Transform Scotland’s Policy and Communications Officer, Laura Hyde-White, reports on our recent silver anniversary celebrations. 25 Years: The Celebration We were pleased to celebrate Transform’s 25 year history in the…
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Twin-tracking and tourism: how the Borders can benefit from an improved Edinburgh-Carlisle railway
The Scottish Borders are missing out on a thriving tourism economy due to lacking rail infrastructure, Transform Scotland’s Paul Tetlaw argued at the Campaign for Borders Rail AGM held in…
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Our new priorities for sustainable transport
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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Majority of employees expect businesses to set corporate flying targets | New survey
Three in five business travellers report having curbed their flying habits as a result of the pandemic in a new survey by the Travel Smart Campaign conducted by Ipsos. The survey…
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Rail overtakes plane as most popular method of transport between Edinburgh-London; Glasgow-London must now do the same
For the first time in many decades, rail has overtaken flying as the most popular mode of transport between Edinburgh and London. Between April and August 2022, 57% of travellers…
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The climate crisis dictates the need to halt new road construction now
We’ve issued a parliamentary briefing to all Members of the Scottish Parliament ahead of this afternoon’s opposition debate by the Scottish Conservatives promoting more road-building. Transform Scotland director Colin Howden…
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Cuts to bus and rail fares needed to meet government’s traffic reduction plans
Scottish Parliament cross-party group publishes new report responding to Scottish Government’s plan to cut road traffic levels by 20% by 2030 The Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Sustainable Transport…
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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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Scotland’s Traffic Summit: How can Scottish businesses help shape the traffic reduction agenda?
How can Scottish businesses help shape the agenda for traffic reduction? That was the question posed at our Traffic Summit, where we brought together Scottish business leaders to discuss what…
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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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