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.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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
Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science
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.
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
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
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.
The Government's National Bus Strategy 'Bus Back Better' seeks to arrest the decline in bus provision and use. It sees an important role for Demand Responsive Transport (or DRT) in lower-density areas not served well by ...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: University of the West of England
The project specifically evaluates the impact of Demand Responsive Transport on economic, social, and health outcomes in rural areas, aligning with the question on the relationship between transport improvements and local economic growth.