| Comment | This isn't unique to Glasgow tho, it's a problem in non-London cities all over the UK and it has to do with our horrific, overwrought planning systems and the resulting (perceived) electoral incentives of representatives at all levels. They've been talking about pedestrianising Union Street in Aberdeen for literal decades and it took the pandemic to even begin to actually do something. Means we have sprawling, car-dependent, low-productivity cities.
Look how long it's taking to create the avenues - could do it in a few months rather than years if there was political will and they weren't required to consult a million "stakeholders" and the Greens are as culpable as anyone else. |
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