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:
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 partially answers the question as it focuses on the potential contribution of DRT to meet transport and wider public policy objectives, but does not specifically address the perception of value for money or the variation across passenger groups.
A good understanding of traveller behaviour underpins all policies which are effective in influencing travel behaviour to reduce congestion, increase activity levels, improve air quality and/or reduce carbon emissions. I...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of the West of England
The project partially answers the question as it examines traveller behaviour over weeks and months, but does not specifically address the perception of value for money or the variation across passenger groups.
Our excessive dependence on motorised road transport imposes significant economic costs on society, such as congestion, pollution and physical inactivity and the ill health caused by it. UPBEAT is an app designed to comb...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: THE BEHAVIOURALIST
The project partially answers the question as it aims to change travel choices and understand the power of nudges and incentives in changing travel behaviour, but does not specifically address the perception of value for money or the variation across passenger groups.