| Comment | I get this, but examples from cities across the world show that some element of stick is needed as well as carrot.
In very simple terms, cars take up a ridiculous amount of space on roads. They make bus transit extremely slow and unreliable.
You fairly bring up the lack of trams, but the very reason that trams were abandoned in Glasgow (as well as many many other cities around the world, at almost the exact same time) was because of the overwhelming rise in private motor traffic.
Trams which previously glided along main roads in Glasgow became stuck in traffic. They became uneconomical to run, and were replaced by buses (which were cheaper and more cost competitive due to the low cost of diesel).
It's incredibly unpopular and no one who drives wants to hear it, but for Glasgow to emulate bus transit success that's been had in cities like Oslo, Copenhagen, etc. it needs to drastically reduce the presence of single occupancy cars on main bus routes.
Pollokshaws Road is a good example. It actually has a bus lane on the northbound side close to Shawlands/Strathbungo! But I haven't ever, ever seen it free of parked cars. |
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