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What is a Home Zone? And why do we need one?

Like many, I have significant concerns over the council’s proposals for Strathbungo. But rather than rant, I would like to present a radical alternative approach that could be better for both pedestrians and motorists. Let me explain.

Firstly, note this is a personal opinion, not an official policy of The Strathbungo Society. Secondly, I am making a few basic assumptions:

  • I am not discussing the bin hub issue here
  • The residents’ parking permit scheme is probably inevitable, though it might need tweaks
  • The pavement parking ban is inevitable, because it is the law

If you have gone through the council consultation’s questionnaire already, you will have seen questions about a “Home Zone”. This is at our instigation, so I had better explain what a Home Zone is, and why I think it is a better option.

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Parking Update

Cllr Ghani has passed on a communication from council officers on the enforcement of the ban on pavement parking. It clarfies the council’s current position very well.

Essentially they have divided Glasgow’s roads up into ones where they will enforce the ban, becasue there is no issue (e.g. Pollokshields Road, Titwood Road) and those where they will defer enforcement while further work is undertaken (e.g. most of Strathbungo’s Squares and Gardens).

Our interpretation is that pavement parking will remain technically illegal, but there will be no enforcement, and no further nagging warning notes, until further notice, on roads coloured green. I suspect that might be for quite a while given the scale of the task.

Note there are some exceptions. The ban will be enforced on Titwood Road, Nitshdale Street, and at some of the entrances to the Squares, where the road is wider. Check the map; purple streets will have the ban enforced, green will not.

Excerpt from council map of streets

Map showing which streets will have the ban enforced (purple).

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