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 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 focuses on assessing the impact of Demand Responsive Transport in rural areas, aligning with the question's interest in improving transport provision for local authorities.
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.