£20 million Scottish Government Bus Infrastructure Fund for 2025-26
The Scottish Government is meeting its commitment to improve bus infrastructure across Scotland by committing £20m to support the development and construction of a wide range of projects, from bus lanes and bus priority signals to accessible features and transport hubs. These improvements are designed to shorten journey times, increase reliability, and improve integration with other modes of transport, ultimately encouraging more people to choose the bus over private vehicles.
The investment was announced by the Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Jim Fairlie, while visiting the Glasgow Operations Centre at Eastgate, a cutting-edge hub that unites key city services to deliver real-time, coordinated traffic, safety and emergency management. During that visit, the Minister learned more about how Bus Infrastructure Funding is working to ensure the city can capitalise on advances in AI and machine learning – allowing for smarter bus priority measures, meaning faster journeys for passengers.
Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity Jim Fairlie said:
“Time is everything. This is especially true if you are working or caring for others. Even if those buses are modern and electric, or even if those buses are run by local authorities or commercially run services – if it still takes longer to get to your destination than it does by car – the bus simply can’t compete when it comes to convenience. That is precisely where the Bus Infrastructure Fund works to help. Speeding up bus journeys and making them more reliable is important in making bus services more attractive to more people. We’re also providing funding to improve the quality of bus infrastructure more generally, from the bus stops themselves and information at them, to interchanges making it easier to switch between bus and other ways of travelling.”
”Speeding up bus journeys and making them more reliable is important in making bus services more attractive to more people”
Further information on funding allocations and what will be delivered through this investment can be found on the Transport Scotland website.