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 UK Freight system is extensive comprising around 195,000 enterprises, 2.5 million employees, and contributing £121 billion gross value added (GVA) to the economy. In most places, LGVs and HGVs contribute ~30% o...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CITY SCIENCE CORPORATION LIMITED
The project, National Freight Model (Phase 2), aims to fill the data gap in freight and provide a fully open National Freight Model that can be used for analysis and application, which can help answer the question fully. The authors have the necessary expertise to develop the model.
Like energy and automotive before it, UK freight transport is now on the cusp of a socio-technical transition away from fossil fuel dependency. This transition will require major investment to fleet and infrastructure, c...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project, Decarbonising the UK's Freight Transport, focuses on the decarbonization of freight transport and aims to collect and distill current knowledge, identify research challenges, and guide enabling policy. While it may not directly answer the question fully, it provides relevant insights and the authors have the necessary expertise in freight decarbonization.
**Background** Rail freight is vital to Britain. It contributes almost £2.5bn to the economy and plays a big part in reducing congestion and emissions. Rail is more environmentally friendly than road, with every t...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: 3SQUARED LTD.
The project, Levelling up Freight, aims to make rail freight as accessible and easy to use as the road network through an innovative freight planning solution. While it may not directly answer the question fully, it provides relevant insights on improving freight transport and the authors have the necessary expertise in rail freight planning.