High level overview of the powers available to local transport authorities - Bus powers - Transport (Scotland) Act 2019
Glossary
- The 1985 Act - Transport Act 1985
- The 2001 Act - Transport (Scotland) Act 2001
- The 2019 Act - Transport (Scotland) Act 2019
- BSIPs - Bus Services Improvement Partnerships
- CMA - Competition and Markets Authority
- CT - Community Transport
- LAs - Local Authorities
- LTAs - Local Transport Authorities
- NSTAB - National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board
- NTS - National Transport Strategy
- QCs - Quality Contracts
- QPs - Quality Partnerships
- SPT - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
- VPs - Voluntary Partnerships
Contents
- Introduction
- Duties and powers of local transport authorities to support bus services
- Bus powers introduced by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019
- Alternative transport approaches
- Early engagement with stakeholders when seeking to improve services
- Identifying objectives and approaches for improving bus services
- Timescales for implementing bus powers in the 2019 Act
- Annex A – Useful resources