Transform Scotland’s Communications Officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on a selection of our recent campaign activities. The last month’s activities at Transform have been largely shaped by COP26. The team have…
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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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New research shows government action needed to shift Anglo-Scottish travel from air to rail
Transform Scotland, the national sustainable transport alliance,[1] has today (Wednesday 10th) responded to the findings from transport experts Steer that taking the train is faster, cheaper, and more reliable than…
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COP26: A trip on the Vivarail Class 230 Battery EMU train.
On 1 November Paul Tetlaw, the Convenor of our Policy Forum and committee member of Capital Rail Action Group, attended one of the demonstration runs of the Vivarail Class 230 Battery EMU train…
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#lovemybus campaign at COP26
Ahead of COP26, #lovemybus are delighted to share a new Guest Blog from the Transport Minister, Graeme Day MSP and new climate resources – including evidence from Chris Cheek, blogs…
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From Plane to Train: Achieving Modal Shift in Anglo-Scottish Travel
We’ve published a presentation prepared for the High Speed Rail Group event ‘From Plane to Train: Achieving Modal Shift in Anglo-Scottish Travel’ held in Edinburgh on Monday 25 October. Transform’s…
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October newsletter – Campaigns update
Transform Scotland’s Communications Officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on a selection of our recent campaign activities. Putting Down Routes: Building Scotland’s Active Freeway Network On October 7 we published a new…
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Rail patronage recovery campaign should be the priority, not rail service cuts
We have today published out response to the ScotRail consultation ‘Fit for the Future’ consultation. In our response, we set out five key recommendations for the Scottish Government: Pause rail…
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Caledonian MacBrayne — Environmental Heroes Programme
In each newsletter we highlight the work of one of our members. This edition we hear from Caledonian MacBrayne. Caledonian MacBrayne is the UK’s largest ferry operator – delivering ferry…
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September Campaigns Update
Transform Scotland’s Communications Officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on a selection of our recent campaign activities. Roads to Ruin report published On August 10, we published a new report titled ‘Roads…
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Prospects for sustainable transport in 2021: we’ve got to win this time around
Transform Scotland’s director Colin Howden discusses the prospects for sustainable transport in light of this summer’s collaboration agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Greens, and the subsequent Programme…
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Programme for Government commentary
Transform’s response to the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government this year took the form of a tweeted commentary from our director Colin Howden. (In truth, there wasn’t much new in…
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