Transport Scotland

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Transport Scotland was created on 1 January 2006 as the national transport agency of Scotland. It is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government's Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department and accountable to Scottish Ministers. The Agency is headed by a chief executive who is directly accountable to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth, John Swinney.^[1]

Contents 1 Organisation 2 Regional Transport Partnerships 2.1 West 2.2 South West 2.3 South-East 2.4 Central and Tay 2.5 North-East 2.6 Highlands and Islands 2.7 Shetland 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Organisation

The Agency is comprised of five directorates. They are:

• Rail Delivery
• Strategy & Investment
• Trunk Roads Infrastructure & Professional Services
• Trunk Road Network Management
• Finance & Corporate Services

Transport Scotland works in partnership with private sector transport operators, local authorities and government. It also works closely with the four current voluntary regional transport partnerships (RTPs). The Scottish Executive is bringing forward legislation for the creation of statutory RTPs which will be able to take a strategic view of the transport needs of people and businesses in each region.

The parent department, the Transport Group of Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning remains responsible for:

• Coordinating the National Transport Strategy for Scotland
• Liaison with regional transport partnerships, including monitoring of funding
• Sustainable transport, road safety and accessibility
• Local roads policy and casework
• Aviation, bus, freight and taxi policy
• Ferries, ports and harbours

Transport Scotland are also responsible for managing Traffic Scotland.

[edit] Regional Transport Partnerships

[edit] West

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

• Argyll and Bute (only Helensburgh)
• East Ayrshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• East Renfrewshire
• Glasgow City
• Inverclyde
• North Ayrshire (less Arran, Little Cumbrae and Great Cumbrae)
• North Lanarkshire
• Renfrewshire
• South Ayrshire
• South Lanarkshire
• West Dunbartonshire

[edit] South West

SWESTRANS

• Dumfries and Galloway

[edit] South-East

SESTRANS

• City of Edinburgh
• Clackmannanshire
• East Lothian
• Falkirk
• Fife
• Midlothian
• Scottish Borders
• West Lothian

[edit] Central and Tay

TACTRAN

• Angus
• Dundee City
• Perth and Kinross
• Stirling

[edit] North-East

NESTRANS

• Aberdeen City
• Aberdeenshire

[edit] Highlands and Islands

HITRANS

• Argyll and Bute (less Helensburgh)
• Eileanan Siar
• Highland
• Moray
• North Ayrshire (only Arran and Cumbraes)
• Orkney

[edit] Shetland

• Shetland

[edit] See also

• Transport in Scotland
• Traffic Scotland

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Home page

• News
• Frequently asked questions
• Board of directors
• Contacts

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