News on Rethink Glasgow

Gardens; local veg markets; a monorail; dog parks; libraries: we've had a wide range of suggestions so far on our Heatmap, but one ring (road) does rule them all. And that's the M8.

Whether you accept it as part of Glasgow ("Keep it! It’s a fact of life that people and goods need to be transported in vehicles") or want it gone ("I'll bring a shovel"), you're certainly all concerned with it.

As one commenter noted, getting rid of the M8 might just shift the problem of pollution and congestion to other (poorer) parts of the city.

But what if we could RETHINK and REDESIGN the motorway to benefit us all?

Here's GreenSpan, a nifty render of what Kingston Bridge might look like in a greener future.

Steve Colmer, who designed the project, had this to say:

"The 26th June 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Kingston Bridge. Over 150,000 cars cross the bridge daily. Many people campaigned for the most polluting artery of Glasgow to become a listed structure. However...Do we really want 150,000 cars polluting the city centre of Glasgow every day? Or can we RE-DESIGN our grey arteries to be a lot greener? Can the bridge be more human in scale – and can it be used by the people of Glasgow rather than the cars of Glasgow?"

What do you think?

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Photo Credits: Steve Colmer/Soluis Heritage