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Scottish Budget 2020/21

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  1. steveo
    Member

    Okay, maybe need quite a few % raise on the fuel duty, TFL claim they raise ~5bn from fares.

    Lothian buses has a more manageable £153m revenue (2017 annual report), presumably most of that coming from the fare box.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  2. Stickman
    Member

    Reading the fine print, this is just an initial sum of money for preparations to introduce free travel if possible. Let’s wait and see if it actually happens.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  3. chdot
    Admin

  4. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Needs an RFID-enabled ID card for under 19s.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  5. toomanybikes
    Member

    £15m more for cycling is on top of the previous £5m increase, which took me a while to find out. £100m in total= £20 a head before councils' matching/ top up. Although not all will go on infrastructure, (they need to advertise the current death trap painted lanes).

    A bit disappointed they didn't get them to double it to £160m. But being over 18 and with no kids, I guess I would be.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  6. Frenchy
    Member

    Sheriffhall apparently now paused for a "review" too.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  7. toomanybikes
    Member

    "The government has also agreed to review plans to upgrade the Sheriffhall roundabout on the Edinburgh bypass, although ministers have rejected calls from the Greens to scrap works on the A9 and A96."

    Sherrifhall could be great news if the money goes to ECC

    A9 still utter <rule 2>

    Posted 4 years ago #
  8. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @Frenchy

    Dinnae be ower modest loon. At wis you eens at did at.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  9. wingpig
    Member

    Wonder how long I will have to use up the two books of child City Singles I bought before the price increase?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  10. Frenchy
    Member

    @wingpig - Melanie Main saying on Twitter that you're likely to have till early 2021.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  11. crowriver
    Member

    Reports I've seen indicate new free bus scheme coming in January 2021. So city singles and child day tickets until then...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  12. neddie
    Member

    Creating a hedge fund of Child Singles. I’ve heard it all now!

    Posted 4 years ago #
  13. crowriver
    Member

    I bought four books of child city singles plus two books of child day tickets before the price increase. Eldest is currently bussing to school five days per week, plus goes into town certain evenings for activities (hence day tickets). I can't see the single tickets lasting beyond the end of March, but the day tickets might just last a teensy bit longer. Hopefully by then the weather will have improved and then can start cycling to school some of the time...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  14. chdot
    Admin

  15. Stickman
    Member

    https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/workplace-parking-charges-a-key-tool-to-cutting-car-use-as-levy-takes-next-step-to-introduction-in-scotland-3269540

    Mr Day said: “It has never been more important to take decisive action to tackle climate change - and Scotland is leading the way by committing to reduce the number of kilometres travelled by car by 20 per cent by 2030.

    “Workplace parking licensing has the potential to be a key tool for local authorities to help us reach this ambitious goal, by encouraging the use of more sustainable travel modes, reducing congestion and tackling harmful emissions.

    “As the net revenue generated must be committed to support policies in local transport strategies, this policy is also intended to finance improvements in public or active transport, making it more attractive and thus encouraging individuals to leave their cars at home.”

    Posted 2 years ago #
  16. Morningsider
    Member

    @Stickman - and by "decisive action" the Minister means passing the buck to local authorities. As far as I am aware, only two authorities (Edinburgh and Glasgow) have expressed an interest in even considering the introduction of the Workplace Parking Levy. That leaves 30 local authorities who are either actively opposed or indifferent.

    This isn't how you react to a climate emergency. Imagine coming home to find your house ablaze and deciding the best thing to do was to "authorise" your neighbours to throw buckets of water at it.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  17. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Imagine coming home to find water seeping through your ceiling and ruining your floor, and deciding the best thing to do is set up some buckets to measure how quickly it's dripping, commission an architect to calculate if your ceiling is likely to collapse in the next few years, then spend a couple of years talking with your entire family to devise a target for how much you dare turn off the water at the mains, and a few more years trying to get the agreement of everyone else in the stair to turn off their water too.

    Meanwhile the architect has some friends from university who are now Professors, and who say everyone in the stair really ought to turn off the water right now, but no-one does because they can't have a bath or shower, and anyway the stopcock is behind a panel that looks lovely but the kitchen fitter who did upstairs tiled over it and didn't leave an access panel, and the owners really don't want to have to take their kitchen to bits.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  18. MediumDave
    Member

    A while back the electrical plant in my girlfriend's stair suffered a big fault. Big enough for an alarming quantity of blue sparks, a tremendous buzzing and all the lights in the building flickering. My girlfriend shut off her power and told her neighbours to do the same. A surprising number of them reacted exactly as @Arellcat describes: "But then I won't be able to watch the telly/make tea/..."

    Once SSEN had been and fixed the fault, they sent in their loss adjusters. Total damage in my girlfriend's flat: 1 transformer for some low-voltage lights. Damage in flats with the power left on (owners out or intransigent) included entire boilers, fridges, freezers, washing machines, some elaborate culinary devices and a whole pile of extremely expensive Apple hardware.

    We're doomed...

    Posted 2 years ago #
  19. Frenchy
    Member

    We're doomed...

    I think you've just made a convincing case for putting your girlfriend in charge of the world.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  20. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

  21. chdot
    Admin

    From link

    The full terms of reference for the review will be published in due course. The review is expected to consider how the devolved government can shift spending towards better maintaining existing roads rather than building new ones

    Posted 2 years ago #

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