A year ago today we published our ‘Roads to Ruin’ report, which found that Transport Scotland: Spent over £4 billion on new roads between 2011 and 2021, and Had projects to expand road capacity worth more than £7 billion in the pipeline. Note that this £7 billion is not the budget for repairs or upgrading…
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 Scotland and in Wales. The Welsh Government has just published its National Transport Delivery Plan 2022, which features car demand management. “Wales has followed Scotland’s…
We’ve today published our new Annual Report. This year’s report focuses on our top three priorities for 2022: Cut road traffic by 20% by 2030; Make public transport more affordable than driving; Switch spending from new roads to sustainable transport. Transform’s acting chair Stuart Hay notes in his ‘Message from the Chair’ that: “Scotland now…
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 May, centred around the celebration of bus and the role that buses can play as a solution to the country’s transport challenges. The Bus Week…
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 passion for cycling and the vision for the future. They believe that sustainable production and products will ultimately add value to the company, which in…
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 the new National Transport Strategy Delivery Plan. There is a commitment to deliver safer roads, improve health and well-being through an extension in active travel,…
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 and research advisor at the Urban Transport Group, presented on the decarbonisation of freight and logistics; followed by Professor Iain Docherty from the University of…
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 Scotland and provided a realistic alternative to short-haul flights from the Scottish Central Belt to London. In the letter to Westminster transport secretary Grant Shapps…
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 something that might have last happened in the 1970s. But it is in fact what Germans will be paying from today until the end of…
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 day courtesy of Transpennine Express, said: “Monday was a memorable day for the village of Reston and it’s surrounding catchment area. Not since the 1960s…