The cars are burned out - sacrificial victims in a ritual to symbolize the death of the automobile. Welcome to Carhenge, centrepiece of the self-declared Pollok Free State.
Local opposition is vehement, and media-friendly stunts abound.
In one, local cycle campaigners staged a race to the city with train, bus, car, and bike commuters paralleling the proposed M77 route. The cyclist won, reaching the city centre 17 minutes before the car and train, who came in joint second. The bus was caught in a traffic ja - m. Few protesters at Pollok doubt that, in the long run, the road will go through. But elsewhere, public opposition is seeing projects stopped.