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:
People like to travel by train. The railway network delivers double the number of passenger journeys and passenger kilometres it did 20 years ago, growth which has outperformed external drivers such as population growth....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: ESOTERIX SYSTEMS LIMITED
The project addresses the economic and societal impacts of potential lower service levels by proposing a dynamic capacity management system that maximizes the use of existing capacity and adjusts to travel patterns.
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 relevant tools for demand responsive transport, which could be a potential alternative to conventional public transport and mitigate the impacts of lower service levels.
This project addresses the urgent need for transport operators to be able to efficiently implement social distancing on their tram/rail services amid current COVID-19 restrictions and to optimally manage demand, access a...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: ACCELOGRESS LIMITED
The project addresses the need for transport operators to implement social distancing and manage demand and capacity at peak times, but does not directly answer the question about economic and societal impacts of lower service levels.