Further to Edinburgh Bike Share thread.
Made me wonder why people take cars into a city. Irene and I would always go by train into Glasgow. Orginally we were all going to concert by public transport but cost and logistics favoured car use. The people we were with would never cycle as transport - they walk a lot and have folders to deploy on appropriate paths away from cars (!). Car they own is not large and they know Europe where they would probably use a travel pass in a city.
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Run time from our shop to Kelvinhaugh St was more or less one hour straight in at 3.30 to 4.30. M8 surface very smooth with motorway whole way now and no hold ups at all. Cost much less than train with four in a car. Plenty of free legal parking opposite famed 78 Bar / close to out hotel. Short walk in evening to and from venue at Hydro. (One of our customers was there with partner on their Bromptons.)
Big enclosed walkway over has cycle lane but due to vast amount of people walking you could never cycle on it when Hydro event is going in or coming out.
Next day we re-parked car with our overnight bags at more free on street parking spaces near Duke St. Noted that 90% of this street was yellow lined to discourage wanton car use but on Sunday no problem.
Rest of day was walking and once on main pedestrian streets of Buchanan St and Sauchiehall St the well drained and paved surface makes it not too bad even in the gusty rain. Regular Glasgow folk not bothered at all by the weather and just go from shop to shop. Saw a couple of bikes in use - mainly Uber and Deliveroo but no rental bikes in use - even in trendy Finnieston.
By end we had to get back across centre and being born in Glasgow I favoured the low level rail from Charing Cross to High Street after looking round new School of Art. Our friends rarely use train - first time for a while so auto barriers were new to them (!) The station is manned so rather than use machine I used the kiosk. With our two rail cards the 1.4 mile journey worked out at av of £1.40 per person return. Returns were of course cheaper to buy than actual singles - a tradition that should be junked asap.
Due to Glasgow's somewhat confusing bus routes we just walked the rest of the day to venue and back to car.
Driver of course could not risk drinking anything but Loch Katrine water in Glasgow is good - even when not in beer.
With contactless bus payment I think everyone would have chanced hopping on to a bus or two in the heavier rain. Three of us are over 60 but will walk the relatively short distances in city if it is away from heavy traffic.
Noted some two way segregated cycleways.
Google Maps did flag up bus options.