Transform Scotland’s director Colin Howden discusses the prospects for sustainable transport in light of this summer’s collaboration agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Greens, and the subsequent Programme…
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Programme for Government commentary
Transform’s response to the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government this year took the form of a tweeted commentary from our director Colin Howden. (In truth, there wasn’t much new in…
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Transform responds to Workplace Parking Levy consultation
We have published our response to the Transport Scotland consultation on Workplace Parking Licensing regulations and guidance. Transform director Colin Howden said: “Our response is based on the principle of…
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SNP-GREENS DEAL: Scaling-back of Scottish roads programme welcomed
Transform Scotland NEWS RELEASE For immediate release: Friday 20 August 2021 SNP-GREENS DEAL: Scaling-back of Scottish roads programme welcomed Transform Scotland, the national sustainable transport alliance, [1] has today (Friday…
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Roads to Ruin video
We’ve today published our new ‘Roads to Ruin’ video, prepared for us by Bob Carr of Bob Carr Creative.
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Roads to Ruin: New report finds climate-wrecking roads programme due to double in size
Transform Scotland NEWS RELEASETuesday 10 August 2021 ROADS TO RUIN:New report finds climate-wrecking roads programme due to double in size despite Scottish Government’s Climate Emergency pledge Transform Scotland [1] has…
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Strategic review needed of Edinburgh-Newcastle local passenger services
Transform Scotland has today published its response to the review of the East Coast Main Line rail timetable. Transform rail spokesperson Paul Tetlaw said: “We welcome LNER’s proposed improved journey…
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TRO Review “fails the test of transparency”
We have responded to Transport Scotland’s ‘Traffic Regulation Order Review Consultation‘. In our response, we call for a more fundamental review of the TRO process, arguing that the current process…
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New action required to embed the benefits of distributed working
We’ve today published an update on our ‘Connected Recovery’ report of June 2020, highlighting whether there has been progress in embedding the benefits of distributed working necessitated by the pandemic…
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Scotland’s Railway – The Year Ahead
Transform’s rail spokesperson Paul Tetlaw has prepared a new commentary on what developments we might see on Scotland’s railways over the coming year. Government Transport Policies The future development of…
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Why has Scottish public transport recovery lagged behind the rest of Great Britain?
Transform Scotland has today published a new paper, ‘A Just Recovery for Transport?’, which reflects on pandemic trends in transport, and the differing impacts that this has had on private…
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‘Now is the time to invest for the long-term future of our public transport networks’
In our ‘Transport Recovery – Rebuilding Public Transport Patronage’ report published on 25 June 2020, we examined the impact of the pandemic on public transport and the routes to recovery…
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