Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan 2022-27 - Other - Page 89
C7. Transport to and around the Park
How people get to and move around the Cairngorms is going to be one of the biggest changes in the National
Park over the coming years.
There is a need to improve public transport to cater for residents, commuters and visitors, and to move
to a hub and spokes model (where one central ‘hub’ location caters for lots of smaller ‘spokes’) for key
visitor destinations.
There will be less use of private cars in future and a need to look at site-specific solutions for key areas of
the National Park, such as Glenmore. And we need to make it easier for people to get to work in the National
Park more sustainably.
This is a key issue for the Cairngorms and one which we need to focus on to achieve our net zero and visitor
management objectives. There is a need to ensure that work in the National Park follows the hierarchy of
transport needs as set out in the National Transport Strategy.
OBJECTIVE
Promote a modal shift towards sustainable and active travel
in the way visitors and commuters get to, and everyone moves
around, the National Park.
TARGET
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20% of current journeys by visitors, commuters and residents
within the National Park do not take place by car by 2030.
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Increase active travel and public transport usage within the
National Park.
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25% of visitors get to the National Park by public transport by 2045.
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E-bike and adapted bike hire and charging facilities will be available in
all main settlements and major visitor hubs by 2030.
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Key public transport options will have capacity for people to bring bikes
to the National Park by 2030.
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