What is the relationship between transport improvements and local economic growth?
Background
The grow and level up the economy strategic priority is at the heart of the government’s agenda to spread opportunity across the UK. Transport has a crucial role to play, whether it be through improving connectivity across the United Kingdom and growing the economy by enhancing the transport network, on time and on budget. DfT has a number of specific interests in this space, notably our infrastructure projects, Places for Growth and our apprenticeships and skills work.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Transport investments and spatial economic performance
The research is seeking to understand the implications of transport investments for the spatial economy by identifying effects on workers and firms (e.g. productivity, employment, wages). The research will provide the fi...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to understand the relationship between transport investments and economic growth by analyzing the effects of transport improvements on workers and firms, and assessing the implications of the findings for scheme appraisal.
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Transportation and the socio-spatial dimensions of travel to work flows
Numerous research studies use commuting data, collected through the Census of Population, to understand social, economic and environmental challenges in the UK. This commuting data has been used to understand patterns; a...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on using commuting data to evaluate transport policy and investment decisions, which is relevant to understanding the relationship between transport improvements and economic growth.
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Social and Economic Implications of Transport Sharing and Automation
This study will link the changing nature of jobs due to automation and the platform economy to regional infrastructure planning and transport operations, and the role specifically of transport automation within this cont...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project explores the social and economic implications of transport sharing and automation, which is not directly related to the question about the relationship between transport improvements and economic growth.