{"id":5453,"date":"2018-11-07T10:38:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T10:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2018-11-07T11:23:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T11:23:32","slug":"extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending the Trams to Newhaven &#8212; Transform Scotland&#8217;s response to City of Edinburgh Council&#8217;s consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transform Scotland has today published its response to the Edinburgh City Council&#8217;s consultation on extending the Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven. Matt McDonald, on behalf of Transform Scotland, said:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Transform Scotland supports the proposal\u00a0because of the benefits it brings in terms of quality of life, congestion, air quality, accessibility, and transport efficiency. We also welcome the alterations to the designs to improve the public realm and pedestrian and cycling facilities.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our full response can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Edinburgh-Trams-to-Newhaven-Transform-Scotland-response-2018-11-06.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transform Scotland has today published its response to the Edinburgh City Council&#8217;s consultation on extending the Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven. Matt McDonald, on behalf of Transform Scotland, said: &#8220;Transform Scotland supports the proposal\u00a0because of the benefits it brings in terms of quality of life, congestion, air quality, accessibility, and transport efficiency. We also welcome the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[70,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extending the Trams to Newhaven - Transform Scotland&#039;s response to City of Edinburgh Council&#039;s consultation - Transform Scotland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Extending the Trams to Newhaven - Transform Scotland&#039;s response to City of Edinburgh Council&#039;s consultation - Transform Scotland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transform Scotland has today published its response to the Edinburgh City Council&#8217;s consultation on extending the Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven. Matt McDonald, on behalf of Transform Scotland, said: &#8220;Transform Scotland supports the proposal\u00a0because of the benefits it brings in terms of quality of life, congestion, air quality, accessibility, and transport efficiency. We also welcome the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Transform Scotland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transformscotland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-07T10:38:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-07T11:23:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TransformScot\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TransformScot\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Extending the Trams to Newhaven &#8212; Transform Scotland&#8217;s response to City of Edinburgh Council&#8217;s consultation\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-07T10:38:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-07T11:23:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/\"},\"wordCount\":93,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/\",\"name\":\"Extending the Trams to Newhaven - Transform Scotland's response to City of Edinburgh Council's consultation - Transform Scotland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-07T10:38:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-07T11:23:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Extending the Trams to Newhaven &#8212; Transform Scotland&#8217;s response to City of Edinburgh Council&#8217;s consultation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/\",\"name\":\"Transform Scotland\",\"description\":\"For Sustainable Transport\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Transform Scotland\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2473148\/admin\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/transformscot\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transform_Scotland\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transformscotland\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransformScot\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TransformScotland_RGB-arrow-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TransformScotland_RGB-arrow-1.png\",\"width\":3543,\"height\":3531,\"caption\":\"Transform Scotland\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Extending the Trams to Newhaven - Transform Scotland's response to City of Edinburgh Council's consultation - Transform Scotland","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Extending the Trams to Newhaven - Transform Scotland's response to City of Edinburgh Council's consultation - Transform Scotland","og_description":"Transform Scotland has today published its response to the Edinburgh City Council&#8217;s consultation on extending the Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven. Matt McDonald, on behalf of Transform Scotland, said: &#8220;Transform Scotland supports the proposal\u00a0because of the benefits it brings in terms of quality of life, congestion, air quality, accessibility, and transport efficiency. We also welcome the...","og_url":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/","og_site_name":"Transform Scotland","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transformscotland","article_published_time":"2018-11-07T10:38:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-11-07T11:23:32+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TransformScot","twitter_site":"@TransformScot","twitter_misc":{"Written by":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Extending the Trams to Newhaven &#8212; Transform Scotland&#8217;s response to City of Edinburgh Council&#8217;s consultation","datePublished":"2018-11-07T10:38:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-07T11:23:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/"},"wordCount":93,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Featured","News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/","url":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/","name":"Extending the Trams to Newhaven - Transform Scotland's response to City of Edinburgh Council's consultation - Transform Scotland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-07T10:38:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-07T11:23:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/extending-the-trams-to-newhaven-transform-scotlands-response-to-eccs-consultation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Extending the Trams to Newhaven &#8212; Transform Scotland&#8217;s response to City of Edinburgh Council&#8217;s consultation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#website","url":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/","name":"Transform Scotland","description":"For Sustainable Transport","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#organization","name":"Transform Scotland","url":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2473148\/admin\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/transformscot","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transform_Scotland","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transformscotland","https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransformScot"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TransformScotland_RGB-arrow-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TransformScotland_RGB-arrow-1.png","width":3543,"height":3531,"caption":"Transform Scotland"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5453"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5458,"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453\/revisions\/5458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}