Why buses matter for health and reducing transport poverty
A recently published suite of Public Health Scotland reports provides robust evidence on buses, health and transport poverty that directly supports Scotland’s just transition to net zero
The reports summarise work to investigate how and why bus services impact on health and transport poverty in Scotland and make recommendations to integrate consideration of health and health inequalities into policy making for bus and related policies.
Reducing car use and strengthening sustainable, low‑carbon transport are vital to delivering Scotland’s carbon budgets. Evidence from recent Public Health Scotland work on buses and transport poverty shows that improving Scotland’s bus system is not only essential for meeting net zero, but also for improving health, tackling inequalities and supporting a just transition.