Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Transport
Transform Scotland provides the secretariat for the Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Transport.
The purpose of this group is ‘to raise the profile of sustainable transport’, with a particular focus on cross-modal issues, within the Scottish Parliament, and to promote policies and priorities relating to sustainable transport.
Graham Simpson MSP (Conservatives) is the Convenor of the Group, and the three Deputy Convenors are: John Mason MSP (SNP), Sarah Boyack MSP (Labour) and Mark Ruskell MSP (Greens).
The new CPG follows on from the CPGs on Rail and on Cycling, Walking & Buses that operated during Session 5 of the Parliament. Transform Scotland provided secretariat function to the CPG CWB in the last Session.
The Group’s (initial) membership consists of six MSPs and 27 organisations:
- Graham Simpson MSP
- John Mason MSP
- Sarah Boyack MSP
- Mark Ruskell MSP
- Liam Kerr MSP
- Brian Whittle MSP
- Allan Rail
- CalMac
- Capital Rail Action Group
- CPT Scotland
- Cycle Law Scotland
- Cycling Scotland
- Cycling UK in Scotland
- Edinburgh Bus Users Group
- Friends of the Far North Line
- GoBike
- Grand Union Trains
- Hitrans
- Levenmouth Rail Campaign
- Light Rail Transit Association
- LNER
- Midlothian Disability Access Panel
- Network Rail Scotland
- Paths for All
- Pedal on Parliament
- Rail Action Group, East of Scotland
- Railfuture
- Ramblers Scotland
- Scottish Association for Public Transport
- Spokes
- Stagecoach
- Transform Scotland
- Women’s Cycle Forum Scotland
We’ve subsequently been joined by the following:
- CoMoUK
- Community Transport Association (CTA)
- Disability Equality Scotland
- Friend of the Earth Scotland
- Heritage Railway Association
- Light Rail UK Group
- Mobility & Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)
- RNIB Scotland
- St Andrew’s Rail Campaign (StARLink)
- Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT)
- Sustrans Scotland
- Transport Focus
- Patrick Miner (individual)
Other organisations and individuals are welcome to contact Transform Scotland to register their interest in attending future meetings and/or becoming members of the CPG.
