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Recent SG capital expenditure has been biased towards high-carbon, and is scheduled to worsen further. Source: Scottish Parliament Information Centre. See Figure 13.<\/p><\/div>\n

On 29 April, we published our response to Transport Scotland’s call for views on the Strategic Transport Projects Review ‘case for change’ report. Our full response is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Government\u2019s transport capital spending over the last decade has been grotesquely skewed in favour\u00a0of new road-building, leading to transport now being the\u00a0largest source of climate emissions in Scotland. The figure below shows the extent to which future infrastructure spending has become skewed towards high-carbon projects.<\/p>\n

In light of this, we submitted the following recommendations (for the full list, see our full response):<\/p>\n

1. Flawed definition of \u2018strategic transport projects\u2019<\/strong>
\nThe proposed definition effectively excludes investment on most local walking, cycling and public transport. Given the Climate Emergency, it’s essential that expenditure priorities be refocussed on low-carbon investment.<\/p>\n

2. Outdated assumptions around transport & economy linkages<\/strong>
\nWe recommend abandoning the use of outdated appraisal methodologies such as STAG which assume journey-time savings for private motorised vehicles result in inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n

3. Failure to model road traffic trends consistent with Net Zero carbon target<\/strong>
\nThe road traffic growth projections (39% increase in distance travelled by 2037) are incompatible with the NTS2\/STPR2 Priorities. Such forecasts cannot be used to justify more road-building projects.<\/p>\n

4. No consideration given to economic instruments as part of demand management<\/strong>
\nWhilst we welcome demand management’s inclusion, we are dumbfounded at the lack of reference to economic instruments — especially given the Scottish Government’s\u00a0inclusion of\u00a0Workplace Parking Levy powers in the 2019 Transport Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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