Alastair Dalton Journalist
  • Glasgow
  • National World

Alastair Dalton is a specialist news reporter and columnist for The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News with a strong track record of breaking major Scottish transport stories and providing incisive coverage and analysis of sector issues across online and print. His most recent industry honour was winning the Finance/Business Journalist of the Year runner-up award at the 2020 Scottish Press Awards.

Published In

The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday

Focus Areas

  • Transport

584 Articles
about 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Drivers are risking fines and crashes by ignoring temporary speed limits – Alastair Dalton

Many motorists hate having to drive slower than they would like to – and encountering unexpected speed-limit signs te...

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about 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Here's how my test ride of an electric cargo bike went – Alastair Dalton

When Covid struck Scotland nearly two years ago, I joined fellow Scotsman staff and most other office-based workers i...

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over 2 years ago
scotsman.com

BBC Panorama gave wrong impression about Scotland’s road safety – Alastair Dalton

Whenever I see an announcement that includes the words “Britain’s” and “transport”, I heave a big sigh.

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over 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Pavement parking ban is a victory for the vulnerable but will drivers stomach it? – Alastair Dalton

It’s been a long time coming, is still some way from coming into force but could trigger the motoring row to end all ...

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over 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Big reductions in car, train and bus travel shows pandemic effect is very much still with us – Al...

It has been the year our travel horizons expanded only to shrink again.

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over 2 years ago
scotsman.com

ScotRail's lack of Inter7City trains makes rail travel to Highlands a dismal prospect – Alastair ...

Had we not been focused on preventing Storm Arwen from blowing us off the road, our first experience of driving the n...

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over 2 years ago
scotsman.com

ScotRail's lack of Inter7City trains makes rail travel to Highlands a dismal prospect – Alastair ...

Had we not been focused on preventing Storm Arwen from blowing us off the road, our first experience of driving the n...

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over 2 years ago
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Will public get the COP26 message about the need to be less selfish about how we travel about? – ...

I heard a leading environmental campaigner offering some useful advice about how to make sense of COP26.

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over 2 years ago
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Cycling to COP26? There’s nowhere to leave your bike – Alastair Dalton

According to those coordinating traffic information during COP26, cycling (and walking) “may be your best options” an...

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over 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Missed opportunity that threatens cycling during COP26 - Alastair Dalton

Any Glaswegians who didn’t realise COP26 was coming to town will know about it from tonight.

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over 2 years ago
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Lumo: What's it like to travel on the new cut-price Edinburgh-London rail service?

The wraps came off Scotland’s first competitor train service between Edinburgh and London on Thursday as Lumo’s showc...

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over 2 years ago
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There’s a serial killer in your house and you’re sitting on it – Alastair Dalton

If you’re reading this sitting down, it’s slowly killing you.

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