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Annex B: Forum Actions Statement
The actions below are a distillation of the Bus Action Plan steering group's findings and set the context for the High Level Bus Forum chaired by Chaired by Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change on 11 March 2008.
Planning
1. Ensure bus planning considerations are integrated within the revised National Planning Framework. (during 2008)
2. Promote Bus Forums, across transport authorities (during 2008).
3. Publish local strategic planning guidance for transport authorities to join up commercial services, community transport and demand responsive transport ( DRT), and use the potential funding from Bus Route Development Grant to develop new services (during 2008)
4. Work with local authorities and RTPs to develop a national strategy for Park and Ride facilities (during 2008).
5. Mainstream national standards of bus service information (during 2008).
Quality
6. Raise awareness among public transport authorities of the benefits of Bus Punctuality Improvement Partnership (during 2008).
7. Develop improved guidance to enable wider use of Quality Partnerships (during 2008).
8. Highlight Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's recent initiative to increase the resource going into bus compliance monitors (during 2008).
9. Pilot a reformed BSOG regime, with environmental focus, in 2008, for potential introduction in 2009.
10. Introduce Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving training scheme for small and medium sized operators (during 2008).
11. Engage with Transport Scotland on the development of Integrated Ticketing (during 2008).
Regulatory Regime
12. Set specific Public Inquiry timings for Traffic Commissioner decisions on operator/driver non-compliance issues via a protocol with VOSA and Traffic Commissioner (by May 2008).
13. Provide the legislation to enable Traffic Regulation Conditions on emissions standards for bus vehicles to improve air quality. (The regulations came into force on 31 January 2008).
14. Promote use of de-criminalised parking on busways using Edinburgh as an exemplar for other authorities (during 2008).
15. Look for a legislative opportunity to enable councils to deal with traffic offences on yellow boxed junctions (during 2008).
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