NEWS RELEASE
Tuesday 27th February 2007

STRATHCLYDE TRANSPORT PLANS FALL WELL SHORT OF THE MARK:
SPT's Regional Transport Strategy

TRANSform Scotland have today (Tuesday 27th February) published their response to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's strategy for the West of Scotland.

Colin Howden, Director of TRANSform Scotland, said:

"SPT fails to set out a convincing programme for reducing climate change emissions from the region. The strategy transparently takes the attitude that 'someone else can deal with climate change'.

"The strategy also lacks any ambition in tackling road traffic growth. Last month saw Greater Manchester, an area comparable to Greater Glasgow in many ways, propose road pricing as a means to significantly improve public transport and reduce road traffic levels. We see none of this ambition in SPT's proposed regional transport strategy, and can only conclude that it is a profoundly disappointing document."

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS:

[1] Further information

Our full response (published on 27/02/07) is available as a PDF at
http://www.transformscotland.org.uk/info/docs/2007-02-23_SPT_RTS_response.pdf

[2] TRANSform Scotland

TRANSform Scotland is the national sustainable transport alliance, bringing together rail, bus and shipping operators, local authorities, national environment and conservation groups, businesses and local transport groups.

We can be contacted at Lamb's House, Burgess Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6RD. Tel 0131 467 7714; fax 0131 554 8656; email <info@transformscotland.org.uk>; web <http://www.transformscotland.org.uk>.

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