Government is committed to ‘levelling up’, so that every corner of the country can benefit and share in future prosperity. Transport connectivity is an essential input into the efficient functioning of markets, reducing the costs of doing business and supporting linkages between key sectors of the economy. More efficient and faster delivery of major projects are fundamental to job creation and so a key lever for economic growth and our recovery from Covid-19. We are therefore enhancing the national strategic transport network, shifting the focus of DfT investment towards major projects that link the towns, cities and left behind places outside of London and the South East.
Key areas of focus are:
• More productive cities and towns
• Support local growth and regeneration
• Support jobs and skills
• Improve networks between major economic centres, and with international gateways
• Strengthening the Union
Delivery of major programmes such as HS2, the Integrated Rail Plan, TransPennine Route Upgrade, the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail and the Roads Investment Strategy are fundamental to job creation and a key lever for economic growth and our recovery from Covid-19. Further commitments are outlined in the UK R&D Place Strategy which is being published this year as part of the UK R&D Roadmap. The research and evidence needs set out below are critical to supporting DfT deliver these major programmes and key areas of focus to grow and level up the economy.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
We have developed a model that simulates the pattern of land use and transportation for Great Britain which is configured in terms of thousands of small zones and three modes of transport which bind together employment a...
Funded by: STFC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project focuses on simulating the impacts of new infrastructure projects like HS2 on land use and transport networks, which partially addresses the question about new environmental techniques.
Highways England is working towards developing the Strategic Road Network (SRN) to have minimal air pollution impact on neighbouring communities. The ADMS-Roads air quality modelling software tool is key to this goal bec...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CAMBRIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LIMITED
The project provides a tool specifically designed to predict the air quality impact of elevated road sections, which addresses the need for new environmental techniques in the analysis of road schemes.
RoadSaver will harness the road condition data currently being gathered by highway authorities. The objective is to extract better value from the vast amount of road condition data routinely gathered by local highway aut...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: TRL LIMITED
The project aims to extract better value from road condition data to improve decision making, efficiency, and cost effectiveness in maintaining road networks, which is relevant to the analysis of road schemes.