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Getting Holyrood Park shut (more)
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Posted 4 years ago #
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I think this is relevant here
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Sure, in theory.
However, as ever, nothing really radical planned. Here are the key promises for "Sustainable Travel":
• Our vehicle fleet will be reduced by 30% by 2025.
• Where practicable, we will have a fully electric road vehicle fleet by 2025.
• We will make it easier for staff to work remotely to reduce travel.
• We will improve cycling infrastructure for our staff and visitors.
• We will reduce use of private hire taxis by 80% by 2022.
• We will develop integrated transport hub solutions and remove visitor vehicles from many of our top sites by 2028.
• We will remove 50% of car parking spaces at our HQ by 2025 and create a new natural habitat in its place.
• We will undertake a review of business flights with a view to reducing aviation emissions.Only mention of Holyrood Park in the entire document is a photo caption: "A ranger-led walk through Holyrood Park."
If you look at the detailed actions planned, it's even worse, e.g.
"Increase existing EV charge infrastructure across the organisation for staff and visitors"
"Provision of EV charge points at sites to provide better access options to visitors"
"Supporting the national plan for a system of EV charge points across Scotland (Switched on Scotland 2017)"
"Provision of EV access to more HES sites"
It does mention cycling, but mostly in the context of:
- Employees travel choices
- Improving cycle infrastructure at sites (What does this mean? Bike parking?)
- Improving visibility of sites linked to the National Cycling NetworkSo basically, while they plan to "invest" in EV vehicles and charging points, the active travel measures are a bit more wooly.
In this sense, HES are pretty much in line with the Scottish government, i.e. showing very "modest" ambition despite the lofty rhetoric.
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