| Comment | The guys at the Motorway Archive actually got computer models ran of how traffic would be if all the planned motorways did get built. The result was that all roads would have been free flowing even during rush hour and that Charing Cross would have been the quietest corner. The conclusion being that the rush hour problems we have on the M8 only exist because the plans didn't get completed.
I know there exists a bit of hate for the motorway, but city centre congestion today is a whole load less than what it was before the motorway got built. Something stupid like 80 odd per cent better. The city centre in the 50s was gridlocked with HGVs and through traffic. And then consider things like the pedestrianisation of Buchanan Street would never and could never have happened if the motorway didn't get built. |
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