Scottish Transport Review 67
Looking back to the late 1990s when STR was first published, many successes and missed opportunities have been reported in STR. These reviews can be used to identify how to […]
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Evidence in Scottish Transport Decision Making
The ways that people access evidence are changing. Evidence is often complex and increasingly people rely on summaries of evidence generated using AI. However, machine learning is still better at […]
John Farrington
One of the founding members of STSG John Farrington sadly passed away on 19th July 2025. John’s academic career at the University of Aberdeen spanned more than 40 years. Across […]
2025 Rail News
John Yellowlees summarises the latest rail news January 2025 (download the newsletter) February 2025 (download the newsletter)
Scotland’s buses in a new era
STSG is 40 years old in 2024. The 2024 AGM was held on 9th December at 12:30 by Zoom. The annual report and accounts are published here. The speaker at […]
Scottish Transport Review 66 – April 2024
Who invests in Scottish transport? Are the goals of investors aligned with the policy goals of Scottish transport? The Scottish National Investment Bank raises much of its finance from private […]
30 years of managing uncertainty to plan the future of mobility, accessibility and society
Back in the early 1990s Derek Halden was working on risk assessment in bridge management, alongside research on transport policy and realised that if we applied the same ‘systems thinking’ […]
Investing in People and Places
National Planning Framework 4 makes fundamental changes in the focus of transport investment towards people and places. However these have not yet been matched by changes in national funding for […]
From Passing the Buck to Consensus for Change
The need for governance reform in Scottish transport is widely recognised. This paper seeks to provoke debate about approaches to governance that would secure better accountability, effective delivery of policies, […]
Are People Working in Scottish Transport Treated Fairly?
How is Scottish Transport Doing in the Big Reset of Working Conditions? The Scottish Government has said that by 2025 Scotland will become a fair work nation. What does this […]
2023 STSG Chair’s Annual Report
John Yellowlees, STSG Chair In 2023 Scotland has had three transport ministers, but the issues remained much the same. Indeed the ministerial churn was cited by Holyrood’s net zero committee […]
Scottish Transport Review 65 – May 2023
At a time when public finances are under more pressure than for many years, could decarbonisation goals lead to a new wave of investment in Scotland’s railway, and would further […]