Brian Cox 1947-2021
Brian Cox, the retired senior manager from the passenger transport industry, died suddenly on 3 January, aged 74. In a career that spanned over 40 years, he held senior positions […]
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Walking the Talk – The Front Line of Climate Change Writing and Campaigning – 24th February with Steve Melia
On 24 February 2021 at 13:00-14:00 UK time STSG is hosting a webinar to ask why there is still more talk than action on Climate Change nearly 30 years after […]
Towards a Democratic Mandate for the Future of Scottish Transport
In November 2020 STSG held a round table to discuss what changes in transport policy needed fresh political commitments endorsed through the ballot box at the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. […]
Women in Transport
The EU Diamond Project invites you to join their virtual conference on 14th December 2020 between 14:00 and 16:00 to discuss the barriers and facilitators faced by women as employees […]
2020 AGM and Round Table 24 November 2020
We hope as many of you as possible will join us on 24th November at 1pm to review what has changed since our paper on the 2016 election manifestos. Back […]
Scottish Transport Review 60 – November 2020
Observations on how COVID is changing transport, the latest hydrogen developments in transport, electric vehicle charging, statistics update and investment. Read it here.
Old and New at Kintore
The £15M new station at Kintore in Aberdeenshire where trains commenced calling on 15 October 2020 combines the modern functionalities of a state-of-the-art unstaffed stopping place with two pairs of […]
Road Safety The Next Steps
When the Department of Transport Published its road safety plan in 1987 many thought that a large reduction in road casualties at a time of traffic growth would be too […]
What Should be the Future for Micro-Mobility?
Segway is ending production of its celebrated 2 -wheeler. It was popular for tours and with the police but once the novelty had worn off electric scooters were proving to […]
Edinburgh Light Rail – How the Axis Turned
It is difficult now to believe that Edinburgh once had a suburban railway system comparable with Glasgow’s. However unlike in the west there was no hinterland of large satellite towns, […]
The Railway Family
John Yellowlees Whatever the name to which they may happen to answer this week, Britain’s railways are world experts in restructuring, and successive waves of new kids on the track […]
Youngest Ever Harbourmaster
Ashley Nicholson is first female President of the UK Harbour Masters’ Association – and youngest certified harbourmaster to hold that role