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Home arrow Holyrood news arrow News categories arrow Transport (HCL05) arrow Greens publish plan to tackle traffic jam chaos
Greens publish plan to tackle traffic jam chaos Print E-mail
Friday, 27 April 2007

The Scottish Green Party has pledged a major transport initiative that aims to tackle traffic jams and deliver cheaper public transport.

The Greens want the Aberdeen and Glasgow Crossrail schemes to be prioritised, to reverse rail privatisation, open new rail stations across Scotland and re-regulate bus services.

Patrick Harvie, MSP election candidate for Glasgow, said public transport must “come first” and that it was untenable for any government serious about tackling congestion and climate change to build major new, roads such as the M74 Extension and the Aberdeen Western Bypass.

Harvie said: “Any responsible government needs to get its priorities right on transport. Better rail services must come first, not new motorways. Bus and train services must be run to help passengers, not shareholders, and bus re regulation must be prioritised. Clinging on to the failed policies of the past will not solve congestion, only proper investment in alternatives will satisfy commuters and the travelling public.

“Just this past week we have seen two independent 'green' assessments of the manifestos of all the parties - and they failed abysmally, especially on transport. They may talk green, but they don't do green. Only by first voting Green will people get world class public transport and roads freed up from worsening congestion and traffic chaos.”

According to the Scottish Greens, the contribution from transport to climate change pollution is 8 per cent higher now than in 1990, and rising, and the answer is to reduce traffic levels and vehicle speeds not build motorways. They also claim that all existing and future transport plans should reduce not increase climate change emissions.
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