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Situation now Sustaining Dunbar: Draft 2025 Dunbar and District Transport Vision and Action Plan

Barriers from the consumer’s Milestones


point of view: What resources Activities Participation
are needed to Short term Medium Term Long term
What needs to be done? Who needs to be involved?
1. Cost: Public transportation is be able to make 5 years 10 years 15+ years
change?
expensive.
 More local
2. Availability: Lack of local employment/ work.
A. Identify what we need
employment and
entertainment, lack of local
transport for now e.g.  More car shares  Local livelihoods are
people and goods. and electric cars the norm.
supplies; Lack of local health  Joined up public
B. Identify what needs to be transport
services; Lack of access to train  More connected  There are local
station from the south; Public
done to reduce the need  Demand responsive and resilient health care facilities
Evidence to travel and transport transport neighbourhoods
transportation not available or
C. Identify the barriers to  Affordable public  Most of what people
joined up when and where Aim transport  More of what
needed, lack of cycle paths and  1500+ local people active travel and use of need and want will
 Adequate parking at people need and be accessible locally
throughout ward 7 public transport.
joined up paths; lack of parking By 2025 we are train station want is locally
have indicated D. Develop a vision and
at train station; no safe more locally  Joined up paths produced and  Harbour is used by
that they do want action plan for overcoming  Fewer barriers, available more boats
crossing on A1; not easy to take
to be able to resilient Policy these barriers easier and safer to
bikes on train; lack of Legislation
access public because we are E. Review of SES Plan and walk and cycle to  Significant  The air smells fresh
information timetables and SOA reduction in the
transportation and able to fulfil alignment with SOA. ELC, school and work.
routes. ELC need for travel too  It is quiet on the
be less reliant our transport Public F. Ensure SOA drives enabling Public,  Adequate facilities
far to work, streets and roads
3. Lack of time: Public demand transportation policies. Farmers, for bikes on public
upon oil but the needs using transportation and at shopping, health
transport slow because not existing barriers do 50% less fossil Business G. Ensure ELC implements a Businesses, care,  We are able to
NHS Schools stations
joined up or demand not make it easy fuels. local transport policy.  Car Club entertainment, fulfil our
Public education
responsive; people having to for them to do so. H. Understand what and why  Community transport needs
transport
travel too far for work, family,  Interviews with operators
ELC can’t make the minibuses  We have a local using 50% less
entertainment, health services. local farmers and situation better and plan  More bike parking
train service. fossil fuels.
businesses to fill the gaps  Action Plan for Active
4. Existing accessibility: Buses Transport exists  Local service s are
 Interviews with I. Identify who needs to do
ill equipped for disabled. Public  Relocalisation Action joined up and
ELC what
transportation ill equipped for Plan exists integrated with long
 Research into J. Implement the action plan
bikes, buggies and prams. distance journeys.
published and K. Design efficient and
 Street lights
5. Existing Maintenance: dirty unpublished resilient local transport
powered by
paths, lack of gritting of information services
renewable energy
footpaths, street lights, L. Feasibility study of a local
tarmacing where needed. train service.

Overall situation is: External Factors


What will make this work:
East Lothian Council have:
What
East will prevent
Lothian this
Council do notfrom
have:working:
6. All Transportation heavily
 enabling policies in place  Enabling policy in place
reliant upon fossil fuels.  Joined up Planning  Joined up Planning
Legislation will be enforcing positive No Legislation to enforce positive change
7. Our need to travel for our change Business and consumers are not welcoming of
necessities has reduced our Assumptions Business and consumers are welcoming of this change.
local resilience. East Lothian Council will agree and align: this change. Funding is not available to enable Research,
 Policy will be enabling and in place Funding is available to enable Research, Technology and Skills Development.
8. Public transport is privately  Joined up Planning Technology and Skills Development.
owned and not integrated with Legislation will be enforcing positive change
each other and have different Business and consumers will be welcoming of this change
Funding will be available to enable Research, Technology and Skills Development
fair structure, rules and
regulation.

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