Including the closely related terms public transport, public transport, and transport.
… position of Shetland lays it more open to transport disruption from increased storm events Geographical characteristics of Shetland lead to heavy reliance on motorised transport with car ownership significantly above the national average. Financially challenging to improve green performance of public transport when operators al- ready reliant on public subsity. Increased problems…
… transport fuel and heating. The scope of the challenge is however very wide. It means that all key service strategies and plans across the Council, and with our partners, need to be reviewed to ensure “Climate Change” implications are being considered. That must be an early and recurring activity in any overall response. The Strategic Outline Programme is not trying to determine what specific…
… is likely to face significant environmental challenges arising from climate change. There is also a clear risk that systematic and structural problems, such as widespread fuel poverty and the very high transport costs, already experienced in Shetland, could be made worse as changes in energy sources and systems happen. Solutions that clearly recognise these existing inequalities, are actively designed…
…, the Councils “Our Plan”, the Shetland Transport Strategy, the Local Housing Strategy, Appendix 1 Climate Change – Strategic Outline Programme 13 Jan 2020 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 10 the Local Development Plan and the 10 Year Plan. Within each of these plans, and many others, the implications of Climate…
…. The structural and systematic burdens of high energy costs for all transport, heating and business processes creates a constant downward drag on the economic and social sustainability of communities, families and individuals in Shetland. These very high energy costs are most likely part of the explanation why Shetland’s population is now persistently declining while the rest of Scotland and the UK…