Scotland: Travel continues to return towards pre-pandemic levels
The compendium Scottish Transport Statistics publication released today shows that travel across a range of modes has increased over the latest reporting year, but remains below pre-pandemic levels. The most recent statistics show that there were 334 million bus journeys in 2023/24, an increase of 12% compared to 2022/23 but 7% below the number of […]
Transport Scotland: Public transport journeys recovering from Covid-19
The Scottish Transport Statistics publication, released this week, shows that the number of journeys being made by public transport in Scotland rose markedly from 294 million in 2021 to 396 million in 2022. This compares to 497 million journeys recorded in 2019, the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Transport and travel habits in Scotland were profoundly […]
National Highways, Crossrail, and Tideway say work has been unaffected by rising Omicron cases
Large engineering projects are maintaining productivity even as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 wreaks havoc on workforces in other industries. Train services around the country have been cut back due to shortages of drivers and other station staff. The high transmission rate of Omicron has also seen workers in construction firms having to isolate, leading […]
