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:
TravelAi proposes SRN IMPACT (InterModal Performance Analysis of Citizen Travels) to digitize travel demand surveying. We propose a state-of-the-art, automatic, digital, travel-demand-survey tool that will allow Highways...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: TRAVELAI LTD
The project proposes a state-of-the-art, automatic, digital, travel-demand-survey tool that can provide rich and accurate quantitative travel-behaviour data, which can address transport issues at local or national levels.
oneTRANSPORT aims to make transport more user friendly & accessible by deploying the world’s first open & scalable platform enabling multi-modal & multi-system transport integration across Local Authorities....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: INTERDIGITAL EUROPE LIMITED
The project aims to create an open and self-sustainable transport data marketplace, which can partially address transport issues at local or national levels by enabling multi-modal and multi-system transport integration across Local Authorities.
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 simulates the resilience of transport infrastructures using novel data sources and addresses the impact of new infrastructure projects like HS2, aligning with the question's focus on transport issues at local or national levels.