What is it

The West Glasgow Community-led Transport Forum is a platform to hear local voices, share local transport issues and successes and work together towards local transport solutions.

The Forum is also an opportunity to share and build understanding about city wide plans - for example Glasgow City Council’s city wide cycle network and Liveable Neighbourhoods - and coordinate responses and feedback to these.

Past forum events

School Transport Forum 2025

This forum brought together staff, parents and pupils from 6 local primary schools. We worked together to identify shared issues with travel, resulting in negative impacts for safety, air pollution, noise pollution and health. Issues and solutions are plotted on the cargo bike here.

Through creative imagery, we then reimagined our dream school streets, incorporating signage, artwork, infrastructure and greenery to create benefits for health, climate and safety. View the school street designs here.

We also heard from several organisations on support they can offer. Click on each name to view presentation slides.

• Sustrans
• Glasgow City Council 
• Active Schools Coordinators

Feminist Transport Forum 2025

The Feminist Transport Forum saw around 40 folk come together, explore what feminist transport and cities mean, and what this looks like for Glasgow. We heard from:

• Greens Councillor Holly Bruce on the personal and council journey to Glasgow becoming a Feminist City. 
• Living Streets Scotland on South Asian women’s perspectives on walking, what they like and don’t like, and what barriers they face. Slides here to learn more on this. 
• A local member of the community performing a moving poem on personal experience of transport in the area, including the barriers and joys of getting around with several young children and a wheelchair user. 
• Kingsway Community Connections on the work of their recent mapping group, looking at community needs and priorities. Slides here, including the neighbourhood rating tool developed by the group.

During the round table discussions, we discussed lighting for safety and nature, public transport, cycling and next steps for the West Glasgow Feminist Transport Group. Notes from these discussions here.

Knightswood Community-led Transport Forum 2024

This forum brought together community members and transport services to build knowledge and discuss transport issues. We heard from:

• Living Streets Scotland on Pedestrian Thinking: Great walking and wheeling places for climate and social justice 
• First Bus for an update on bus services in the area
• A local member of the community performing a moving poem on personal experience of transport in the area
• Glasgow Eco Trust on transport steps everyone can take for climate and health 

During the round table discussions, we plotted a community bus route, discussed feminist transport and how buses in the area could be improved. Notes for this can be viewed here.

Heart of Scotstoun Community-led Transport Forum 2024

At this forum we heard from 8 speakers who shared about local transport issues, projects and successes:

• A summary of transport successes and progress in West Glasgow
• Active travel issues around Kingsway Court
• Liveable Whiteinch community group
• Getting a cycle shelter on Victoria Park Drive South
• Upgrades to the National Cycle Network 7
• Parents for Future school air pollution project
• Better Buses for Strathclyde campaign

We also had round table discussions on topics including better buses, transport justice, women and non-binary people’s experience of transport, liveable neighbourhoods and the role of business. You can see the notes from these discussions here.

Funder

This work is being funded by Paths for All Smarter Choices Smarter Places Open Fund, which aims to encourage people to travel more sustainably.