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What does the 2025-26 Programme for Government mean for sustainable transport? 

8 May 2025

After a trend of delays and backtracking, this week’s new Programme for Government (PfG) offers some overdue progress on public transport. The permanent abolition of ScotRail peak fares is welcomed…

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Will the Programme for Government put public transport users first? 

5 May 2025

Ahead of tomorrow’s Programme for Government, we’re calling for a renewed focus on supporting public transport users – starting with urgent investment in bus priority. Despite repeated commitments to reduce…

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War on the motorist? Our briefing for MSPs

30 April 2025

We’re calling on MSPs to reject divisive rhetoric and back a transport system that works for everyone – not just drivers. Ahead of this afternoon’s Holyrood debate on the so-called…

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New trains for Scotland’s cities: Our response

18 December 2024

Responding to the announcement of new Intercity trains for Scotland Paul Tetlaw, Transform rail policy advisor, said: We welcome the notification from the Scottish Government starting the process to procure…

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Draft Scottish Budget 2025-26: Our response

4 December 2024

Colin Howden, director of Transform Scotland, said: “It’s deeply disappointing that no funds were found for reinstating the Bus Partnership Fund. Installing bus priority on the roads is a cheap…

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Transform’s top 4 priorities for the Scottish Budget

3 December 2024

Wednesday 4 December sees the Scottish Government’s finance secretary set out the draft Scottish Budget for 2025/26. We set out here four areas where we need to see the Scottish…

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On track or off the rails? An update on the future of Scotland’s railway

21 November 2024

In our latest railway update, policy advisor Paul Tetlaw focuses on both Scottish and cross-border routes, concluding that urgent progress on decarbonisation in Scotland is now required alongside a renewed…

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Making buses better: Our new campaign takes off across Scotland

14 November 2024

Our bus priority project ‘Life in the Bus Lane’ is officially underway, and we are excited to be out and about across cities in Scotland throughout November and December. We’re…

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Our work over the past 12 months | 2024 Annual Report published

25 September 2024

We’ve today published our new Annual Report, which reflects on our work and activities for the year 2023/24. Director Colin Howden reflects on our activities over the past 12 months…

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Five steps to deliver 20% traffic reduction now

23 September 2024

Policy advisor Nigel Bagshaw outlines five urgent steps to cut Scotland’s road traffic by 20% and meet climate targets. Scotland simply has no choice but to decarbonise transport if it…

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Climate targets scrapped: Transform response

18 April 2024

Commenting on today’s scrapping of Scotland’s 2030 climate change targets, Transform Scotland director Colin Howden said: “It is dishonest of the Scottish Ministers to blame Westminster for its own failure…

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Dirty Deals

Dirty Deals

A scrutiny of the climate impact of transport spending in Scotland’s City Region Deals.

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