New bike storage shelters will be installed across Glasgow due to huge demand.
Another 70 units are being placed around the city, with work likely to start from the end of February.
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The stores are part of a pilot scheme operated by the council, in partnership with Cyclehoop, which is being extended due to the number of requests for spaces.
There have been calls for new shelters in 328 locations, while the waiting list for existing units is currently at 1,400 people.
Cllr Anna Richardson, city convener for sustainability and carbon reduction, said: “There has been a fantastic response to the introduction of bike storage across the city and I am delighted that we are now extending the scheme.
“Almost all of the spaces in the first stores have been taken up and there is still significant demand from other bike owners for on-street storage.
“We’ve been through the waiting list as well as the request for new stores and we’ve looked at other household information to determine where best to site this next phase of bike stores.
“A lack of suitable storage for bikes has been regularly raised as a problem for people who live in flats and tenements.
“Hopefully having access to the stores will make it easier for residents to cycle more regularly and see cycling as a viable and sustainable form of everyday transport.”
The roll out began in May last year, with Cyclehoop, appointed by the council to deliver the scheme, installing 61 shelters. The extension is being delivered within the current £490,000, three-year contract.
Around 70% of Glasgow’s homes are in flats or tenements, where safe places to store bikes can be hard to find. However, with the ‘Bikehangar’ shelters, which hold six bikes, residents can pay £6 per month for a space.
Cyclists can visit the Cyclehoop Rentals website — www.cyclehoop.rentals — and enter their postcode to find the nearest location to their home.
The new storage units will be installed at:
| Eskdale Street |
| Annette Street |
| Roslea Drive |
| Melrose Gardens |
| Wilton Drive |
| Battlefield Avenue |
| Amisfield Street |
| Crow Road |
| Albert Road |
| Garrioch Quadrant |
| Appin Road |
| Frankfort Street |
| Skirving Street |
| Curle Street |
| Garrioch Drive |
| Garthland Drive |
| Nithsdale Drive |
| Keir Street |
| Leven Street |
| Kenmure Street |
| Albert Avenue |
| Woodlands Drive |
| Waverley Gardens |
| Striven Gardens |
| Albert Avenue |
| Barrington Drive |
| Woodlands Drive |
| Barrington Drive |
| Airlie Street |
| Shettleston Road |
| Hotspur Street |
| Chamberlain Road |
| Garthland Drive |
| Underwood Street |
| Hyndland Road |
| Waverley Street |
| Dryburgh Gardens |
| Cartvale Road |
| Armadale Street |
| Lochleven Road |
| McNeill Street |
| Woodlands Drive |
| Queensborough Gardens |
| Terregles Avenue |
| Waverley Street |
| Dundrennan Road |
| Darnley Gardens |
| Lauderdale Gardens |
| Hotspur Street |
| Garry Street |
| Leyden Street |
| Whitehill Street |
| Exeter Drive |
| Ledard Road |
| Herriet Street |
| Niddrie Square |
| Terregles Avenue |
| Queensborough Gardens |
| Queen Square |
| Gardner Street |
| Bolton Drive |
| St Andrews Square |
| Barlogan Avenue |
| Craithie Drive |
| Kildonan Drive |
| Wilton Street |
| Sinclair Drive |
| Lawrence Street |
| Queens Park Avenue |
| Queensborough Gardens |
