SPECTATORS have been urged to plan their journeys to Glasgow 2014 venues after the major Games lanes went live.
Glasgow 2014 organisers stressed the importance of planning ahead as a survey suggested up to half a million ticket holders still need to finalise travel arrangements to and from venues.
It came as the city's largest bus lane, running from the SECC and the Hydro to Tradeston, came into force.
Glasgow 2014 found in a study that up to half the one million people due to attend Games events have yet to consider the time or alternative routes needed to access venues.
Michael Renshaw, Games Director of Transport and Logistics, said: "Glasgow 2014 is a walking, cycling and public transport Games. Many of the venues are within walking distance of the city centre." Parking restrictions outside venues and Games lanes are in place to discourage people from travelling by car.
Major restrictions on routes including the Clydeside Expressway, the M8 across the Kingston Bridge and the M74 were launched yesterday, but some shorter stretches of road in the city centre have had Game lanes in place since July 13.
Only Games vehicles carrying athletes and other Glasgow 2014 VIPs are allowed to use them, with all other traffic, including taxis, cyclists and buses, facing a £50 penalty if they are caught in them. Stephen Flynn, vice-chairman of Glasgow Taxis Ltd, said: "It will be galling to see these lanes lying more-or-less empty late at night."
l Chancellor George Osborne will today announce a UK Government investment of almost £19m for life sciences and a business as part of the Glasgow City Deal, which could create 30,000 jobs.
At the Commonwealth Games Business Conference, he will reveal a £16m contribution to a new £64m Stratified Medicine Imaging Centre of Excellence at the New South Glasgow Hospitals Campus; a £1.2m contribution to a £4m MediCity Scotland facility and £1.7m for a new £4m Centre for Business Incubation, Development and Recovery in Glasgow's Merchant City.
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