Transport Scotland: Severe weather now an all year round challenge
Experts from roads, rail and ferries have come together to outline their plans to prepare for the impact of severe weather on the transport network. Representatives from Transport Scotland, Police Scotland and the Met Office were joined by ScotRail, Network Rail, CalMac and trunk road operating companies at Shettleston Rail Depot in Glasgow to remind […]
Funding issues the key to Scotland’s active travel plans
Investing in and encouraging active travel is a key part of the Scottish Government’s plan to decarbonise transport, but while last year 203 miles of walking, wheeling, and cycling routes were added, funding has been a massive issue. The Scottish Government’s draft budget for 2025/26 allocated £188.7m for active travel, bus infrastructure, sustainable travel […]
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 […]
Scotland announces winter service plans
Transport Scotland has set out its plans to cope with any extreme weather this winter, explaining that, as well as a fleet of emergency response vehicles, there will be more 230 gritters undertaking enhanced patrols of the trunk road network from over 40 depots across Scotland Its gritter tracker is once again up and running, […]
M8 roadworks delayed by weather but warnings of long delays this coming weekend
Roadworks on the M8 in Scotland’s Central Belt will go ahead as planned this coming weekend (25 to 28 October) after works this last weekend were cancelled because of Storm Ashley. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland has already successfully refurbished and re-waterproofed the westbound half of Longacre Bridge, which carries the motorway over Craigens […]