When Will there be Autonomous Vehicles on Scotland’s Roads?
Google, Tesla and others have been making the headlines in the autonomous vehicle market and in the UK there are autonomous vehicle trial veing funded by Innovate UK. Is Scotland […]
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What is the Most Environmentally Friendly Way to Travel
When it comes to deciding what is the most environmentally friendly mode things are never simple. A person walking from Inveness to Edinburgh would consume and emit vastly more carbon […]
Key Transport Proposals in Scottish Manifestos
With the publication of the Labour manifesto, the main political parties have all set out their stalls for the 5 May election. STSG had sent the think piece “STR58 – […]
Tackling the Chronic Lack of Investment in Scotland’s Ports
In this paper for the Jimmy Reid Foundation Alf Baird explains how the financialisation of port infrastructure in Scotland has weakened the competitiveness of trade with Scotland. To maximise revenue […]
Towards a Democratic Mandate for Transport Reform
STR58 is now published.
How Resilient are our Transport Systems?
Economic shocks, climate change, techology and social change are all set to change transport radically over the next decade. Is Scottish transport prepared for this? Share your thoughts and comments […]
Big data, networks and the Internet of things
The Institute of Mathematics and its Analysis in association with Cafe Scientifique have organised an event at 7pm on Monday 2 November at the Victorian Bar, Tron Theatre, Glasgow, G1 […]
New Leadership at STSG
STSG has a new Committee and new Chair to strengthen its role as Scotland’s think tank on all transport matters. New Chair Paul White said: “As an active member of […]
Transport and Place Making
The choice of where to travel to live, shop, visit or work is heavily dependent on transport but there is potential for better consideration of locational impacts from transport improvements. […]
Charging Motorists to Reduce Emissions Cut Congestion and Increase Fairness
By Geoff Mawdsley, Director, Reform Scotland In its report in October 2013, ‘Pay-as-you-drive: the road to a better future’, Reform Scotland proposed a new and better way of charging people […]
What should the 2016 transport manifestos say?
What sort of future will Scots vote for? The democracy of transport markets increasingly dominate the democracy of the ballet box for influence over the future, and the internet of […]
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