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 Government's National Bus Strategy 'Bus Back Better' seeks to arrest the decline in bus provision and use. It sees an important role for Demand Responsive Transport (or DRT) in lower-density areas not served well by ...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: University of the West of England
The project specifically focuses on assessing the economic and societal impacts of Demand Responsive Transport in rural areas, aligning with the question's context.
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.