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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Programme for Government: Rail fare freeze welcomed, but what about bus fares?
Responding to today’s Scottish Government Programme for Government announcement, Transform Scotland director Colin Howden commented: “We’re very pleased that the government has frozen fares on ScotRail, which otherwise might have…
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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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Welsh follows Scots lead on traffic demand management, but also lacks clear path towards delivery
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…
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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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