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Dear Santa, please read our Christmas wishlist!
With the news that the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) is due to be published soon, Transform director Colin Howden felt that now was the time to make sure that…
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Union Connectivity Review is not a plan for improving transport connectivity
Our policy advisor Chris Day has prepared a commentary on the Union Connectivity Review final report. Chris writes: “The Union Connectivity Review is not a plan for improving transport connectivity….
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New Parliamentary cross-party group established to study sustainable transport policy
Today saw the first meeting of the proposed Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Transport. Following today’s meeting, a formal proposal will be made to the Scottish Parliament to establish…
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Director’s Note – Reflections on COP26
Transform Scotland’s director Colin Howden reflects on COP26 and Scotland more specifically, and the varying levels of commitment being shown across the country to reduce emissions. Views vary on the…
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Transform’s Campaigns Update — November 2021
Transform Scotland’s Communications Officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on a selection of our recent campaign activities. The last month’s activities at Transform have been largely shaped by COP26. The team have…
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National disgrace that Scottish Parliament debates new road-building days after COP26
Transform Scotland has published the parliamentary briefing issued in advance of this afternoon’s Scottish Parliament debate on new road-building promoted by the Scottish Conservatives. Transform director Colin Howden said: “It’s…
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New research shows government action needed to shift Anglo-Scottish travel from air to rail
Transform Scotland, the national sustainable transport alliance,[1] has today (Wednesday 10th) responded to the findings from transport experts Steer that taking the train is faster, cheaper, and more reliable than…
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COP26: A trip on the Vivarail Class 230 Battery EMU train.
On 1 November Paul Tetlaw, the Convenor of our Policy Forum and committee member of Capital Rail Action Group, attended one of the demonstration runs of the Vivarail Class 230 Battery EMU train…
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Transform Scotland response to A701 Relief Road & A702 Link Road consultation
By email to: consultation@A701ReliefRoad.com Dear Sir/Madam We object to all of the Routes Options proposed. These will all induce additional levels of traffic, which will negatively affect the operation of…
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From Plane to Train: Achieving Modal Shift in Anglo-Scottish Travel
We’ve published a presentation prepared for the High Speed Rail Group event ‘From Plane to Train: Achieving Modal Shift in Anglo-Scottish Travel’ held in Edinburgh on Monday 25 October. Transform’s…
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So how does one process COP26? Transform Scotland’s director Colin Howden muses on COP26, and what might make it on to the agenda for our meeting with Scotland’s new Minister…
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