In Scotland, things are moving on after the Transport (Scotland) Bill became an Act on August 5 2005. The Act has led to the creation of 7 statutory Regional Transport Partnerships (RTP) which were originally proposed in the 2003 White Paper "Scotland's Transport Future". These partnerships are composed of councillors in areas covered by the Region plus a small number of non-paid appointees. They met for the first time in December 2005 and formally took on their powers in April 2006. They are required to produce a Regional Transport Strategy covering up to 15 years by April 2007, which then goes to the Scottish Executive for approval: the Scottish Executive published final guidance for their production in March 2006. RTSs must be approved by the Executive and should be refreshed every 4 years.

The RTPs share £35 million of funding for each of the 2 years from April 2006, eg the North East RTP has £3 million each year. They are encouraged to spend this on public transport, and it must go on projects that realise a physical asset. RTPs may take on responsibility for some of Scotland's trunk road network, it was announced in April 2006.

32 local authorities are also expected to produce a Local Transport Strategy (although it's a non-statutory document and therefore not a legal requirement). These follow from the first LTSs produced in 2000/2001. The new LTS was initially expected by an informal deadline of around August 2006. Most did not meet this: delays occurred while waiting for new guidance which came out in March 2005, and because although LTSs are intended to feed into the Regional Strategy, "The regional strategy will be binding on its constituent authorities, and this will mean that local strategies will need to be consistent with the objectives of the regional strategy." (see RTP information above). Aberdeen City approved its LTS on March 4 2008 to cover 2008 - 2012, while Aberdeenshire approved its own in 2007.

The Scottish situation is partially mirrored in Wales; the Transport (Wales) Act was passed on February 17 2006. The Act gave the Welsh Assembly powers to create and finance joint transport authority regions. Transport plans will be produced by 4 regional bodies rather than by local authorities; the first 5 year plans must be published by March 2008. Individual authority transport plans will no longer be produced.

In London as of December 2007 just one of the 33 boroughs is still awaiting Transport for London's approval of its Local Implementation Plan (LIP) which should show how it plans to implement the Mayor's transport strategy. Like the Local Transport Plan, LIPs cover the period until 2011.