South of Scotland

AGM June 5th 2007

05 June 2007

On the 5th of June 2007 Roy Brannen Head of Network Operations at Transport Scotland gave a presentation to assembled branch members and guests at the Garfield House Hotel in Glasgow.

Speakers

Transport Scotland

Roy Brannen Head of Network Operations
Transport Scotland

Transport Scotland

Roy Brannen gave a detailed talk on the structure and remit of Transport Scotland, covering the following points;

5 million people in Scotland use the road, rail, bus and ferry network.
12,500 roadworks every year in Scotland
Railway investment
Malcolm Reed, Chief Executive
European Agency links
Organisational Structure
Network breakdown
Key Objectives
- reduction of disruption
- information dissemination
- national conrtol system
- policing
Intelligent Transport Systems
- V.M.S
- loops
- roadside telephones
- gantry queue detection systems
Action Plan
Journey time monitoring technology
Integrated Transport Management Centre
Trunk road incident support Service
- 4 specialist vehicles
- first response
- attending 81% of incidents within 20 minutes

Further Information

Chief Exec Transport Scotland
Dr M. Reed TV clip
Transport Scotland
Official Website