6.15 Glasgow’s existing transport network provides good coverage across most of the City, although in some areas of new development, significant gaps exist. Implementation of the Quality Bus Corridors programme by the Council’s Land Services, the bus operators and SPT and assisted by funds from the Scottish Executive’s Public Transport Fund, will result in more efficient and effective public transport movements.

The City Council supports the following Quality Bus Corridors:

6.16 The Plan supports the extension of the Quality Bus Corridors as a means of improving accessibility, securing more efficient use of the road network, including improvements for pedestrians and cyclists, and reinforcing sustainability. In the longer term, there is potential to further enhance bus priority by introducing dedicated bus lanes (busways), with buses guided automatically using embedded wire in the roadway. Land Services is working to bring the benefits of Quality Bus Corridors to other parts of the City through an extended Quality Bus Corridors programme (Figure 6.6).

Figure 6.6: Quality Bus Corridors

6.17 Proposals by SPT to upgrade facilities at Partick Interchange will improve connections between rail, bus and underground services. The Interchange handles 4 million passengers annually, 37% of which transfer between modes.

6.18 The Jobs section of the Plan highlights the fact that employment prospects fall as the distance/accessibility between people’s homes and employment opportunities increases, a particular concern given Glasgow’s relatively low car ownership levels. Provision is made in other parts of the Plan for measures aimed at improving the relationship between the home and employment opportunities. Measures to achieve this include: the identification of the Principal Office Area as the most suitable location for high-density business/commercial development; the industrial and business development programme for local areas; and the encouragement of higher residential densities in locations that are highly accessible. It is also important to ensure that employee-intensive uses are located in places with high public transport accessibility or where there is potential to deliver high public transport access.