{"id":10825,"date":"2021-08-18T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=10825"},"modified":"2021-09-07T18:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T18:27:01","slug":"funding-for-pilot-projects-to-boost-public-transport-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/funding-for-pilot-projects-to-boost-public-transport-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding for pilot projects to boost public transport in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two projects aimed at making public transport in Scotland easier to use have been awarded just under \u00a31m in funding from the Scottish Government Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Investment Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The pilots focus on making public transport easier to use and encouraging people away from single-occupancy car trips by providing digital access to travel information, to help them be better informed about different ways to plan, undertake and pay for journeys.<\/p>\n<p>The two pilots selected from 15 bids for support from the MaaS Investment Fund are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of St Andrews St Andrews MaaSterplan, for a pilot to promote community-centred mobility services that will tackle issues such as congestion and achieving the transition to net zero, promoting sustainable, active and shared transport options.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hitrans.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HITRANS<\/a>, for an extension to their current GO-HI pilot to include additional transport modes, a rewards programme, smart card integration and a demand responsive transport solution for rural and island regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cMaaS has the potential to transform the way we use transport by making public and shared transport options as desirable as using our car,\u201d said Minister for Transport, Graeme Dey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese awards will help grow the evidence base for MaaS by developing and testing digital solutions that encourage and enable a shift to public and active transport alternatives. All of which can make a significant contribution to a healthier and more sustainable Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to seeing how these projects develop over the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two projects aimed at making public transport in Scotland easier to use have been awarded just under \u00a31m in funding from the Scottish Government Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Investment Fund. The pilots focus on making public transport easier to use and encouraging people away from single-occupancy car trips by providing digital access to travel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":10826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}