Transform policy officer Laura Hyde-White reports on the Cross-Party Group for Sustainable Transport’s latest inquiry into the decarbonisation of public transport which held its first evidence session in the Scottish…
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Making the Case For Change in the Highlands
Transform has today submitted its response to HITRANS’s consultation on its Regional Transport Strategy ‘Case for Change’ document. Transform Scotland director Colin Howden said: “There’s much to welcome in the…
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Fair Transport Pricing event: Key takeaways
We were delighted to discuss our ‘Fair Transport Pricing’ priority at our recent members policy event, featuring speakers from Transport Scotland and Austria’s VCÖ. Our priority Our Fair Transport Pricing…
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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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A Sustainable Transport Commission for Scotland? Lessons from Wales
North Wales Transport Commissioner Sue Flack reports on recent policy developments in Wales and what Scotland can learn from their success. Transform Scotland is always keen to learn lessons from…
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The end of the beginning: Reflections on NPF4
Transform Scotland’s Policy Advisor, Tom Flanagan, reflects on the NPF4 Ministerial Statement.
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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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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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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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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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Local Elections 2022: Securing traffic reduction locally
Transform’s policy officer Marie Ferdelman reflects on this Thursday’s Scottish local elections. In two days people across Scotland will be voting to elect their new Councillors. The issues that will…
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