{"id":337185,"date":"2025-12-26T21:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/337185\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:22:13","slug":"glasgow-to-trial-people-first-zone-for-safer-pedestrian-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/337185\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow to trial &#8216;People First Zone&#8217; for safer pedestrian access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow City Council will trial a \u2018People First Zone\u2019 in the city centre next year, in a bid to create safer and more comfortable streets for pedestrians. <\/p>\n<p>Work will begin in February on a redesigned, fully accessible, step\u2011free junction where Queen Street meets Ingram Street \u2013 creating a safer and more direct crossing point in an area of high footfall.<\/p>\n<p>From March, temporary footway extensions made from high\u2011quality, durable materials will be installed along both streets.<\/p>\n<p>The council says wider pavements will create a safer, more comfortable environment for pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>Some general on-site parking will be removed as part of the plans, but all existing commercial loading bays and disabled parking spaces will be retained.<\/p>\n<p>To help create a calmer walking environment and reduce non\u2011essential traffic on Queen Street and Ingram Street, Bus and Authorised Vehicle Gates that will operate from 7am to 7pm will be trialled.<\/p>\n<p>These will allow only buses, taxis, pedal cycles, commercial vehicles and other authorised vehicles to make right turns between the two streets.<\/p>\n<p>The changes are expected to support the nearby Argyle Street East Avenue project, which starts construction in Spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Angus Millar, convener for city centre recovery, transport and climate said: \u201cThis first phase of Glasgow\u2019s People First Zone is an opportunity to demonstrate new ideas and see how they work for the thousands of people who use these streets every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy introducing changes on a trial basis, we can safely explore options that create more space and priority for people on foot to create a lower-traffic city centre environment for pedestrians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glasgow City Council will trial a \u2018People First Zone\u2019 in the city centre next year, in a bid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-337185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}