Scottish transport minister steps down
Scottish transport Minister Kevin Stewart has tendered his resignation to the First Minister and stepped down from his ministerial post for health-related reasons. Mr Stewart previously served as the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning from 2016 , and Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care from 2021. Mr Stewart was appointed Transport Minister […]
£20m more for active travel in Scotland
The Scottish Government has announced extra spending to make “walking, wheeling and cycling for everyday transport easier than ever before”. The Active Travel Transformation Fund will provide £20 million directly to Local Authorities, Regional Transport Partnerships and National Park Authorities – working in partnership with Transport Scotland – to deliver construction-ready active travel infrastructure schemes […]
Timber transport boost for Scotland
Sixteen new projects are being set up to improve Scotland’s timber transport infrastructure, decarbonise the forestry sector and take pressure off rural roads used by communities. The projects will create new haulage routes away from busy villages, build passing places on narrow roads, upgrade existing fragile roads and promote the shipping of timber by sea. […]
Active journeys to Scottish schools remain higher than pre-pandemic levels
New data from the 2022 Hands Up Scotland Survey, which looks at how young people travel to school across Scotland, shows that walking, wheeling and cycling journeys are higher than pre-pandemic levels The Survey was first established in 2008, and since then the survey has been providing insight into journeys to school, and is the […]
Yunex and HERE further expand traffic management solution partnership in Scotland
ITS company Yunex Traffic will expand its HERE-powered Journey Time as a Service (JTaaS) solution to Scotland. In Edinburgh, the company will install 62 corridors to monitor journey times throughout the city. This first installation of the solution in Scotland is also the largest single installation globally to date. Until now, more than 200 corridors […]
Public-use driverless bus service begins operation in Scotland
The CAV Forth autonomous bus service across the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh is beginning operation of a scheduled passenger service seven days a week on Stagecoach’s new AB1 route. Buses will depart Ferrytoll Park & Ride in Fife for Edinburgh Park interchange every 30 minutes. The 14-mile route uses the Forth Road Bridge and […]
Scottish MSP pleads for speed cameras
An MSP is calling for a change in the criteria for placing average speed cameras on roads as he makes a plea for the technology to be added to the A75. The Daily Record reports that, while speaking in a Holyrood debate, Galloway and West Dumfries member Finlay Carson highlighted issues in Crocketford and Springholm, […]
Iconic Scottish viaduct returned to former glory
An iconic 16-arch viaduct that straddles the River Avon on the West Lothian and Falkirk border has been returned to its former glory thanks to major renovations funded by National Highways’ Historical Railways Estate. The detailed £2 million programme which included masonry repairs, waterproofing and the installation of 19 bat bricks, six bat tubes and […]
Scottish Council looks to more than double EV charging tariff
The Highland Council is proposing to increase the cost of charging at one of the rapid EV charge points in its area from 30p to 70p per kilowatt hour. Its Economy and Infrastructure Committee considers a report today (2 February) proposing that the rate goes up in order to “enable a sustainable model for the […]
Scottish Government urged to copy England and cap bus fares
The Scottish Labour party is urging the country’s devolved administration to follow the Westminster government’s lead in England, and cap bus fares to £2. The BBC says it’s pointing to Transport Scotland statistics showing fares in Scotland have increased by 6% in real terms over the last five years, compared with a UK-wide rise of […]