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Lothian bus going to Holyrood

150 million fewer bus passengers since 2007, despite climate concerns

Transport is Scotland’s most climate polluting sector, but passengers have fallen by over 30% in recent years.

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Better Buses briefing for MSPs

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Photo of a Scottish First Bus by eastleighbusman / Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0)

Buses must be brought under control, franchising ‘insufficient’ to deliver change needed

Without a change in ownership, the private firms who have overseen the decline in bus services will continue to extract profit from this vital public service.

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£2 bus fare cap is ‘sticking plaster’

Transport campaigners have welcomed the £2 fare cap for buses in Glasgow and West of Scotland but said that it was “little more than a sticking plaster” on a broken system.

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‘Shamefully lacking in climate action’ – Programme for Government reaction

No new climate ideas, and no action to halt the threat of data centres

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Protest against bus privatisation

Transport: Burnham’s nation-wide bus fare cap should follow in Scotland but only a sticking plaster solution

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham today announced that that most single bus fares in England would be capped at £2 from 1 January 2027.

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Climate Communications Toolkit

Our new guide will help you communicate more effectively on climate, energy and transport

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empty isolated blue bus shelter with two chairs

‘Rip-off’ bus fare rise slated by campaigners

Better bus campaigners have reacted angrily to news that Stagecoach are set to “rip off” passengers with another increase in fares on their routes across the North East of Scotland.  

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Friends of the Earth Scotland's Aberdeen office opens and launches Better Buses for Grampian campaign on Thursday 9 April, calling for Grampian buses to be taken back into public control. Credit Kate Whitaker

Campaign for better buses takes root in the North East

A campaign calling for buses in the Grampian region to be taken back into public control has launched across the North East.

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