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Public transport begins recovery from pandemic lows

14 March 2023

Transform Scotland heralded the resilience of public transport and active travel as the latest Scottish Transport Statistics show a marked increase in journeys in 2021/22 compared to the previous year…

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NewsActive Travel Cars Public transport Traffic

Programme for Government: Rail fare freeze welcomed, but what about bus fares?

6 September 2022

Responding to today’s Scottish Government Programme for Government announcement, Transform Scotland director Colin Howden commented: “We’re very pleased that the government has frozen fares on ScotRail, which otherwise might have…

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Featured NewsEqualities Public transport

Welsh follows Scots lead on traffic demand management, but also lacks clear path towards delivery

21 July 2022

Transform’s policy officer Marie Ferdelman comments upon the Welsh Government’s draft ‘National transport delivery plan: 2022 to 2027‘: “Traffic reduction through demand management is now on the political agenda in…

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Featured NewsRoads Traffic

Decisive decade, or just business-as-usual?

14 June 2022

Transform’s director Colin Howden reflects on the National Transport Strategy Delivery Plan, published on 8 June. On the face of it, there is much to welcome and indeed support in…

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Concern expressed at scrapping of high-speed capacity serving Scotland

9 June 2022

Transform has today written to the UK Department for Transport expressing concern at the scrapping of a section of the HS2 project that would have provided faster journey times to…

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Featured NewsPublic transport

Germany’s 9-Euro-Ticket an unprecedented experiment for growing public transport

1 June 2022

Transform’s policy officer Marie Ferdelman reports from Germany on the new 9-Euro-Ticket which was introduced today (1 June). Paying just over £7.50 for a monthly public transport pass sounds like…

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Featured NewsInvestment Public transport

Welcome for Reston’s restoration to Scottish rail network

26 May 2022

Transform Scotland has welcomed the new addition to the Scottish rail network: the reopening of Reston Station. Transform’s rail spokesperson Paul Tetlaw, who visited the new station on its opening…

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Featured NewsPublic transport

First-ever Scottish Bus Week launched today by Transform’s #lovemybus campaign

23 May 2022

Scottish Bus Week is an opportunity for everyone to celebrate bus! An initiative from #lovemybus (from Transform Scotland) is supported by Paths for All and partners – including First Bus, Stagecoach…

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Featured NewsPublic transport

Local Elections 2022: Securing traffic reduction locally

3 May 2022

Transform’s policy officer Marie Ferdelman reflects on this Thursday’s Scottish local elections. In two days people across Scotland will be voting to elect their new Councillors. The issues that will…

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Featured NewsActive Travel Policy Public transport

STPR2: Lack of traffic demand management spoils transport infrastructure strategy

13 April 2022

Transform Scotland has today published its response to the Scottish Government’s Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2). The proposals have much to welcome, with a welcome set of proposals for investment…

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Featured NewsRoads Traffic

Walk, Wheel, Cycle, Vote: four weeks to go until the elections!

7 April 2022

Transform Scotland is pleased to be one of the sixty organisations supporting Walk, Wheel, Cycle, Vote. The campaign is asking all candidates for the Scottish local elections being held on…

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NewsActive Travel

NPF4: Like NPF3, this plan will fail to deliver without clear capital investment programme

4 April 2022

Transform Scotland has today published its response to the Scottish Government consultation on National Planning Framework 4. Our conclusions are that: There are many positive developments in the proposed framework….

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