Stopped in its Tracks? Transport’s Contribution to Glasgow’s Development

Abstract

Glasgow is a city of multiple transport contradictions. It has some of the lowest levels of car ownership in the UK, but has the most extensive urban motorway network and high car usage and congestion. It has the only underground railway of any age never to have been extended. Governance arrangements for transport have changed frequently, and have failed to deliver the kind of improvements taken for granted in peer cities. Can the city break out of this pattern and deliver the kind of transport it needs in 21 century context dominated by concerns over climate change and social inclusion as well as economic growth?