Transport and Society
Transport investment has been widening the inequality gap. Is it time for a fresh approach to deliver fairer and more efficient transport systems? Improving mobility for people has been a […]
Debates
Time to Stop Minding the Gap and Fix It
People have long thought that transport is male dominated because the people working in the sector have predominantly male interests like train-spotting and cars. Perhaps we have been looking at […]
Transport Forecasts and Self Fulfilling Prophesies
In November 2018 Transport Scotland published their first transport demand forecasts. In the past reliance was made on the forecasts published by the Department for Transport in London. Transport Scotland […]
Aligning Policy Goals with Transport Delivery Business Models
Derek Halden first presented on this subject to the STSG Funding Scottish Transport Conference in 2006. In the 12 years since then much has changed and this presentation to the […]
Smart and Integrated Ticketing
Transport users have long sought to be able to buy transport in one purchase to cover all aspects of their end to end journey. Over the past 50 years there […]
Making the Best and Worst of Scottish Transport Better
You Told Us the Best and Worst Things about Scottish Transport – Now Let’s Work out How to Make them Better Thanks to everyone who contributed to our review of […]
The Lessons Being Learned Locally about Enabling the Collaborative Economy
John Yellowlees – January 2018 In her coverage of the recent government reshuffle, Laura Kuenssberg told Radio Four listeners that Jo Johnson MP’s move from minister of state at education […]
Why Do Many Transport Projects Cost More than Expected?
For some time there has been concern that project delivery in Scotland costs more than elsewhere. Is is because contractors need to put up with poor weather, or are different […]
Brexit and Scottish Supply Chains
There is a lot of political debate about Brexit but very little analysis has emerged so far about how supply chains might be affected by various scenarios. If you have […]
Technology and Robotics
Nearly 20% of people working in Scotland are engaged with some transport or logistics related activity. From managing supplies in the NHS to driving a bus most of these jobs […]
Towards a More Collaborative Transport Economy Report
The initial report of STSG’s review of the collaborative transport economy is now published (collaboration_v1_1). The review reveals that a root and branch review is needed of Scoittish transport legislation, […]
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 […]