Mapping issues and aspirations
What are the current issues in your area?
What are your aspirations for Active Travel in your area?
As part of the Council's work to develop active travel routes in the area, we would like to hear from you on the current issues, potential opportunities and your aspirations. An example of prompts and themes are shown below:
- What type of infrastructure or interventions would you like to see?
- Are there areas along a corridor which you don’t think should be changed?
- Would you support the removal of on-street parking in an area if it meant higher quality infrastructure?
- Are there any areas where you find it difficult to cross the road, currently?
- Are there any other local connections you would like to see?
- What areas do you think should be a priority for improvements?
Phases
Example Active Travel Network Map
Creating healthier, better connected, greener communities in the south of the city.
We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to feedback through the 2 City Centre South consultation sessions (2021, 2025) and through the Sustainable Mobility Strategy: Travel Demand Survey. Incorporating this feedback with the Council’s strategic vision for transport we have developed an example of what a network of active travel routes in the south of Stirling might look like. This map does not cover the communities in the west of Stirling (Torbrex, Cambusbarron, King’s Park). Please leave your feedback on the map.
The example network features 3 tiers of active travel route/connection, similar to that of a road network with A and B class road and neighbourhood streets.
Strategic Route - Primary active travel links connecting people to key destinations in Stirling. Highest quality infrastructure, appropriate to the location, with the highest level of investment. Examples of the type of infrastructure on a strategic route include: Uni/Bi-directional cycle tracks.
Connecting Route - Routes connecting 2 or more strategic routes. This is likely to have less demand as the strategic route and so the type of infrastructure or intervention will reflect that, e.g. widened pavement / path for shared uses.
Neighbourhood Connections - Connecting communities to active travel routes and enabling pleasant, safe neighbourhoods to live in. In a recent survey 65% of resident believed their neighbourhoods were dominated by motor vehicles (Stirling Walking and Cycling Index 2023). We hope to rebalance this by slowing traffic down at gateways into neighbourhoods and along neighbourhood streets where necessary. This could be achieved with lining, signage or build-outs to create a safer streetscape for cyclists to mix with traffic.
While the infrastructure on these routes will promote walking, wheeling and cycling along them. Active travel will not be restricted to these routes only in the area. The strategic routes will require the most investment to develop high quality routes, some of the connecting routes and neighbourhood connections may require investment but others may be suitable in their current form and would not require additional investment.