over the wet surface leaving footprints and bringing tar in shops and pubs.

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The Strathbungo Society’s Monthly Meeting for September is taking place tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd September, at 7.30pm downstairs in The Bungo.

All are welcome to attend and hear more about, or add to, the local issues we are currently discussing.

After a well-earned break over the summer, the Strathbungo Society is holding its next monthly meeting tomorrow (August 19th) at 7.30pm downstairs in The Bungo.

It would be great to see anyone who can make it as we are always keen to see new (and old) faces.