We were delighted to host our Zero-Carbon Public Transport Summit in Inverness this June, bringing together our members, local politicians and transport operators to discuss how Scotland can take action…
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Action needed to transform the price trends that penalise public transport users
Transform Scotland has today sent a parliamentary briefing to all Members of the Scottish Parliament ahead of this afternoon’s opposition debate, ‘Access to Bus Services‘. In our briefing paper, we…
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Fair, Inclusive and Green: A Just Transition for Transport
Transform Scotland has today sent a parliamentary briefing to all Members of the Scottish Parliament ahead of this afternoon’s debate, ‘Delivering on Climate Change and the Just Transition’. In our…
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In the Slow Lane: Investment in Bus Priority
In 2022’s Stuck in Traffic, Transform Scotland reported on the Scottish Government’s commitment to ‘invest over £500 million in improved bus priority infrastructure’. Our Policy Advisor, Chris Day, comments on…
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Germany’s 9-Euro-Ticket an unprecedented experiment for growing public transport
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…
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NPF4: Like NPF3, this plan will fail to deliver without clear capital investment programme
Transform Scotland has today published its response to the Scottish Government consultation on National Planning Framework 4. Our conclusions are that: There are many positive developments in the proposed framework….
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Funding secured for Active Travel, now time to secure engagement from those with the powers to spend it
Transform Scotland has today sent a parliamentary briefing to all Members of the Scottish Parliament ahead of this afternoon’s debate, ‘Delivering on Active Travel Commitments’, which is being led by…
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‘End imports of Russian oil to stop financing Putin’s war’
NGOs also demand the country of origin for oil be made clear at petrol stations The European Union should embargo all oil and gas imports from Russia in order to…
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Transform sets out its aspirations for STPR2
Scottish transport spend has in recent years been massively skewed towards high-carbon road-building. To tackle the #ClimateEmergency, this afternoon’s @scotgov #STPR2 announcement needs to prioritise #SustainableTransport investment. A thread on…
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Levenmouth Rail Campaign — November Member Profile
Levenmouth Rail Campaign (LMRC) was launched by a local small regeneration charity, CLEAR Buckhaven in March 2014 (after an earlier, failed attempt in 2012) which considered this as the single…
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Transform’s Annual Report for 2021
2020/2021 has been a busy year for Transform Scotland. We are delighted to share our activities and progress in the form of our Annual Report, which was published today. We…
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SNP-GREENS DEAL: Scaling-back of Scottish roads programme welcomed
Transform Scotland NEWS RELEASE For immediate release: Friday 20 August 2021 SNP-GREENS DEAL: Scaling-back of Scottish roads programme welcomed Transform Scotland, the national sustainable transport alliance, [1] has today (Friday…
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