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:
Public transport is crucial to economic activity, functioning cities and access to work, but presents many pinch-points (doors, confined areas of queuing, ticket gates) where social distancing is easily compromised. Thes...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
The project focuses on improving personal safety and perceptions of personal safety on railways through the optimization of passenger flow and guidelines on effective timetabling and COVID safe station operation.
Rail passenger numbers in the UK doubled between 1996 and 2016 (currently 1.7billion p.a.) whilst the supply of train kilometres rose by ~50%, with implications for overcrowding on services and associated impacts on trai...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: BLOCK DOX LIMITED
The project addresses issues related to overcrowding on trains, passenger comfort, safety, and passenger satisfaction, but does not specifically focus on improving personal safety and perceptions of personal safety on railways.
RASIC Ltd has been researching how to predict rail demand to improve operational responses to train delays and long-term timetable planning to better meet passenger needs. Even in today's technological world that rail op...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: RASIC LIMITED
The project aims to improve decision-making in real-time and in the future by gathering data and predicting demand and the likelihood of crowding at stations and on-trains, which can contribute to improving personal safety on railways.