Introduction to the day/agenda

1. STEP On the Bus
Dr Stephen Thomson,
Head of Environment & Sustainability
Transport Scotland

3. The
Agenda

4. • Look at the totality of the investment and provide conditions on release.
• Base new BSOG on passenger Km in AQMA.
• Include penalties for worsening pollution.
• Tie funding into AQMA, focus on cities, head to Euro 6.
• Look at scrappage option and based funding on removing Euro 5,
leaving the industry to implement Euro 6 as fleet churn progresses.
• Focus on the bottom end of the fleet.
• Move End of Life vehicles to rural areas.
New funding mechanisms……key points from around
the tables
STEP on the BUS…………you said