Scotland's Transport Future: Guidance on Regional Transport Strategies

Footnotes

1 www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2005/20050012.htm

2 Scotland's Transport Future, Scottish Executive, June 2004 ( www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/transport/stfwp-00.asp )

3 The Transport Bill Reference Group brought together representatives of the Scottish Executive, 4 existing voluntary regional transport partnerships, COSLA, SPTE, SCOTS, the academic sector and, latterly, Dumfries and Galloway Council. The group met regularly throughout the Parliamentary process of the Transport (Scotland) Bill 2004. A working group of practitioners, drawn from the same bodies, has provided more detailed input to the preparation of this draft guidance document. A Scottish Transport Act Implementation Group, with a similar membership has been formed to support the implementation of the Act.

4 www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/02115840/0

5 www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/92668/0022211.pdf

6 HITRANS, NESTRANS, SESTRAN, WESTRANS

7 SPP17 paragraphs 35-43 - see paragraph 50. Although air and waterborne personal travel and not included in this hierarchy, it is reasonable to include waterborne transport in public transport as it has the same mass transit characteristics. Air transport is harder to categorise - its is also usually public rather private transport, and plays an important role in the transport networks of some island and remote mainland communities. However, it is generally considered to have high environmental disbenefits when compared to buses, trains and ferries and can therefore be considered alongside other motorised modes.

8 www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/transport/gltpsd-00.asp

9 www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/planning/npf04-00.asp

10 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/08/16154406/44078

11 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/06/27113519/35231

12 The intention is that 3 of the RTPs will have the type of operational responsibilities for public transport that would otherwise be exercised by their constituent councils. They are the Strathclyde, South-West of Scotland and Shetland Transport Partnerships.

13 The Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 enables RTPs to make such a request up to 8 months after their creation. The RTPs were all created on 1 December 2005.

14 The first stage of a Strategic Environmental Assessment would normally be a Screening Report. However, these do not have to be provided for certain sectors' plans such as transport, if they set a framework for development, as the environmental effects are already deemed to be significant. See Annex H.

15 The Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 only concerns itself with the conferring of statutory transport functions - that is, any duty or power placed on or given to, for example, a transport authority or a roads authority by legislation. Examples include those listed in paragraph 115. There are other transport-related activities that are not covered by specific statutory provisions - examples would include promoting travel plans or producing integrated timetables. This section of the guidance is only concerned, as the Act is, with statutory functions but it is noted that RTPs could also take forward a range of other activities currently carried out by local authorities, the Scottish Executive or others.

16 In these 3 cases, this is dependant upon the successful transfer of functions from SPT, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Shetland Islands Councils respectively.

17 For these purposes, a written submission would include a communication received by e-mail or fax. "Written" has been specified to clarify that a phone call, or a resolution at an RTP meeting taken in the presence of a Scottish Executive officer, would not suffice.

18 www.gro-scotland.gov.uk

19 www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Rural/rural-policy/16780/6661

20 Building Better Cities ( www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/finance/bbcs-00.asp )

21 www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/social/wtem-00.asp

22 www.macs-mobility.org/docs/pubs/ts/index.htm

23 www.drc.org.uk/businessandservices/disabilityequalityduty.asp

24 www.drc-gb.org/services/

25 Women and transport: moving forward - www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/blue/transport-03.htm

26 Informing, Engaging and Consulting the Public on the Development of Health & Community Care Policies and Service - Draft Interim Guidance, Scottish Executive Health Department, March 2004 www.show.scot.nhs.uk/haht/Getting%20Involved/IECGuidance.pdf

27 HDL (2002) 77 requires NHS Boards to co-operate with 'local authorities in the planning and implementation of local and regional transport strategies towards ensuring that through integrated transport policies NHSScotland facilities, in particular new developments, are accessible to all by public transport, walking and cycling'.

28 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/08/16154406/44078

29 www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/enterprise/babs-00.asp

30 www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/library5/government/fedsm-00.asp (2004)

31 www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/Publications/2005/06/1693437/34386 (2005)

32 www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/finance/sfsis-00.asp (2005)

33 www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/enterprise/sss-00.asp (2001)

34 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/1493902/39032 (2005)

35 www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/publications/uk-strategy/framework-for-sd.htm .

36 www.scotland.gov.uk/closingtheopportunitygap

37 www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/social/wtem-00.asp

38 www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/Publications/2003/03/16747/19929 (2003)

39 www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/924/0012112.pdf