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Author	eenbiertje
Comment	The council does seem to have absorbed the necessity of this, and has quite a few things planned to ease the transition from private car use in nearly all settings, to a level of street and neighborhood design that encourages walking, cycling and public transport use (and makes PT more efficient and more attractive as an option for people). Main things on the horizon: * The Liveable Neighborhoods programme, being rolled out across the city over the next few years. Essentially 20 or so areas which group together a handful of council wards each. The idea is each LN area will have a programme to identify all manner of improvements, from quick fix uses of vacant land, through to more detailed urban realm works. All towards having viable "20 minute neighbourhoods" across the city, where everything you need for daily life is just a short walk away, with minimal barriers. * The city centre Avenues. * Five main roads leading into the city centre will be redesigned as "Sustainable Transport Corridors", with more road space dedicated to bus use and cycling. This will be a way of making bus journeys along these roads (Paisley Road West, Great Western Road, Maryhill Road, Dumbarton Road and Pollokshaws Road) faster and more reliable. Not to say more can't be done, or done sooner. But I'm generally hopeful that the ambition is there among the politicians (across several parties) in the council. There is of course always the chance of backlash. Lots of people will be up in arms at losing on street car parking spaces, whether in front of their flats or in front of their offices. But it needs to be done to make other transit options more viable. Fortunately the backlash seems fairly minimal in Glasgow so far, at least a lot less concentrated than it has been in response to similar measures in London and Edinburgh.
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Created	Wed 15th Dec 2021 2:10pm
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The council does seem to have absorbed the necessity of this, and has quite a few things planned to ease the transition from private car use in nearly all settings, to a level of street and neighborhood design that encourages walking, cycling and public transport use (and makes PT more efficient and more attractive as an option for people).

Main things on the horizon:

* The Liveable Neighborhoods programme, being rolled out across the city over the next few years. Essentially 20 or so areas which group together a handful of council wards each. The idea is each LN area will have a programme to identify all manner of improvements, from quick fix uses of vacant land, through to more detailed urban realm works. All towards having viable "20 minute neighbourhoods" across the city, where everything you need for daily life is just a short walk away, with minimal barriers.

* The city centre Avenues.

* Five main roads leading into the city centre will be redesigned as "Sustainable Transport Corridors", with more road space dedicated to bus use and cycling. This will be a way of making bus journeys along these roads (Paisley Road West, Great Western Road, Maryhill Road, Dumbarton Road and Pollokshaws Road) faster and more reliable.

Not to say more can't be done, or done sooner. But I'm generally hopeful that the ambition is there among the politicians (across several parties) in the council.

There is of course always the chance of backlash. Lots of people will be up in arms at losing on street car parking spaces, whether in front of their flats or in front of their offices. But it needs to be done to make other transit options more viable. Fortunately the backlash seems fairly minimal in Glasgow so far, at least a lot less concentrated than it has been in response to similar measures in London and Edinburgh.