Reading Time: 8 minutesThis post briefly introduces some key transport policy concepts, with a view to informing debate on transport matters in the new parliamentary session, with a particular focus on road transport.
Category: Transport
Draft Climate Change Plan – Transport: A vehicle for change?
Reading Time: 14 minutesThis post looks at the policies and proposals set out in the Scottish Government’s draft Climate Change Plan aimed at reducing car use, encouraging people to walk, wheel, cycle, and use public transport. It also considers policies aimed at freight decarbonisation.
Climate Change Plan. Transport – Forever in electric dreams?
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis post looks at the policies and proposals set out in the Scottish Government’s draft Climate Change Plan aimed at encouraging electric vehicle uptake.
Climate Change Plan: policies, proposals and sector summaries.
Reading Time: 12 minutesBlog that sets out the approach to policy description in the draft Scottish climate change plan and summarises the details for each of the main decarbonisation sectors.
Driving down driving 3
Reading Time: 12 minutesThis post looks at Scottish Government actions to reduce car use since the establishment of, a now abandoned. target to reduce the distance driven by car by 20% between 2019 and 2030. It also considers plans to set a new target and what actions have been proven to reduce car use.
The Final Countdown to election 2026: Programme for Government 2025-26 – Building the Best Future for Scotland
Reading Time: 26 minutesThis extended, long-read blogpost provides a summary of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2025-26 and highlights areas that are likely to be of particular interest to MSPs and the Parliament over the next year.
Progress on the plan to reduce child poverty
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the Scottish Government’s progress report on it’s plan to reduce child poverty through action across a wide range of different policy areas.
EV Rider
Reading Time: 5 minutesA post explaining the law around electric bike design and use. With a focus on what is, and isn’t, classed as an electric bike and the enforcement of these rules.
Hey, you can’t cycle there…except when you can (which probably isn’t obvious)
Reading Time: 4 minutesA short post outlining where it is, and is not, an offence to cycle in Scotland.
Artificial intelligence: how it works and what it can do
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog explains what AI is, how it works and what it can do. It also defines common AI terms.