With the permission of TACTRAN, the Tayside and Central Scotland regional transport partnership, I am today featuring the latest TACTRAN newsletter New Year 2012 edition. This covers a number of local transport issues and in particular the park and ride proposals for the west of the city. You can download the newsletter by going to http://tinyurl.com/tactran-jan12.
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Further to my article last month about possible future Park and Ride facilities sited in the west of the city and the subsequent decision by the regional transport partnership TACTRAN to progress the proposal for siting the facility at Wright Avenue, I sought, on behalf of constituents, some reassurances from TACTRAN about the facility. The [...]
With the permission of TACTRAN, our regional transport partnership for Tayside and Central Scotland, you can download the latest quarterly e-newsletter from TACTRAN by going to http://tinyurl.com/tactranautumn2011. Subjects covered in this edition are : progress on improving rail services through Tay Estuary Rail Study (TERS) work; approval of the Tayside and Central Scotland Health and Transport [...]
Park and Ride proposals for the West End
Posted: November 8, 2011 in Dundee City Council, parking, TACTRAN, West End Community CouncilTonight’s West End Community Council meeting featured a presentation from representatives from the City Council and TACTRAN (the regional transport partnership) on their proposals for park and ride facilities in the west of the city. The briefing note you can download at http://tinyurl.com/dundeep-ride describes the process undertaken to identify possible Park and Ride sites. As you see [...]
I was Chair of the Tayside and Central Transport Partnership (TACTRAN) from 2007 and 2009 and maintain a close interest in transport matters across the region. I was therefore pleased to see the recent launch of an e-newsletter to update on TACTRAN developments with news about the development and implementation of the Regional Transport Strategy [...]
Demand Responsive Transport and Park and Ride – an update
Posted: July 10, 2011 in parking, Public Transport, TACTRANI have received a number of residents’ enquiries recently about progress in getting park and ride in Dundee – particularly to the west and south of the city. Having moved forward the Park and Ride issue when I was chair of TACTRAN, the regional transport partnership, between 2007 and 2009, I asked TACTRAN for [...]
Wednesday meetings
Posted: February 16, 2011 in City Road, Community Spirit, Dundee City Council, TACTRAN, Tullideph RoadThis morning, following the meeting about pedestrian safety at the Tullideph Road/City Road junction that local residents’ group Community Spirit and I had with City Council officers on 2nd February, we had a follow-up meeting at the junction. It was a useful discussion about safety at the junction and City Council road safety officers have offered to [...]
Dundee Railway Station Latest
Posted: September 26, 2009 in Dundee City Council, Network Rail, Rail Station, TACTRAN, UncategorizedAs City Councillor for the area of Dundee’s railway station throughout my eight years on Dundee City Council, and as the Council’s Planning & Transport Convener and Chair of TACTRAN, the regional transport partnership – both for two years – I have long campaigned for improvements to the station. The people of Dundee rightly feel [...]
Residents will welcome the new CCTV provision currently being installed at Sinderins (see above), which will extend CCTV coverage westwards on Perth Road, past its existing end point at the Roseangle junction. The new CCTV is primarily being provided to improve bus punctuality, but will obviously be of assistance to the Police in terms of [...]
As I have been in Glasgow today at a meeting with John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth (in my capacity as TACTRAN Chair), followed by a Residents’ Association meeting tonight. Little time for a full update until later, but – below – see two great photos of the lovely view [...]
Busy week back …
Posted: January 11, 2009 in George Lyon, Hawkhill, Millers Wynd, TACTRAN, tay rope worksIt has been a busy first week back following the festive period, including meetings involving TACTRAN (the regional transport partnership), the Dundee Health Central project and various meetings with constituents, including a site visit about traffic safety matters at Miller’s Wynd/Hawkhill. Today, a useful meeting of LibDem activists in Perth, which a Dundee LibDem colleague [...]
TACTRAN, the Regional Transport Partnership for Tayside and Stirling, which I chair, today issued a news release about the publication of its Regional Transport Strategy – I reproduce this below : NEWS RELEASE : “The Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (TACTRAN) has published its Regional Transport Strategy for the period 2008 – 2023. The [...]
A very busy week thus far, starting with a day job meeting at Glasgow City Council on Monday, followed by council committees that evening. Apart from the Planning & Transport Committee I chair, there were a number of committee meetings that night. At the Education Committee, the SNP group came under fire for the failure [...]
Today saw the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change announce the outcomes of the Strategic Transport Projects Review. There was some good news for our region in this, and although not every project the Tayside & Central Scotland Transport Partnership (TACTRAN) would wish to see included was there (so far as one can see [...]
