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 rise in private car use in the UK has major implications relating to how transport more generally is provided. One problem is that conventional public transport (i.e. bus, light rail and heavy rail) is steadily becom...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Loughborough University
The project focuses on developing tools to determine the potential contribution of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) to meet transport and wider public policy objectives, which aligns with the question's objective of improving the capability and capacity of local authorities to deliver transport provision.
Buses running to schedule is a perennial problem faced by transport authorities. Major cities including Cambridge have struggled to gain insights into the root cause of bus delays, in order to better manage and operate w...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: ALCHERA DATA TECHNOLOGIES LTD
The project aims to develop a tool to identify when buses are running out of sync with expected timetables, which partially addresses the question's objective of improving the capability and capacity of local authorities to deliver transport provision.
Title: Small Vehicle Transport System (SVTS). Challenge 3: "On-demand mobility solution" is being applied for. There is a need for a form of local public transport that is able to serve daily travel on those ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT LTD
The project proposes a Small Vehicle Transport System (SVTS) that aims to serve daily travel on local journeys without public sector subsidy, which partially addresses the question's objective of improving the capability and capacity of local authorities to deliver transport provision.