How can the social and economic disparities from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic be mitigated through transport investment schemes?

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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Related UKRI funded projects

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

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    The project uses agent based models to simulate how cities operate and can help cities plan for economic recovery and mitigate health risks during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project provides a technology platform to analyze travel times during the Covid-19 pandemic, which can partially address the question of mitigating social and economic disparities through transport investment schemes.

  • GCRF_NF359: Modelling the exposure risk tradeoff between public transit and private paratransit for transport decision making in the era of Covid19

    A safe and functioning transport system is vital to maintain economic activities in countries, developing or not. In most developing countries, the transport system is characterised by a crowded bus transit and micro-tra...

    Funded by: GCRF

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    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

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    The project specifically focuses on understanding the implications of transport investments on the spatial economy, which directly addresses the question on mitigating social and economic disparities through transport investment schemes.

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    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

    Lead research organisation: University of Manchester

  • REPLENISH - REimagining PLaces and ENgineering Infrastructure Systems for Health

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    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham

  • Delivering a Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Pipeline for Resilient Future Mobility

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    Funded by: NERC

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  • The Role of Demand Responsive Transport in Connecting People to Opportunities in Less Densely Populated Areas

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  • Personalised Transport Messaging and Key Worker Analytics to Help Bus, Tram and Metro operators during the Covid 19 Outbreak

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ZIPABOUT LIMITED

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