1. Director Confederation of Passenger Transport UK – Scotland
George Mair
Director
Confederation of Passenger Transport UK – Scotland
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2. Who are CPT?
Government-recognised trade association for the bus and coach industries
Offices in Edinburgh, Wales, London and English Regions
Over 1,500 members in the UK
CPT members operate over 90% of commercial mileage in Scotland
Members range from the largest multi- national transport groups to the smallest family businesses
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3. What do we do?
Focus for consultation and input into national and international legislation
Provide members with support in areas such as EU, national & local regulations, operational practices and engineering standards
CPT seeks to protect the interests of its members by working to influence, inform and enhance partnership working
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4. What we don’t do?
Run Buses
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5. Scotland’s Bus Services
331m km operated
Av commercially operated mileage across Scotland = 80% - < rural – urban >
414m journeys
80% of passenger journeys
£2.5bn Scottish bus passenger retail spend
£5.4bn GVA to the Scottish economy
30% of commuter journeys are by bus
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6. “Challenges Facing Rural Bus Operators”
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7. Rural Bus Challenges?
People – widely dispersed and rural population demographics
Centralisation – larger schools; bigger hospitals; surgeries and college mergers
Funding – national; local and operator
Planning – small to medium developments away from recognised pt corridors
Staff – challenges in employing staff in rural areas
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8. People 18% (circa 1m people) live in rural areas
Rural classed areas equates to 97% of Land Area
Higher proportion of people aged 45 and over
Source: Scottish Government - Rural Scotland Key Fact 2015
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9. Funding BSOG Support for bus services Concession reimbursement
BRDG – gone!
BIF – gone?
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10. The Cookney Example
Aberdeenshire Council supported bus service (103) - Mon to Sat – one journey per day
Aberdeenshire Council Kincardine & Mearns A2B dial-a-bus - Thursday’s weekly
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11. Thank You George Mair Director, CPT Scotland georgem@cpt-uk.org.uk
@georgemairCPT
Tel:
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