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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bearsway is partially closed for several weeks. Would recommend cautious use off the pavement for this stretch as drivers are speeding & impatient.
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Another good example of why we need the Bearsway, and need it extended! Sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
Knocked over bollard alongside cycle path
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Please sign and share! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi... @magnatom.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @gobikeglasgow.bsky.social
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Finish the Bearsway
Thousands of Bearsden and Milngavie residents are currently cut off from Glasgow's growing network of safe, segregated cycle routes because two short sections of missing infrastructure leave the area ...
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Chilly morning, canal frozen over, but still plenty of cyclists using the Bearsway. Bike path photo taken at 8am. We’d have plenty more using it if it was finished and created a safe route to Kessington.
Bi-directional cycle lane next to a main road. Cycle lane is slightly icy, with a dozen bike tyre tracks. Cyclist seen riding in the lane. Sunrise and an icy canal, with picture taken from the tow-path.
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bayernbastler.bsky.social @bayernbastler.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Second year I made a small calendar on the state of the active travel infrastructure here in Bearsden. Would be funny if it wouldn't be so sad. @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @magnatom.bsky.social @geologiser.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social @kennymunro.bsky.social #activetravelbearsden
Picture of 5 identical photo-calendars for 2026 about the sad state of active travel infrastructure in Bearsden (Glasgow). They are all open on different month.
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Bearsway partially out of action with crossing point taken out of service.
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy. Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Bearsway is gritted from Allander turn off to Hillfoot, but not from the crossing at McDonalds to Allander.
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“Cyclists Dismount use Pavement” OR… the contractors could put the roadwork signs on the road. There is also no sign to say when cyclists can use the cycle lane again. Or just do what every single cyclist is going to do and go around the signs.
Cyclists dismount use pavement sign on a b-directional cycle lane. Photo taken at night. Road works on the opposite side of the road.
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Tom Quinn @geologiser.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
“Boss, where should we leave the signs when we’re not using them?” “Just chuck them on the cycle path, that’ll do” @bearswayfriends.bsky.social
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David Brennan @magnatom.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Local campaign group Bearsden Safer Streets need our help. They are asking for local folk to contact their councillors to express support for piloting a 20mph limit across all streets in Bearsden - without exemptions. Please look here and help if you can. oursafestreets.substack.com/p/we-need-yo...
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We need you to take action against proposed 20mph amendments
Amendments have been proposed to the 20mph trial that risk exempting key roads and collision blackspots. Here is an urgent action we need supporters to take.
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Short section of Bearsway has been closed for a couple of days, for seemingly no reason at all. Combined with daft “cyclists dismount and use footway” signs.
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David Brennan @magnatom.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
If "...road safety is a priority" then why have @policescotland.bsky.social dropped plans to set up an online reporting portal & team for helmet & dash cam submission? And no, the DESC system they are proposing is not a proper portal. You'll still need a police visit. news.stv.tv/politics/roa...
news.stv.tv
Road traffic police officer numbers at lowest level in five years, Tories say
Full-time roles fell from 567.7 in 2019 to 518 at the end of June 2024.
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Bikery @bikery.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Please support the campaign for Presumed Liability. Presumed liability shifts the burden of proof to the insurance company in a collision, and is intended to compensate vulnerable road users more quickly and effectively petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... @carltonreid.com
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Petition: Introduce presumed liability for civil cases from road traffic collisions
Introduce presumed liability for civil cases relating to certain road collisions, to shift the burden of proof. It would mean when vulnerable road users, e.g cyclists & pedestrians, claim against a mo...
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🌹ᴀʟᴀɴ ᴇ ʜɪʟʟ🌹 @alanehill.com · 27/12/2024
Yep... That's all I want... #bikeped
Yep... That's all I want... A safe route to school
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"Do we not want to protect and encourage active travel in Scotland? Do we not need a justice system that helps achieve that? Do we not recognise how incidents like this can cause serious injury or death?" road.cc/311763
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"Justice needs to provide protection": Cyclist close passed by wife of ex-Scotland footballer, before filming driver use phone and run red light, criticises Scottish courts' "very obvious issues" afte...
The wife of the former Rangers and Scotland footballer received six penalty points and a £255 fine having agreed a deal with prosecutors to only be punished for a mobile phone offence
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Really powerful story from Louise on the difficulties of getting around Bearsden in a wheelchair. oursafestreets.substack.com/p/its-a-basi... Sign up to the substack and/or follow on instagram here: www.instagram.com/safestreets_...
Screen grab from Safer Streets Bearsden Instagram with background image of a knocked-over street sign and the text:

"It’s a basic human right to move around - and it’s off limits to me" - the daily challenge for people with disabilities in Bearsden
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I want to make a personal request to those of you who use a bike for transportation purposes to start taking more photos and posting them. You can do so much by showing even the most mundane errands with a bike to educate and inspire others. They're often more effective than words. 📸
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Bearsway has been well gritted this morning and a decent number of people on bikes spotted! Did see a stupid MGIF overtake at Hillfoot, which would be avoided if the cycle lane was finished.
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
6 months on from Una’s death and nothing has changed in East Dunbartonshire to make it safer to walk & cycle. The council has a long list of quick (and less quick) wins from the active travel consultation carried out THREE YEARS AGO.
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bearswayfriends.bsky.social @bearswayfriends.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
Attempting to rebuild a following here. Wonder how many social media platforms will rise and fall before ED Council finishes a short bike lane?
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