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Some interesting stuff in new @scotgov Climate Change Plan update.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/
In transport, the most eye-catching item is the commitment to "reduce car kilometres by 20% by 2030".
So a long overdue return to road traffic reduction as a headline policy objective.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/
In transport, the most eye-catching item is the commitment to "reduce car kilometres by 20% by 2030".
So a long overdue return to road traffic reduction as a headline policy objective.
Of course, promising traffic reduction is one thing, and the Plan admits that there is as yet no strategy for achieving that ambition.
And this will be near-impossible to achieve while @scotgov transport capital expenditure priorities remain overwhelmingly skewed to high-carbon.
And this will be near-impossible to achieve while @scotgov transport capital expenditure priorities remain overwhelmingly skewed to high-carbon.
The transport 'Route Map to 2032' (page 120) is helpful.
@TransformScot, along with others, have been calling for this in evidence to various inquiries over the past year.
@TransformScot, along with others, have been calling for this in evidence to various inquiries over the past year.
The commitment to 'Active Freeways' (page 122), a "strategic active travel network", is great.
There is an extra £50m promised for the delivery of the first of these by 2025.
(Welcome, although of course a drop in the bucket compared to the £6,000m on A9 & A96 roads schemes.)
There is an extra £50m promised for the delivery of the first of these by 2025.
(Welcome, although of course a drop in the bucket compared to the £6,000m on A9 & A96 roads schemes.)
The commitment to £120 million over the next five years for Zero Emission Buses is very welcome (p126-7).
These buses should be manufactured in Scotland, building skills, supporting good green jobs and apprenticeships, and economic resilience.
#lovemybus
These buses should be manufactured in Scotland, building skills, supporting good green jobs and apprenticeships, and economic resilience.
#lovemybus
The #Climate Plan remains insufficiently ambitious on #rail decarbonisation.
Despite a reference to '2032' on p120, the target date remains 2035.
@TransformScot has been calling for this programme of #electrification to be brought forward to 2030.
https://transform.scot/blog/2019/09/02/action-needed-now-to-deliver-zero-emission-scottish-railway-by-2030-transform-sets-out-climate-emergency-response-vision-2030-clean-rail/
Despite a reference to '2032' on p120, the target date remains 2035.
@TransformScot has been calling for this programme of #electrification to be brought forward to 2030.
https://transform.scot/blog/2019/09/02/action-needed-now-to-deliver-zero-emission-scottish-railway-by-2030-transform-sets-out-climate-emergency-response-vision-2030-clean-rail/
The fossil-fuel phase-out date for cars & vans has been brought forward from 2032 to 2030, to bring it into line with the existing UK Government commitment.
This is welcome, but it would be genuinely world-leading if it was now set in statute.
This is welcome, but it would be genuinely world-leading if it was now set in statute.
The #ClimateChange Plan remains extremely weak on road traffic demand management.
Here's the 1998 Scottish transport white paper on #workplaceparkinglevy and today's 'commitment'.
So in 22 years, we're essentially no further forward.
Here's the 1998 Scottish transport white paper on #workplaceparkinglevy and today's 'commitment'.
So in 22 years, we're essentially no further forward.
