TRANSPORT SCOTLAND has announced that four bidders have been selected to carry out the major improvements on the A82 due to start at Pulpit Rock next... continue

In marked contrast to announcements from Westminster this week, the Scottish Government has announced the virtual scrapping of its flagship rail... continue

In your last edition you quote Robert Gifford, executive director of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), noting that... continue

  On the day the DfT released its draft aviation strategy last week, LTT had a long-arranged catch-up with John Stewart, leader of the... continue

A branch line in Strathclyde is being electrified under an innovative alliance between Network Rail and ScotRail. The £12m project to electrify... continue

Scottish roads authorities are set to use shredded tyres in road surfaces. Scotland’s National Road Maintenance Review has led to the... continue

The Scottish Parliament has created a cross-party group on cycling safety, chaired by Lothian Green party MSP Alison Johnston. Members include... continue

The Scottish Government this week ruled out raising motorway speed limits as the Scottish Parliament gained the power to set speed limits on all... continue

A card to helps people with mobility problems use public transport is being made available to local authorities and transport operators across the... continue

The Scottish Government is accelerating the start of a £3bn plan to dual the A9 between Perth and Inverness, with the first section beginning... continue

The Scottish Government  this week cut back its rail electrification programme, dropping plans to electrify as far north as Dunblane and Alloa... continue

The InterCity East Coast rail franchise will be back in private hands by the end of 2013, the DfT said this week. A consultation on the franchise has... continue

Fifty years of public transport campaigning by the Scottish Association of Public Transport (SAPT) are celebrated in a new book. Between 1962 and... continue

Transport Scotland has announced the shortlist of firms to deliver £415m of motorway improvement works in the Central Belt. The programme... continue

The Scottish Government this week asked to be freed from the constraints of the UK’s rail franchising legislation. In a letter to transport... continue

Andrew Forster
Imagine for a moment being Alison Munro. You’ve just been re-appointed chief executive of Government company HS2 Ltd for three more years when... continue

The City of Edinburgh Council is to start reviewing pedestrian guardrailing (PGR) across the city using an assessment procedure borrowed from a... continue

Reported road accident casualties in Scotland fell to the lowest level ever recorded in 2011, figures have revealed. Total casualties fell 4% to... continue

Municipally-owned bus operator Lothian Buses and a number of independent operators have launched services in East Lothian to fill gaps left by the... continue

The Scottish Government plans to hand over the operation of the existing Forth road bridge to the private sector in June 2015, according to the Forth... continue