Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Transport Tue 10 December 2024, 18:00 - 19:30 Minute Present MSPs Graham Simpson MSP, Convenor Sarah Boyack MSP, Vice-Convenor John Mason MSP, Vice-Convenor Mark Ruskell MSP, Vice-Convenor Invited guests Catherine Heeney, Transport Scotland Heather Williams, Scottish Women’s Budget Group Non-MSP Group Members In-person • Abigail Fletcher (Graham Simpson MSP office) • Colin Howden (Transform Scotland) • Laura Hyde-White (Transform Scotland) • David Jackson (Consumer Scotland) • Patrick Miner (individual) • Mark Shields (Sustrans) • Robert Macbean (Sustrans) • Chris Day (Transform Scotland) • Margaret Douglas (Public Health Scotland) • Anne Docherty (Living Streets) • Blair Moglia (CMAL) 1 • Fatima Durrani (Living Streets) • Grace Robertson (Paths for All) • Kate Joester (Living Streets) • Kenny Morton (Motability Operations) • Marian Marsh (City of Edinburgh Council) • Michaela Jackson (Stirling Council) • Michelle Thomson (First Bus) • Naghat Ahmed (MACS) • Rachael Revesz (Transform Scotland) • Sally Hinchcliffe (Cycling Dumfries) • Ruth White (City of Edinburgh Council) • Lara Henderson (CTA) Online • Richard Gale (Highland Council) • Scott Runciman (Cycling UK) • Dave du Feu (Spokes) • Deidre Harrington (University of Strathclyde) • Douglas Bryce (Disability Equality Scotland) • Ellie Harrison (Get Glasgow Moving) • Karen O'Hare (University of Strathclyde) • Keith Irving (Cycling Scotland) • Ken Haig (LMRC) • Craig Laws (Enterprise Mobility) • Margaret Dalziel (Intelligent Health) • Cara McClean (Claire Baker MSP office) • Mike Harrison (Midlothian Disability Access Panel) 2 • Paul Tetlaw (Transform Scotland) • Rhona Malcolm (Scottish Youth Parliament) • Karen Conduit-Turner (Public Health Scotland) • Kasia Sokulska • Sandra Lavergne (SEStran) • Rachael Prothero (Paths for All) • Sara Collier (CPT) • Kirsty Devlin (ScotRail) • Greig Hawke (Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub) • Helen Todd (Spokes) • Islay Jackson (Scottish Youth Parliament) • James Harkins (Light Rail UK) • Mandy Hoggan (City of Edinburgh Council) • Aaliya Shajahan (Paths for All) • Alberta Gutteridge (Bike for Good) • Andrea Thomson (SPT) • David Giles (SAPT) • Deidre Harrington (University of Strathclyde) • Jenny Milne (SRITC) • Natalie Blenins (Paths for All) • Linnea Sjogren (Living Streets Scotland) Apologies Lawrence Marshall (Capital Rail Action Group) Kevin Hobbs (CMAL) Peter Ovenstone (Heritage Railway Association) 3 Allison Cosgrove (Railfuture Scotland) Kevin Argue (Glasgow City Council) Ian Budd (Friends of the Far North Line) Robert Samson (Transport Focus) Agenda item 1: Introductions and new membership Graham Simpson MSP opened the meeting at 18:01, welcoming members and introducing speakers Catherine Heeney and Heather Williams to discuss women and girls’ safety in transport and gender-responsive budgeting.