Our new website places front and centre a new set of priorities for sustainable transport. Our priorities concentrate on either infrastructure or incentives, as it is these factors which we…
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Bus recovery: What’s the picture? Edinburgh bus user group reports
There was a flurry of interest in early October about public transport recovering from losing passengers during the Covid pandemic. The Scotsman reported transport minister Jenny Gilruth MSP needing to…
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Recent news from Transform
Here, our communications officer Rachel McFarlane reflects on the Transform team’s activities in September. Transform’s trip to the Riverside MuseumWe were delighted to commence September at the Riverside Museum for…
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LNER Forum 2022: Positive takeaways from rail
Below, our Head of Enterprise Elspeth Wray talks about her experience at LNER’s Scotland Stakeholder Forum in Edinburgh last week. I was delighted to speak at LNER’s Scotland Stakeholder Forum…
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Transform’s trip to the Riverside Museum: Glasgow’s transport past, present and future
We were delighted to meet up with our members and supporters at the Riverside Museum on Thursday last week for our first in-person event since 2020. After meeting outside the…
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Scotland set to miss target for bus electrification
NEWS RELEASE Monday 5 September 2022 SCOTLAND SET TO MISS TARGET FOR BUS ELECTRIFICATION: New report reveals whether Programme for Government sustainable transport commitments are being met A new report published…
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Roads to Ruin one year on: Better policies, but road spending plans largely unchanged
A year ago today we published our ‘Roads to Ruin’ report, which found that Transport Scotland: Note that this £7 billion is not the budget for repairs or upgrading existing…
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Transform’s role in holding Government to account remains as critical as ever: 2022 annual report published
We’ve today published our new Annual Report. This year’s report focuses on our top three priorities for 2022: Transform’s acting chair Stuart Hay notes in his ‘Message from the Chair’…
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Recent updates from Transform
Transform’s communications officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on a few of our recent activities. Scottish Bus Week success! The first-ever Scottish Bus Week, which took place during the last week of…
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Member profile: Raleigh UK
Raleigh UK is one of the world’s oldest and best-known bike brands. Established in 1887 in Nottingham, England and with over 130 years heritage, it is this that drives their…
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Achieving 20% reduction in car kms: A question of logistics
We have today published the video and minutes from the Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Transport meeting that took place on Tuesday 24 May. At this meeting Clare Linton, the policy…
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Our campaign activities over the last month: Travel Smart & The Big Give
Our communications officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on our campaigning activities over the past month. Travel Smart: Fly less while achieving more. On Tuesday 10 May, Transform Scotland joined Transport &…
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