Organisational Profile
Background to the Organisation
Transport Scotland (TS) is Scotland’s national transport agency, delivering the Scottish Government’s (SG) vision for transport. We currently have eight directorates, each supporting different areas of the transport system in Scotland with one overseeing TS’s corporate functions, as shown in Figure 1.
Transport Strategy and Analysis
Responsible for transport strategy and integration, transport futures, transport analysis and strategic transporting planning.
Aviation, Maritime, Freight and Canals
Promotes Scotland's international connectivity and transport links to our remote and Island communities.
Finance and Corporate Services
Provides core services and advice in finance, human resources, learning and development, information Technology, facilities, health and safety, chief executive support, communications and corporate governance.
Bus, Accessibility and Active Travel
Responsible for the Scottish Government's policy relating to bus, active travel, smart and integrated ticketing and accessible travel.
Low Carbon Economy
Responsible for working across Government and with our partners and stakeholders, to create the conditions for Scotland to lead in and benefit from the shift to ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV).
Roads
Responsible for the safe operation of the Trunk Road Network, roads policy, air quality and the environment, transport resilience and transport planning for major events.
Rail
Responsible for Scotland's rail policy, specification and development as well as the funding of Scotland's rail infrastructure, passenger and freight services through rail industry delivery partners.
Major Projects
Responsible for the design, development, procurement and construction of major trunk road improvement projects across Scotland, along with providing procurement advice across the organisation.
This corporate structure delivers operational, strategic, and policy-based actions across a number of transport areas, based on the level of influence for each mode, including infrastructure, public transport, active travel, and freight. TS works closely with a number of stakeholders and partners in this regard.
We currently employ over 500 members of staff and operate from a mixture of leased and owned property in Glasgow, Edinburgh and South Queensferry. Our most recent Corporate Business Plan has a specific delivery priority to reduce emissions, and the second National Transport Strategy (NTS2) seeks to ‘take climate action’ by identifying “travel choices that minimise the long-term impacts on our climate and the wellbeing of future generations”.
Our Annual Business Plans commit to implementing a Carbon Management Plan (CMP), and we have also stipulated this as a specific deliverable within the NTS2 Delivery Plan. Through our CMP we will seek to reduce those emissions that fall directly within our operational control to enable us to set an organisational pathway to Net Zero, as well as supporting reductions for emissions within our wider scope of influence.