Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and is the country's main population and economic centre, with an estimated population of 608,000 residents and even more commuters from its surrounding areas.

When it comes to its mobility, Glasgow has been hard at work: with policies such as making the city centre a Low Emission Zone by June 2023, introducing 'school streets' that limit traffic within streets surrounding schools at key times, and continuously developing  'City Ways'  to provide safe walking and cycling corridors connected to the city's most popular areas.

The city's ambitions went even further as they decided to implement the 'Liveable Neighbourhoods' initiative in Summer 2021, namely Glasgow's approach to blending the 20-minute neighbourhood concept with the place principle. Through this initiative, the City Council works with and enables communities to improve their areas through the formation of Liveable Neighbourhood Plans that reshape urban space around sustainable mobility and proximity. 

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Within POLIS, Glasgow has been a key member in fostering the development of sustainable mobility. As a recent host of COP26, the city built on the momentum by jointly hosting the POLIS Leadership Summit in June 2022 to address the transition to zero-emission and the decarbonisation of transport. The event was a unique opportunity to define real action points to deliver a carbon-free future, and in that regard Glasgow had a lot to offer. The city is also an active member in a number of working groups, such as the Access and Active Travel Working Groups.

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