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> There's a proposal being actively considered just now to remove the M8 slip roads from the north side of Charing Cross. What that would do to traffic in the surrounding area is anybody's guess.

Probably just create chaos tbh. Sounds like they're trying to solve the demand for kingston by cutting off traffic flow into it, but I really don't see the demand going down. It's one of the only ways to get across the clyde so it's not like there's alternative routes, transport or infrastructure to resolve it.

Or simply if they reduce capacity, they will just get bigger queues. It isn't a question of induced demand but necessity.

I mean, to try and give perspective. If I'm trying to get to the west end heading M8 West, I have a number of alternative routes I can use depending on how long the queue is. If the kingston is clear, I can go all the way to Charing X junction. Otherwise Junction 17 onto the A804. Otherwise Junction 15 onto Spring burn. Otherwise, Cathedral.

Then you use side streets to navigate onto the A804 to go to Charing X but if that side is buggered too then you navigate to the Clyde through high street to filter onto the express way at Anderston.

However, like I said. Glasgow's road infrastructure is a shambles and you hit red lights constantly stop and starting on what should be trunk roads / free flowing because Glasgow has this weird mixture of trying to cater to pedestrians and cars by having major roadways through the heart of the city.

If they remove the M8 slip roads, then they'll need to create a few bypasses on the north side of glasgow so that traffic traveling south of the clyde can flow freely.

There's literally no reason for traffic to be this bad; the demand isn't actually that high. It's just our roads are garbage.