Solitions To Traffic In Glasgow

Question 1

How is transport improved and changed

Answer 1

Mobile bus app allows people to track buses and buy bus tickets

Free bus WiFi

Bus lanes and gates

Buses increase to every 10 minutes in rush hours

Queens street station upgraded to have longer platforms that can allow for 8 carriages long trains

Park and ride

City centre parking being expensive makes people want to use public transport

Hydrogen buses

Multi storey car parks

Pedestrianised streets

Yellow lines

One way streets

LEZ zones

Question 2

Negatives to these changes

Answer 2

Double yellow lines means there isn’t places to park

Multistories may not be strong enough to hold electric cars that are heavier than petrol

One way streets mean that cars coming the other way will cause congestion somewhere else

Pedestrianised streets mean that cars can not use the roads and need to go further

Bus gates and lanes restrict the flow of other road users

LEZ zones mean that cars need to go further to get around

Question 3

Positives to these changes

Answer 3

Multistories allow cars to park close to the CBD

bus gates make money from fines to pay for transport

LEZ zones reduce emissions