43 Consultations

This consultation on Workplace Parking Licensing (WPL) Scheme regulations and guidance gives us an opportunity to seek your opinions on the regulatory framework and supporting guidance which will underpin local authorities’ WPL schemes, should they choose to implement WPL.

Through this consultation, we wish to present proposals and gather evidence which will help inform our final decisions when considering a potential change in legislation.

This consultation seeks views on the impact on island communities of the introduction of free bus travel throughout Scotland for those under age 22.

We have reviewed the current Franchising Policy Statement and are conducting a focused stakeholder consultation.

The Scottish Government intends to launch a new statutory national concessionary travel scheme providing free bus travel for people resident in Scotland aged under 19. This consultation provides an opportunity for stakeholders and the general public to offer their views on the key aspects.

The regulations will allow the introduction of an actively managed hard shoulder on the M9 and M8 between Newbridge Junction and Hermiston Gait for the use of certain buses. A mandatory requirement of the regulations is that the provisions to be included in the regulations are subject to consultation.

As in previous years, we intend to create a new Scottish Statutory Instrument accounting for the target cost of operating the Scottish Road Works Register in the 2021-22 financial year. The intention is to revoke the 2020 instrument, and replace with a new instrument for 2021.

This public consultation gives every road users the opportunity to tell us what our road safety priorities should be in the next decade to achieve the proposed Vision Zero by 2050

This consultation on Scotland’s Low Emission Zones: Consultation on Regulations and Guidance gives us an opportunity to seek your opinions on issues that underpin the operation and delivery of Low Emission Zones (LEZs), including the substantive issues of emission standards, exemptions and penalty charges.

As in previous years, we intend to create a new Scottish Statutory Instrument accounting for the target cost of operating the Scottish Road Works Register in the 2020-21 financial year. The intention is to revoke the 2019 instrument, and replace with a new instrument for 2020. This consultation seeks your views on making this change. Please also provide any relevant information you feel important for future exercises.