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The Highlands and Islands should aspire to a mainstream passenger transport system which promotes accessibility and is, as much as possible, easy to comprehend and use. The passenger transport system in the region currently involves a number of means of transport, which makes quality and opportunity for interchange between modes very important.
The following opportunities could arise for passenger transport in the future:
• Development of a common monitoring and evaluation system across the
sector to provide a consistent understanding of outcomes enabled through
passenger transport interventions.
• Greater funding opportunities. Funding could include for new
investment in vehicles, shelters, interchange and information, such as
real time information.
• A common set of quality / service standards for passenger transport
around the region, to ensure that places receive at least minimum levels
of passenger transport connectivity.
• Scottish Planning Policy 17 gives the order of priority for personal
travel: walking, then cycling, then public transport, then other
motorised modes. This hierarchy should be reflected in land-use
planning. Clear policy for development control should necessitate the
take-up, monitoring and evaluation of interventions to address
prospective gaps in the public transport network as a result of development.
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