Transform Scotland’s work on calling for stronger governmental support for buses has recently been featured in EuroTransport, the international transport magazine. The article sets out the testing situation which bus users and companies are currently facing in Scotland and highlights the worrying decline in bus patronage in recent years. Recent cutbacks to bus services in Dumfries and […]
Read more “Time for a fair deal for Scotland’s bus users” — EuroTransport magazineWhy do we want a fair deal for Scotland's buses?
Scotland's buses provide for 425 million passenger journeys each year, and these journeys – for work, shopping and leisure – are good for the economy as well as for communities. However, buses have not received the investment in recent years that has gone into other areas of transport. We believe it's time that the Scottish Government recognised the economic, environmental and social justice benefits that buses provide and properly support buses throughout Scotland, improving and increasing services and benefits bus passengers across the country.