Has the role of transport in economic growth changed with increased digital substitution? What type of transport interventions are most effective from an economic stimulus / job creation perspective?
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.
Next steps
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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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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 for the spatial economy and assess the findings for scheme appraisal, which directly addresses the question.
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Digital Propensity & Impact Analysis Model
Up until now, a significant amount of transport infrastructure investment has been focused on getting people from where they live to where they work, or from where they work to where their customers are, in the fastest t...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the impact of digital substitution on transport and provides a model to evaluate the relationship between digital connectivity, transport mode choice, and employment.
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Transportation and the socio-spatial dimensions of travel to work flows
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
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to inform community transportation policy and investment, and evaluate the socio-spatial dimensions of travel to work flows, which partially addresses the question by considering the effectiveness of different transport interventions from an economic stimulus/job creation perspective.