| Comment | Possibly. But then I tend to think large swathes of the city should be pedestrianised, or at a minimum closed to through traffic. The streets that are most busy with foot traffic (and eateries, attractions etc.) should be completely transformed into something like open malls.
This could easily be done with Finnieston for example - allowing traffic *to enter* from either end of a 5 or 6 block stretch from Kelvingrove Art Gallery junction to Kelvingrove Street, but not pass *through* this superblock.
Immediately this cuts away heavy traffic, but allows deliveries and disabled drivers to still access to the area. I pretty much see this as a goal for not just the city centre, but hubs of activity across the wider city, like Finnieston, Byres Rd, Strathbungo, Duke St, etc.
If these parklets get going, it might play a bit of a role in changing Glaswegians attitude and general tolerance for heavy vehicle traffic in these areas. |
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