Making the Connections
Seminal reports seem to disappear from Government websites and one of the most seminal reports for transport for the last 30 years was prepared by the Cabinet Office Social Inclusion […]
Papers
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, […]
A New Look at Making Sustainable Transport Work for Everyone
There is a lot of talk about ‘what’ changes are needed to decarbonise transport, but far less attention is paid to ‘how’ the change is managed. Are we expecting too […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Occasional Paper 8 – The Economics of Scottish Railways
In this paper Geoff Riddington argues that greater clarity is needed in the way transport funds are raised and spent for rural railways to be justified. Download here
Occasional Paper 5 – Private Finance In Scottish Transport: Seeking Opportunities Overcoming Problems
This paper considers the government’s emerging private finance proposals Download here
Occasional Paper 3 – A New Port for the Forth
This paper from 1991 by Alf Baird looks at proposals for new maritime services in the Forth. Download here
Occasional Paper 2 – Greening Transport
This paper by Tom Hart looks at options for a greener transport future. Download here
On the Wrong Tracks
This paper was prepared for STSG at a time when privatisation of rail services was being considered in the early 1990s. Many of the issues discussed in it are still […]
Occasional Paper No 10 – The UK Bus Industry – Sustainable Growth Through Stakeholding Partnerships – December 1997
This paper was published at a time when the incoming Labour Government was looking to refresh bus policy. David Begg and Colin Smith draw from their experience in the bus […]