What is the effect of planning apps (or Mobility as a Service) on transport mode choice?
Background
The reducing environmental impacts strategic priority is in recognition that there is an environmental aspect to all transport, and therefore almost all the work of DfT. Transport is the largest emitting sector of greenhouse gases in the UK, contributing 27% of domestic emissions in 2019. Our transport system must change to deliver the government’s Net Zero ambition and DfT will drive forwards that change through our longer-term green transport agenda. On decarbonisation specifically, we published our Transport decarbonisation plan (TDP) in July 2021, which sets out the steps we will take to deliver the necessary carbon reductions across every form of transport. Sustainability will be at the heart of levelling-up. People everywhere will feel the benefits – villages, towns, cities, and countryside will be cleaner, greener, healthier and more prosperous and pleasant environments in which to live and work
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Services for Intelligent Mobility Management (SIMM)
We are in a period of unprecedented technological change in which the convergence of a range of underlying technologies in the domains of computing, communications, positioning and navigation, pervasive sensing and model...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially answers the question as it explores the research challenges associated with how to exploit the capabilities of the digital economy to promote and enable the development of new services to support and improve the decision making capability of travellers, transport network managers, and the wider community. The authors have the necessary expertise in the development of the digital economy and its relationship to transport.
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Improving Public Transport Planning Using Smart Card and MaaS Subscription Data
In this proposal, I want to develop optimisation frameworks that will use smart card and mobility-as-a-service subscription data to address strategic (transit route network design problem) and (if time allows) tactical (...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project directly addresses the effect of planning apps and MaaS on transport mode choice, aiming to shift user behaviour from private to public transport.
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Mobility as a Service & Behaviour Change for Decarbonisation
Public description MaaS is not yet delivering its full potential, in particular in influencing positive travel behaviours to help decarbonise while providing an enhanced user exprience. It has been widely anticipated tha...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on the effect of Mobility as a Service on transport mode choice and aims to influence positive travel behaviors for decarbonisation.