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Author	Scunnered20
Comment	The proposal comes purely from the owners desiring to make money from the site into the long term, through a different use. Not from some well-intentioned and benevolent effort to make Glasgow more walkable and liveable. It just happens that the land-owners' desires align with the city's wider environmental ambitions for the city centre. It's not that this is what's driving this proposal per se. Besides that, replying to a few specific points: >I understand the need to cut down pollution in the city centre of Glasgow which will happen as the number of people using electric vehicles increases. EVs will mean fewer pollutants in the air (though a lot of P2.5 particulate matter on roads comes from tyre-wear, so not entirely), but they don't won't remove traffic and road congestion. Public transport will still suffer if the number of cars on our roads continues to climb, as it has done for twenty years straight. > What about the people who do not want to use public transport or they have great difficulty doing so because they use a wheelchair and driving in gives them greater independence to go into Glasgow City Centre? I think you overestimate how many people need a 2,000 storey multi storey car park at any one time for this reason alone. Better public transport, through less congestive roads, will better serve people of all abilities. Those that absolutely do need to drive will have more options for parking if those that have other options use transport or active methods instead.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/zclfho/buchanan_galleries_demolition_in_glasgow_could/iyybov2/
Created	Mon 5th Dec 2022 2:14am
Status	normal ()

The proposal comes purely from the owners desiring to make money from the site into the long term, through a different use. Not from some well-intentioned and benevolent effort to make Glasgow more walkable and liveable. It just happens that the land-owners' desires align with the city's wider environmental ambitions for the city centre. It's not that this is what's driving this proposal per se.

Besides that, replying to a few specific points:

>I understand the need to cut down pollution in the city centre of Glasgow which will happen as the number of people using electric vehicles increases.

EVs will mean fewer pollutants in the air (though a lot of P2.5 particulate matter on roads comes from tyre-wear, so not entirely), but they don't won't remove traffic and road congestion. Public transport will still suffer if the number of cars on our roads continues to climb, as it has done for twenty years straight.

> What about the people who do not want to use public transport or they have great difficulty doing so because they use a wheelchair and driving in gives them greater independence to go into Glasgow City Centre?

I think you overestimate how many people need a 2,000 storey multi storey car park at any one time for this reason alone. Better public transport, through less congestive roads, will better serve people of all abilities. Those that absolutely do need to drive will have more options for parking if those that have other options use transport or active methods instead.