Excerpt from the Local Transport Strategy for Fife 2006-2026

Road Traffic Reduction Act

The need to achieve a reduction in levels of road traffic is acknowledged in the Road Traffic Reduction Act (RTRA) 1997. Details of traffic growth forecasts and monitoring of road traffic were included within the technical appendix of the initial Fife Local Transport Strategy ( LTS) in 2000. However, it was acknowledged that the setting of targets is heavily dependent on the degree of funding and both regional and national traffic growth, which is not in the control of Local Authorities. These concerns have been confirmed within the report commissioned by the Scottish Executive, “The Evaluation and Review of Local Authority Road Traffic Reduction Targets”, which states that:

“opportunities for delivery of road traffic reduction targets are not wholly in the control of local authorities, but require a much wider partnership and commitment, across most levels of government and also the private sector”

The Scottish Executive has acknowledged these difficulties and new RTRA guidance is awaited. Once this is available, the local Area Transport Plans for West, Central and East areas of Fife, and the LTS will be updated accordingly.

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