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Ministear airson Taigheadas agus Comhdhail Minister for Housing and Transport Keit h Mac Ille Dhui nn BPA Keith Brown MSP Frr: 0845 77417 41 E: [email protected] Ms Kezia Dugdale MSP The Scott ish Parliament EDINBURGH EH991SP Ur faid hlel Your ref: Ar fai dhle/Our ref: 2011/1007378 \\ July2011 ~ v - ~~lq/ The Scottish Government Riaghaltas na h-Alba Tha nk you fo r your let ter of 8 J une 2011 to Stewart Ste ven son MSP , Min ist er for Envir onment and Climate Change regarding con cer ns raised by one of your con sti tue nts on the transport ele ment of the Low Carb on Sco tla nd; Meeti ng the Emissi ons Reduc tio n Tar get s 201 0-2 022: The Report on Prop osa ls and Polic ies (RP P). I am respo nding as my portfolio includes transport poli cy. The Scot tis h Gov ernmen t has a cl ear fo cus on sust ain abl e economic gro wth , whi le at the same time implement ing an ambitious agenda on cli mate change mitigation. Your con sti tue nt rai sed a number of sp eci fic iss ues in you r let ter whi ch are curren tly under con sid era tion by officials as options identi fie d in the RPP which was published on 14 Mar ch 2011, and can be viewed at: www.scotland.gov. ukIT opics/Environ mentlclimate change/scotl ands-action/l owcarbon/rp p Your cons tit uent cor rec tly identi fie d tha t the transp ort cha pte r of the RPP includes a milestone for at least 10% of all jou rneys to be mad e by bi cyc le by 20 20, building on t he vis ion alr ead y con tai ned in the Cycl ing Actio n Pla n for Sco tla nd (CA PS) publi she d las t June. A number of actions to su pport gre ater participation in cyc ling and walk ing for ever y day tr av el are now un der way as we impl ement CAPS an d we wi ll cont inue to devel op polic y in t his area. We wi ll als o con tin ue to inve st in the Natio nal Cyc le Net work thr ough gra nt fun di ng to Sustrans, and to Cycling Sco tla nd to promote cycling in a ra nge of different way s. We al so cont inue to sup por t loc al auth ori tie s thr oug h the Cyc lin g, Wal kin g, and Safe r Str eets (CWSS) gra nt funding regime, whi ch enables the development of projects which promote cyc ling and w al king, including provision of cy cle lanes and other measures suc h as adva nced stop lines . Cid he Bhi ctoria, Dun Ei deann, EH6 6QQ Vi ct or ia Quay, Edi nbur gh EH6 6QQ www.scotland.gov.uk ISVESTOR IS PEOPLE
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