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Author	eenbiertje
Comment	I agree exactly with what u/LordAnubis12 says here. It's not about banning cars in totality. There's an understanding that the public transport system (while actually quite comprehensive in Glasgow) isn't quite joined up enough to take over the load quite yet. That said... In many Dutch, Belgian and Dutch cities, it's common to have a perimeter around the city core with car parks (often underground). Visitors who choose to drive to the city centre of somewhere like Ghent, simply park on the edge of the central core and leave their cars there. It's really not all that different to leaving your car in the parking area at Braehead before walking ~500m to the shops. With Glasgow, it's easy to imagine this perimeter being something like the circle made by M8, Clyde and High Street. Cars can even enter the core if they really have to, whether for deliveries or drop-offs (infirm people will still need to use cars - most people realise this). So drivers can reach their destination within the city core if it's absolutely necessary to do so by car. The only thing is they can't do is cross the city core, using it as a through route - through a combination of dead ends, bollards, and pedestrianised zones that break up the road grid in the middle. This, I think, is what Glasgow is working towards. The benefits have been huge for places like Ghent, Delft, Groningen. With car traffic removed, the city centres have flourished. More space for outdoor hospitality, markets etc. And a much more liveable place overall.
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Created	Thu 6th May 2021 1:56pm
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I agree exactly with what u/LordAnubis12 says here.

It's not about banning cars in totality. There's an understanding that the public transport system (while actually quite comprehensive in Glasgow) isn't quite joined up enough to take over the load quite yet.

That said...

In many Dutch, Belgian and Dutch cities, it's common to have a perimeter around the city core with car parks (often underground). Visitors who choose to drive to the city centre of somewhere like Ghent, simply park on the edge of the central core and leave their cars there. It's really not all that different to leaving your car in the parking area at Braehead before walking ~500m to the shops. With Glasgow, it's easy to imagine this perimeter being something like the circle made by M8, Clyde and High Street.

Cars can even *enter* the core if they really have to, whether for deliveries or drop-offs (infirm people will still need to use cars - most people realise this). So drivers can reach their destination within the city core if it's absolutely necessary to do so by car.

The only thing is they can't do is cross the city core, using it as a through route - through a combination of dead ends, bollards, and pedestrianised zones that break up the road grid in the middle.

This, I think, is what Glasgow is working towards.

The benefits have been huge for places like Ghent, Delft, Groningen. With car traffic removed, the city centres have flourished. More space for outdoor hospitality, markets etc. And a much more liveable place overall.