Project good practices

A strategy for guiding investment in cross local authority boundary sections of the cycling network, with particular focus on routes suitable for commuters.

Input and advice from the professionals associated with both organisations is shared so that future development optimises sustainable transport.

SEStran offers the Sustainable and Active Travel Grant scheme to organisations within the region.

SEStran’s RTPI system provides real time information for the three main bus operators in the SEStran region

Bus lanes, designated as “Greenways”, for use only by buses and taxi cabs during specified peak times on all main routes to and from the city.

A network of electrical bicycles, which people can use to move freely in the whole cross-border area (32 towns).

The project promotes car pooling by combining car sharing, personalised travel plans and a mobility jackpot lottery into one behaviour change campaign.

Fully automated queue management system, over 50km, to give buses priority but at minimal delay to other traffic.

The Tele-Bus is an on-demand “many to many” public transport (PT) service with fixed stop points but flexible routes and timetables which operates every day

Bus & rail park & ride sites, with rest facilities, at key locations surrounding mainly in the city of Edinburgh but also at key locations surrounding the city