The improve transport for the user strategic priority is critical in ensuring the department delivers and maintains a transport system that meets the needs of the public and addresses what they care about most. It puts the needs and expectations of current and potential users (both passengers and freight customers) at the heart of the operation of the transport system and considers about end-to-end journeys, not just individual transport modes. It is focused on ensuring that our infrastructure and the services which use it meet the varied needs of businesses and the public, are attractive, affordable, sustainable, and resilient is a crucial goal for the department.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Our Vision is for climate resilient, net zero development of the transport system to be guided by systems analysis. When this vision is realised, decision-makers will have access to (and visualisation of) data that tells...
Funded by: SPF
Lead research organisation: Newcastle University
The project addresses the design and operation of future transport systems, considering resilience, decarbonisation, and adaptability, but does not specifically address lessons learned from the pandemic.
Much current discussion about transport and climate change focuses on the impact of transport on climate change. Indeed, many mitigation measures are focussed upon the transport change, and many mitigation measures are f...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The project specifically aims to develop scenarios for how the transport system in the UK might look in 2050 and investigate the resilience of each scenario to the effects of climate change, which aligns with the question about learning from experiences in the pandemic to inform future transport investment.
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
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
While the project focuses on modelling the exposure risk tradeoff between public transit and private paratransit for transport decision making in the era of Covid19, it does not directly address the question about learning from experiences in the pandemic to inform future transport investment. However, it provides valuable insights into the risks of different transport modes during the pandemic, which can be considered in future transport investment decisions.