This is the list of documents available for the submission Improving Falkirk's Public Transport and Promoting a Cleaner Environment Falkirk Council notes: 1. The distrust and disappointment among residents of the Falkirk Council area with their costly, inadequate and unreliable bus services. 2. That large numbers of residents of the Falkirk Council area find themselves unable to access work opportunities due to the inadequacy of transport services and many find fares so high that taking up employment that is available may not be an affordable option. 3. That large numbers of residents of the Falkirk Council area have difficulty in attending essential appointments including those at doctor's surgeries and hospital due to lack of suitable public transport. 4. That Falkirk Council has no direct control over the routes, timetables or vehicles that bus operators use in the area but must use its influence to help address these problems. 5. That the climate change crisis makes it necessary that we reduce car usage and develop greener public transport fleets to reduce carbon emissions, congestion and air pollution, and improve public health by increasing Active Travel. 6. That First Bus currently operates an effective monopoly in the area which has led to disdain for the people who pay their fares and lack of concern for the local environment. 7. That due to past reductions in the railway network we are overwhelmingly reliant on our bus services as the main means of public transport. 8. That Lothian Buses currently operate a successful municipal scheme, which not only provides bus services which satisfy public demand, but also run at a profit enabling reinvestment in the service and payment of dividends to Councils with shareholdings. 9. That Section 34 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 gives local transport authorities the power to run local bus services that they were previously prohibited from doing under the Transport Act 1985. This power sits alongside their other responsibilities in subsidising local services where there is a need. Council believes: 1. That to address all the above problems there needs to be a fundamental change to Public Transport Services in the Falkirk Council area to a system that recognises public transport as a vital service..

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