Solidarity Co-Convenor Tommy Sheridan has criticised Tavish Scott for his lack of vision in his national transport strategy published today.  The Glasgow MSP who is also a member of the Local Government and Transport Committee said:

"Tavish Scott has announced a new transport strategy which is a mouse rather than a lion, it is big on reviews, studies and plans but short on substance.  It also accepts the current trends and projects them into the future rather than trying to plan, it is not a strategy so much as an acceptance of what the market will provide.  A real transport strategy would take Scotland's transport into public ownership, as the majority of people in Scotland want, and plan for an integrated, publicly owned and controlled transport system which gets people off the roads and air and into public transport."