Transform director, Colin Howden reports on what we can expect to see in Scotland’s transport sector in the year ahead. 2022 was a tumultuous year for Scottish transport, with the…
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‘Fair Fares’ needed to transform the fortunes of Scotland’s public transport
New report calls for Scotland to deploy a multi-modal, multi-operator ticketing system to make public transport simple, accessible and affordable. A new report published today calls for decisive action to…
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Developing a world-class scottish transport system: lessons from europe | SAPT report
The Scottish Association for Public Transport (SAPT) has researched transport trends in ten small European countries. In the best of these countries, public transport is organised as an integrated system,…
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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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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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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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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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