Department for Transport

Questions from the Department for Transport:

Improve transport for the user How can we ensure technologies and technology-based services are both developed around users and realise their wider social and economic benefits? Including autonomous vehicles; Mobility as a Service; new shared services; new business models for car ownership; and the use of data in transport. Department for Transport, 2023

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Improve transport for the user How can we embed better evidence into our investment decisions, the impacts of investment on transport users and communities (including vulnerable and protected groups)? Department for Transport, 2023

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Improve transport for the user How do people perceive reliability, punctuality, and variance in journey time? Department for Transport, 2023

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Improve transport for the user What is the best way to maintain and develop the software suite that supports the development of business cases, such as Transport Users Benefit Appraisal (TUBA) and Wider Impacts in Transport Appraisal (WITA)? What is the best avenue to communicate the Department’s methodologies to stakeholders? Department for Transport, 2023

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Improve transport for the user How can we better capture the impacts of transport, including improvements to the appraisal of active modes, freight, and values of time in congested conditions and how these vary for different groups? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy What are the possible costs and benefits to urban tram solutions? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy What requirements should apply to navigation bridge sensors and controls for use in MASS, in particular human and machine interfaces, update rates, and data representation? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy How can maritime information (including navigation) be digitalised to allow machine reading alongside human inter-operability, is different information required by autonomous systems? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy What is the necessary port infrastructure needed for the safe operation of MASS in Smart Ports and as part of a multi-modal transportation chain? For example, sensor validation and docking. Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy How should autonomous aviation systems communicate with ground control and each other? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy What is substantial change to trigger re-evaluation of AI? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy How is the transition to net zero transport impacting the jobs market and how can we ensure the Government continues to maximise the employment opportunities available, including through monitoring green jobs as they are delivered and providing the workforce with the necessary skills to drive progress? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy What are the economic and societal impacts of potential lower service levels? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy What will be the appetite and ability of future transport sectors to invest in innovation/R&D? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy What are the benefits and barriers for devolved transport policy? How do we build on our current devolution policy to further maximise effective working practices? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy How will societal and economic changes vary regionally and how will they affect the financial health of the transport system? What do these changes mean for the funding model of public transport? Will a fundamentally different approach be required to funding public transport? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy How can the social and economic disparities from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic be mitigated through transport investment schemes? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy To what extent do we have evidence on the impacts of transport investment on specific areas such as the spatial distribution of productivity or social mobility and inclusion? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy Has the role of transport in economic growth changed with increased digital substitution? What type of transport interventions are most effective from an economic stimulus / job creation perspective? Department for Transport, 2023

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Grow and level up the economy How can quantum sensors contribute to improved road traffic management and maintenance? Department for Transport, 2023

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