News category: Scotland
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Local Transport Today
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Scotland’s travel behaviour change programme has succeeded in delivering increases in active travel, according to the final evaluation report... continue
Local Transport Today
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Work is underway on the Scottish Government’s project to reinstate the Borders railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank (just beyond Galashiels)... continue
Local Transport Today
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The Scottish Government’s draft third National Planning Framework includes a number of other transport projects:
high-speed rail... continue
Local Transport Today
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The Scottish Government has asked Sustrans to work with Scottish Natural Heritage and others to draw up plans for a national cycling and walking... continue
Local Transport Today
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A Scottish judge has provoked cyclists’ anger after concluding that a cyclist’s failure to wear a helmet contributed to her death in a... continue
Local Transport Today
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The Scottish Government has announced an agreement with Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils to cap the councils’ contribution to the... continue
Local Transport Today
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The Scottish Government has ruled out calls to dual the remaining single carriageway sections of the A1 between Edinburgh and the Scottish... continue
Local Transport Today
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Is the high-speed rail lobby running out of steam? We ask because the Scottish Government has just ruled out a proposal to extend the network... continue
Local Transport Today
News
Transport Scotland is to award a £3 million design contract to Jacobs to tackle a traffic bottleneck at Haudagain. Work is expected to get... continue
Local Transport Today
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Aberdeen City Council wants to renegotiate a funding agreement with the Scottish Government for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Aberdeen and... continue
Local Transport Today
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The story in our last issue about the Clackmannanshire bridge, ‘Traffic fails to materialise on Kincardine replacement Bridge’, reported... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
Passenger numbers on ScotRail services rose from 81.1 million in 2011/12 to 83.3 million in 2012/13 – the ninth year of growth, according to... continue
Local Transport Today
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Ministers have ruled out changing English civil law to make drivers liable for crashes with a cyclists, unless the driver can show the cyclist was at... continue
Local Transport Today
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Scottish Local authorities have responded to figures showing the average expenditure on maintenance per kilometre of road in Scotland fell by 15% at... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Graham Nalty, Derby DE24
Glasgow City Council is to be commended for suggesting that a high-speed line all the way from London to Glasgow could offer a journey time of two... continue
Glasgow City Council is to be commended for suggesting that a high-speed line all the way from London to Glasgow could offer a journey time of two... continue
Local Transport Today
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Sir Brian Souter this week launches the first of a £5m fleet of Stagecoach’s new, specially-designed, sleeper coach vehicles for the... continue
Local Transport Today
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Glasgow City Council has criticised the high-speed rail plans of both the DfT and Transport Scotland, saying they don’t meet the city’s... continue
Local Transport Today
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Many rail fares in Scotland are being cut as a result of work by Transport Scotland and ScotRail to eliminate more than 1,500 fare anomalies.The... continue
Local Transport Today
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Traffic levels on a recently built bridge across the Forth estuary are running more than 30% lower than forecast, according to analysis published by... continue
Local Transport Today
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West Lothian Council is to develop a methodology for assessing whether to remove pedestrian guardrailing. The council will review the DfT’s... continue






