Glasgow’s pop-up mobility hub will be on West Prince's Street from 31 October until 18 December 2024 and is part of a project to help people walk, wheel or cycle more for local journeys.
Find out more below or tell us what you think through the feedback survey, and you could win a £25 shopping voucher. For any urgent issues with the hub, please email scotland@como.org.uk or call 07553 355519 (Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm).
There are many options for travelling around Glasgow using bus, rail and subway. Kelvinbridge subway station is a short walk from the pop-up hub and there are regular bus services from Eldon Street/Woodlands Road and Great Western Road. Use the Traveline Scotland journey planner to plan the most convenient route. There are different options for public transport fares, including:
You can walk or wheel to most places in and around Kelvinbridge, Woodlands and the University of Glasgow in around 10 minutes.
Most places in the west end of Glasgow can be reached by bike in around 15 minutes. You can plan your cycling route using the CycleStreets website or app.
There are a number of local groups that can help you to feel more confident cycling in Glasgow. Groups offering support for adults include:
There are several groups running welcoming and free ‘health walks’ to help build your walking confidence and meet other people. Visit the Paths for All website to find a local group.
We hope to run a free guided health walk and/or bike ride from this pop-up mobility hub while it is in Kelvinbridge – please look out for publicity or check the event listings above.
This pop-up mobility hub is a hire station for Glasgow’s nextbike cycle hire scheme, with hire stations all over the city. Use your phone to rent a bike from your nearest hire station and drop it off at another hire station of your choosing.
To say thank you for hosting the pop-up mobility hub, residents of 310-326 & 353-359 West Prince's Street can receive a free £10 nextbike credit. To receive a voucher code, please email scotland@como.org.uk along with your address. Up to 20 codes available, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. In case of low uptake, vouchers may be offered to other local residents or businesses - please get in touch if you are interested.
If you are on low or no income, you can get a free nextbike membership and cheaper hire rates through the Bikes for All programme. Visit the Bikes for All web page to find out more.
You can hire bikes for longer periods from Bike for Good, and they also offer a long-term Switch Up bike subscription scheme for different types of bike. Women on Wheels also offer affordable bike hire through their bike and equipment library, on a free or pay as you can basis.
Most local journeys can be done by walking, cycling or public transport. But for occasional journeys that need to be done by car, why not consider renting one of the nearby car club vehicles from Co Wheels Car Club? Car clubs offer the benefits of access to cars without the costs and hassle of owning one. You can hire a car by the hour, starting from £4.95 per hour, including all fuel costs and standard insurance. £1.50 monthly membership fee for Glasgow residents (usually £5) – for more information visit the Co Wheels website. Co Wheels is the official Glasgow City Council car club operator, although there are also some vehicles run by Enterprise Car Club available in the city.
The project aims to work out how more people in Scotland can be supported to walk, wheel and cycle for short local journeys. The hub therefore needs to be near where people live, work or visit, or a combination of these things.
The site at West Prince’s Street was chosen after an assessment process and site visit that looked at things like:
The West Prince’s Street location scored highly in this assessment as it is close to Kelvinbridge subway station, the bus corridor on Great Western Road, existing cycle routes and has a high potential for modal shift to more sustainable types of transport.
No, the council is not funding the pop-up mobility hubs project. The funding for the project comes from Paths for All’s Smarter Choices, Smarter Places initiative, which is a grant fund of Transport Scotland. The aim of the funding is to make it easier for more people in Scotland to walk, wheel or cycle for short, local journeys. Glasgow City Council has partnered with CoMoUK on the project as it aligns with both Glasgow’s Transport Strategy and Active Travel Strategy. The council has given some staff time to support the project, but has not provided any funding.
The hub will be in the area between Thursday 31 October and Wednesday 18 December. It will then be moved to another area of Glasgow and the parking space will revert to its usual function.
We are testing different areas of Glasgow to see what works well and what does not to help people to walk, wheel and cycle more. Keeping pop-ups between 6 to 8 weeks means that we can try different types of location and also gives more people the benefit of having the pop-up in their area.
The Sustainable Transport team at Glasgow City Council notified all Elected Members of the proposals via three ward briefings and an online presentation, in advance of the mobility hub being installed on site.
We delivered an information flyer to nearby households and businesses before the hub was installed and will be delivering update information flyers during the pop-up. We have paid for and obtained the relevant permit from the council to occupy the space. We will be running a survey on the hub throughout the duration of the pop-up, which you can access at: https://www.como.org.uk/kelvinbridge#survey.
The project aims to work out how more Scots can be supported to walk, wheel and cycle for short local journeys. The hub therefore needs to be near where people live, work or visit.
The pop-up mobility hub is located on road in line with Glasgow Transport Strategy Policy 50, which states that the council will work to ensure new sustainable transport interventions do not take up pavement space where possible, do not create new hazards for the movement of pedestrians or those with mobility difficulties, and roadspace reallocation is considered first and foremost with a clear rationale set out why this cannot be achieved if relevant.
We have paid the council the fee required to occupy the parking bay and it will revert to a resident's parking bay after the pop-up ends.[LW2]
The hub features:
This is our eighth pop-up across Scotland and none so far have resulted in any major issues relating to antisocial behaviour or littering for residents. However, we will respond to any issues raised (see below for how to contact us) and our Glasgow-based team will check on the hub regularly.
Any events held at the hub will be during the day time and very occasional. Footfall should not be more than would be expected for a location that is a busy pedestrian and cyclist thoroughfare for people heading to and from Kelvinbridge subway station, the University of Glasgow and nearby shops and businesses. Longer events will be held at a nearby venue, such as the Woodlands Community Centre. See the events section of the pop-up web page to view more details about where events are being held.
If you have an urgent concern to report about the hub, you can email scotland@como.org.uk or call 07553 355519 between Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm. If you would like to share your opinion on the hub, positive, negative or neutral, you can fill in our survey, which can be accessed at https://www.como.org.uk/kelvinbridge#survey. By filling in the survey, you can also be entered into a prize drawer to win a £25 online shopping voucher.
