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The Scottish Government and COSLA are inviting responses to this consultation by 6 April 2022.

Developed by Transport Scotland in conjunction with COSLA, this sets out the suite of national-level policies that will be implemented to support car-use reduction in order to deliver a healthier, fairer and more prosperous Scotland

Reducing car use for a healthier, fairer and greener Scotland

Scotland’s Climate Change Plan Update in 2020 set out a commitment to reducing car kilometres by 20% by 2030.

Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 sets out a ‘public sector equality duty’ focused around eliminating discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between people with specific ‘protected characteristics’ (i.e. demographic attributes), as defined in the Act

Reducing car use for a healthier, fairer and greener Scotland

The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 provides local authorities with a discretionary power to set up workplace parking licensing (WPL) schemes.

Scheme due to go live in Scotland on 31 January.

We publish the minutes and agendas of the Taskforce meetings

Transport Scotland's performance responding to planning consultations is monitored, and results are published on a quarterly basis.