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“Now is the time for bolder, more transformational action” — Welcome for Edinburgh city mobility plan

12 February 2021

by Transform Scotland

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Transform Scotland today warmly welcomed The City of Edinburgh Council’s ‘City Mobility Plan‘, which was published this morning.

Transform’s director Colin Howden said:

“It’s great to see the new emphasis on bold, transformational action from Edinburgh Council. This had been our main concern about the draft plans which were consulted upon last year. [1]

“We’re particularly please to see the strong emphasis on demand management in the City Mobility Plan, with a clear commitment to implementing a Workplace Parking Levy scheme. It’s great to see an SNP-led administration provide this leadership on road traffic demand management, something which we’ve yet to see from the Scottish Government transport minister Michael Matheson for the country as a whole.

“No doubt the usual suspects will come out with the habitual clichés about the ‘hard-pressed motorist’ being ‘priced off the roads’. This is all grossly misleading: the price of car use has become significantly cheaper over the past decade.

“Demand management was ‘strongly supported’ in the consultation, with even a road pricing scheme drawing 56% support. And, as the City Mobility Plan sets out, in the absence of action we can expect worse pollution, congestion and ill-health. It’s certainly time for bold, transformational action.”

Notes:

[1] In the foreword to the City Mobility Plan, Councillors Lesley Macinnes and Karen Doran state that “now is the time for bolder, more transformational action”.

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CEC 'City Mobility Plan

Transform consultation response on draft City Mobility Plan (April 2020)

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