need for traffic management in glasgow

Question 1

bridging points

Answer 1

Few bridging points over the River Clyde means most traffic heads towards the centre city to access a crossing point.

Question 2

buses

Answer 2

Buses are unreliable, congested and often delayed due to traffic.

Many bus routes in the city centre are concentrated on a small number of streets which slow journey times

Question 3

M8 and M74 (motorways)

Answer 3

the M8 and M74 motorways run through Glasgow around the city centre bringing lots of traffic into the city.

Question 4

bus to suburbs

Answer 4

25% of people live in Glasgow’s suburbs due to better schools, shops and is cheaper. Bus routes from city centre to suburbs are not good and so people are using cars instead.

Question 5

Kingston bridge

Answer 5

Kingston bridge carries over 170 vehicles a day and is routinely congested at peak rush hour times.

Question 6

bottleneck

Answer 6

old narrow streets in city centre results in traffic jams easily.

Bottlenecks form on motorway exits due to many crossroad junctions spaced close together. The slow start and stop creates more pollution.

Hope st. and Union st. are the most polluted and Glasgows life expectancy is 5.5 years lower than Scotland’s average.

Question 7

deliveries

Answer 7

city centre relies on deliveries to operate and the narrow roads in the city centre provide issues for large vehicles delivering goods.