Transform Scotland has today (Tuesday 4 December) published its response to the City of Edinburgh Council’s consultation on the introduction of a Transient Visitor Levy. Transform highlights the importance on reinvesting the revenue from a TVL in encouraging and enabling the use of sustainable transport to and from the city and within it. The deadline for other…
A new report published today has echoed our call to reinstate a direct rail line between Perth and Edinburgh. Greengauge 21, a rail consultancy group, made the recommendation as part of their new report, ‘Beyond HS2‘. The report sets out a number of improvements that are necessary to improve rail connections across the UK. The…
Transform Scotland today responded to Edinburgh Airport’s Airspace Change Programme public consultation. The consultation focuses on the Airport’s plans to alter the flight paths used on approach and when leaving Edinburgh Airport, as well as proposed changes to the technology used in handling flights. We have several concerns over the proposals put forward by Edinburgh…
Lots of transport stuff in the news today. Transform Scotland members GoBike! report that they’ve had a petition on 20mph blocked by Glasgow City Council. They’ve got an excellent piece in The Herald today about this. Go Bike! say they are taking inspiration for their actions at least in part by the plans set out…