Transport Scotland has published the fourth delivery plan of its National Transport Strategy, covering commitments being actioned over 2024 and 2025
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On 19 December 2024, Transport Scotland published the fourth delivery plan for its National Transport Strategy, detailing the actions being taken in 2025 that support the delivery of its National Transport Strategy. A Monitoring and Evaluation report has also been published, detailing progress made so far on delivering on the National Transport Strategy.
Scotland’s National Transport Strategy was first launched in 2020, setting out a 20-year vision for Scotland’s transport system. This vision was underpinned by four priorities:
Reduces Inequalities;
Takes Climate Action;
Helps Deliver Inclusive Economic Growth; and
Improves our Health and Wellbeing.
Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hislop commented that
The four priorities that underpin the Strategy remain the same and they continue to focus our decision making and investment priorities. The annual Delivery Plan ensures we are delivering our vision of creating a more sustainable, inclusive, safe and accessible transport system for the people of Scotland.
The fourth delivery plan details actions to be taken to support each priority, including:
Sponsoring the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS) to advocate for accessible transport systems, to ensure inclusive policies and to address specific challenges, such as active travel, digital ticketing and access to healthcare;
Progress the development of the Rural Delivery Plan;
Bring secondary legislation to set five-yearly Carbon Budget levels, within three months of receiving advice from the Climate Change Committee (CCC);
Progress towards a 20% reduction in car use by 2030, with a route map, including a timeline for implementing ‘demand management';
Invest £1.1 billion in ensuring our motorway and trunk road network is safe, resilient and efficient, and over £1.5 billion in rail in 2025/26;
Publish an updated Road Asset Management Plan (RAMP) for Scottish Trunk Roads, which sets out how Scotland's trunk road network is maintained strategically and efficiently.
Assist local authorities in enhancing road safety across the local road network, through the Road Safety Improvement Fund, to support critical safety schemes focused on lowering risks and reducing casualties on local roads.
Progress work to introduce 20mph limits on all appropriate roads across the trunk road network by 2025, as part of the Programme for Government commitment.
While Transport Scotland is moving into the fifth year of National Transport Strategy, the UK Government is now following suit with plans to develop an Integrated National Transport Strategy for England.
CIHT is currently seeking views on the planned Integrated Transport Strategy for England. Click here to share your views.
CIHT will also be holding a Webinar in January, with representatives from the Department for Transport.
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