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The waterfront is changing, and I think will be a completely different and much more vibrant space in five years or so. You have continued development happening right now all along the riverside from Particle right down to St Enoch Square, with big plans for housing at Stockwell Street car park (which granted, might be a decade or so away, if the economy doesn't completely tank).

Clyde Street is earmarked for an avenues style makeover. The Broomielaw and existing 'fast link' roadway is the likely route of the eventual Airport team line as part of the Clyde Metro. There's a lot coming.

The historic trouble has been that most of the riverside land west of the centre is owned privately by peel ports. Nothing happens without them deciding so. No new investment, no development, nothing. It seems though we've reached a tipping point in the last few years where there's more money to be made by developing vacant land into build to rent housing, rather than continuing the land speculation. A good change, and hopefully we'll see a lot more life along the riverside in a few years through it.

Also, just on the not improving public transport point. Much of what is planned for the city centre, whether greater pedestrianisation, rationalisation of street layouts, reducing the presence of vehicle traffic - it all benefits the bus network by making bus journeys through the city centre faster and more reliable in terms of scheduling.