STEP On the BusDr Stephen Thomson,

Head of Environment & Sustainability

Transport Scotland

The Agenda

• 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

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