http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Reclaiming Glagow's motorways en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:15:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15757#post-204632 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:33:06 +0000 chdot 204632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Garnethill feels like the edge of the world now."</p> <p>Own little world?</p> <p>Even has its own literature. </p> <p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnethill" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnethill</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15757#post-204630 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:20:30 +0000 Cyclingmollie 204630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It must have been wonderful walking from Sauchiehall Street to Charing Cross via Garnethill before the M8 was built. Garnethill feels like the edge of the world now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15757#post-204628 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:52:32 +0000 kaputnik 204628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not really "reclaiming" motorways if they're still there though underneath. Effectively it's sticking a green roof on top, like putting solar panels on the roof of a coal power station. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15757#post-204627 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:48:46 +0000 cb 204627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Glasgow could get greener by reclaiming its motorways</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/scotland-blog/2015/nov/16/glasgow-could-get-greener-by-reclaiming-its-motorways">http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/scotland-blog/2015/nov/16/glasgow-could-get-greener-by-reclaiming-its-motorways</a></p> <p>That's the title of the piece, but creating a skate park under the M8 and a park above it doesn't seem much like reclaiming.<br /> Still good ideas though (particularly the park).</p> <p>"<br /> The M8 proposal, one of 80 projects being studied for a wholesale rejuvenation of the Sauchiehall and Garnethill area, would see a section of the motorway covered in a tunnel with a public garden built on top<br /> "</p> <p>Also -</p> <p>"<br /> The proposals also call for the redesign of Sauchiehall Street, one of Glasgow’s main shopping and nightlife hubs, as a tree-lined avenue with enlarged pavements and dedicated cycle lanes.<br /> "</p> <p>With an artist's impression of the new look Sauchihall Street. </p>