Al-Maktoum … and Transport Conference
Posted: September 29, 2008 in Al-Maktoum Cultural Centre, Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, TACTRANBusy day today, starting off with a useful meeting this morning with Professor Malory Nye, Principal of the Al-Maktoum Institute For Arabic and Islamic Studies, regarding the proposal for a cultural centre on the former Logie Secondary School site. Although the project has run behind schedule, I was assured of Dubai’s commitment to the project [...]
As Chair of the regional transport partnership, TACTRAN, I was delighted to see the report of the growing success of TACTRAN’s liftshare scheme – tactranliftshare.com – in today’s Courier – see : http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/09/24/newsstory12005763t0.asp to view the full story. Along with TACTRAN’s Director, Eric Guthrie, I recently took part in a discussion on Tay AM’s “Business Matters” [...]
Along with the Director of TACTRAN, Eric Guthrie, I appeared (in my capacity as TACTRAN Chair) on Tay AM’s Business Matters programme last night. You can hear it by clicking ‘play’ below:
Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (TACTRAN) has added a “Buddy Scheme” to its regional liftsharing site. This coincides with National Liftshare Day on Monday 9th June and complements the Partnership’s already successful car sharing database, which encourages more sustainable travel across Tayside and Central Scotland. The latest upgrade to the site extends the liftsharing [...]
A few other things from last week…
Posted: March 2, 2008 in Community Planning Partnership, parking, TACTRAN, Youth facilitiesFirstly, football. Last Wednesday, one of the West End Community Council members and I had a really productive meeting with the University of Dundee’s Institute of Sport and Exercise and the City Council Leisure & Communities Department to progress a proposal to establish an Under 11s junior football team for the West End. The Community [...]
Having spent the first part of the week in London with the “day job”, it has been exceptionally busy on return. Travelled via the new St Pancras International and (despite my dreadful photography attempt) you can see – right – that it’s a pretty impressive rail station. On return to Dundee on Wednesday, I chaired [...]
Demand Responsive Transport and Riverside Drive – graffiti problem
Posted: January 13, 2008 in Riverside Drive, TACTRANOn Friday, I attended the AGM of the Dundee Accessible Transport Action Group (DATAG) and was able to update the group on moves to improve public transport both in Dundee and across Tayside/Stirling for those with accessibility problems in terms of existing provision. TACTRAN, the Regional Transport Partnership, recently approved a consultation exercise for its [...]
Monday to Thursday!
Posted: December 20, 2007 in Alison McInnes MSP, TACTRAN, West End Christmas WeekIt has been an exceptionally busy week … on Monday, had a very useful and constructive meeting with Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, about a variety of local and regional issues. Also met with representatives from NCR and, apart from an administration group meeting on budget matters, the City Council’s Development Quality Committee [...]
As Chair of TACTRAN, the regional transport partnership for Tayside and Stirling, I was, along with the TACTRAN Director, interviewed by “Holyrood” magazine towards the end of last month. You can read the article by clicking on the headline above.
Tuesday update
Posted: December 11, 2007 in Botanic Gardens, TACTRAN, West End Community Council, West PortA busy day (largely in Edinburgh) and having issued a news release about the Botanic Gardens concerns (pasted below), I was interviewed by both Radio Tay and Wave 102 (the latter whilst on a train to Edinburgh!) about the situation. The matter is also covered in today’s Courier and Evening Telegraph. The meetings in Edinburgh [...]
Attended a meeting of residents at Menzieshill Parish Church on Wednesday night. It had been arranged between the Chair of West End Community Council and the developer (and their architects) in relation to the Wimberley Houses site, prior to a planning application being submitted. The architect had invited me as ward councillor and, having sought [...]
Another excellent initiative from TACTRAN just announced! See news release below and click on headline to view more : Tactran Launches Conference Carshare Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (Tactran) this week launches a “Conference Carshare” section to their liftsharing website: http://www.tactranliftshare.com/. This unique new feature is being introduced to coincide with and encourage delegates [...]
Last couple of days and Magdalen Green update
Posted: October 23, 2007 in Bellfield Nursery School, Hillcrest Road, Magdalen Green, parking, TACTRANYesterday I had organised a site visit with Leisure & Communities and Planning & Transportation staff to Hillcrest Road following a resident’s concern at the proposal to remove some trees (one is diseased, another causing damage to a resident’s wall and the roots from these and four others are causing significant damage to the pavements, [...]
