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Tactran

The Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (Tactran) is the statutory regional transport partnership covering the Angus, Dundee City, Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas. Tactran is one of the was established under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005. Unlike the other regional transport partnerships, Tactran is polycentric, covering three separate travel-to-work areas: Dundee, Perth and Stirling. Tactran is responsible for setting policies on rail, cycling, walking, buses. In partnership with NHS Tayside, it maintains an app, Go NHS Tayside, to help patients attend hospital appointments.

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The Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (Tactran) is the statutory regional transport partnership covering the Angus, Dundee City, Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas. Tactran is one of the was established under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005. Unlike the other regional transport partnerships, Tactran is polycentric, covering three separate travel-to-work areas: Dundee, Perth and Stirling. Tactran is responsible for setting policies on rail, cycling, walking, buses. In partnership with NHS Tayside, it maintains an app, Go NHS Tayside, to help patients attend hospital appointments.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1379009116

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