What are the wider economic benefits of rail travel to urban centres?
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.
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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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Copy of RRUK 2: Universities' Centre for Rail Systems Research
Railways have a vital role in any 21st century transport policy. No other form of transport could cope with the large numbers of people transported into and around major cities every day by commuter railways and metro sy...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project discusses the wider economic benefits of rail travel to urban centres and provides evidence on the positive impact of railways on the economy, energy efficiency, and reliability of transportation.
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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 implications of transport investments on the spatial economy, including productivity, employment, and wages, which are relevant factors in assessing the wider economic benefits of rail travel to urban centres.
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Factor 20: reducing CO2 emissions from inland transport by a major modal shift to rail
The proposed Feasibility Account will explore the premise that, to bring about a significant reduction in UK CO2 emissions from transport by 2050, rail system capacity and use will need to increase by a factor of 10 on c...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project explores the feasibility of reducing CO2 emissions from inland transport through a major modal shift to rail, which is a relevant aspect of the wider economic benefits of rail travel to urban centres, although it does not directly address the economic impacts.