The Scottish Office can maximise its input. We recognise that in a country with the geographic and demographic diversity of Scotland, there must be a strong emphasis on local improvements in transport provision. Solutions will not be uniform across the whole country. This implies that local authorities must take appropriate measures to develop demand management programmes for their areas and incorporate principles for reducing the need to travel into their land use plans. In essence, transport developments will need to be pursued in partnership between local communities, local authorities, service providers and Government.
Partnership clearly involves co-operation between the public and private sectors.
We recognise the developments that private sector transport operators have made and we wish to maintain and develop good dialogue with them to assist in taking forward transport initiatives.