Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead

Looking ahead

As an agency of the Scottish Government, we remain focused on the national outcomes of the National Performance Framework, priorities of the National Transport Strategy and the missions of equality, opportunity and community set out by the First Minister.

This includes:

• The contribution of transport to the Climate Change Plan and achieving Scotland's commitment to be net zero by 2045.
• Making our public transport system more accessible, available, and affordable, with the costs of transport more fairly shared across government, business, and society.
• Making progress on our target to reduce car kilometres by 20% by 2030. This including more 20 mph zones, improved road safety and Low Emission Zones in our four largest cities.
• Investing in spaces where people can walk, wheel and cycle safely and confidently, when undertaking short everyday journeys, and ensuring there are more spaces that put people first, not cars, with the development of active travel freeways underway.
• Delivering a higher proportion of zero-emission vehicles on our roads, doubling the electric charge point network to at least 6,000, continuing to grow the zero emission bus fleet, and electrifying the Barrhead to Glasgow rail line.
• Delivering six new major vessels on the ferry network, adapting our strategic road and rail networks including opening the East Linton station and the Levenmouth rail link, improving the resilience of the transport network to climate change impacts, with our immediate focus on the medium term solution for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful, whilst progressing the permanent solution, and continuing the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness.

These actions, alongside others, will not only help tackle climate change but also improve our air quality, contributing to our aim for Scotland to have the best air quality in Europe.

Future spending plans

The Scottish Draft Budget 2023-24 provides details of our spending plans that will help deliver sustainable economic growth. The below are the Budgets that were profiled in line with the Scottish Government Budget 2023-24

The going concern basis has been used in preparation of this Annual Report and Accounts as all activities performed by Transport Scotland are expected to continue for the foreseeable future.