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Number crunch: Transport trends in the city regions

April, 2018

Our report, Number crunch: Transport trends in the city regions, identifies some of the most defining patterns of the past decade (and projected future trends) that are changing the face of the UK’s city regions, and the way that people travel within them.

Ageing urban populations, rapid bus passenger decline and huge growth in private hire vehicles are just some of the dramatic shifts taking place in UK cities.

The report draws on data from our unique, free and interactive online tool ‘Data Hub’, which allows users to generate bespoke analysis, graphics and charts of transport, economic and population data.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Capacities and Capabilities

Banks, bytes and bikes: The transport priorities of the new economy

February, 2018

Our report, Banks, bytes and bikes: The transport priorities of the new economy, highlights how transport needs in urban areas are changing amid the growth of the so-called “flat white economy”.

It sets out how this new economy is already a major driver of the wider UK economy, and how business sectors such as communications, media and information increasingly favour urban locations with good quality of place, as well as good access on foot, by bike and by public transport.

The report challenges monolithic views of what business wants on transport in favour of a more nuanced perspective which recognises that there is a new economy with new perspectives on transport priorities.

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Rail Infrastructure Investment Inquiry

January, 2018

Consulting body:

Transport Select Committee

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UTG Response TSC Rail Infrastructure Investment inquiry

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Regional and Urban Rail

National Infrastructure Assessment

January, 2018

Consulting body:

National Infrastructure Commission

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UTG Response to NIC Consultation on National Infrastructure Assessment

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Initial take on the 2017 Budget

November, 2017

This briefing provides an initial take on the 2017 Budget.

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Initial take on the Budget.docx

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Policy Futures

September, 2017

Policy futures for urban transport sets out how, with more focused governance in place, the city regions are delivering major investment programmes including on public transport, highways and active travel, and smart ticketing. The report says that - with the right national policy framework - further and faster progress can be made, including:

ensuring that the benefits of transformative technological change are maximised including new ways of paying for access to transport, connected and autonomous vehicles and data;
that barriers between different sectors are broken down so that the benefits that transport can bring to achieving wider policy goals - in areas like health, employment and education - are fully realised.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

Capacities and Capabilities

Urban Congestion

February, 2017

Consulting body:

Transport Select Committee

Document:

Urban Congestion final UTG response.pdf

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The Road to Growth

January, 2017

UTG response to 'The Road to Growth Discussion paper' for Highways England.

Consulting body:

Highways England

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UTG response to Highways England Road to Growth paper

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DfT Wider Economic Impacts

January, 2017

Consulting body:

Department for Transport

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UTG response to DfT consultation on wider economic impacts

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Policy Futures for Urban Transport - our vision and roadmap

September, 2016

This report sets out our vision for how future UK urban transport policy could unfold in a way that enables the nation’s urban areas to deliver smart and sustainable growth that has far-reaching benefits. It looks at the great strides our city regions have already made and proposes fifteen ways in which national government and transport authorities can work together to create the transport networks urban areas need in order to fully realise their potential.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Concessionary Travel

Social inclusion

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Transport Works for growth and jobs

February, 2014

This report summarises some of the latest academic research which shows the importance of agglomeration economies (the way in which high value sectors of the economy cluster together in cities) in driving wider national economies. It also shows that these urban clusters cannot develop to their full potential without high quality and efficient transport networks.

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Delivering Successful Local Transport - the City Region Experience

October, 2013

Report by JMP demonstrating the sound processes that PTEs have for identifying the right projects and then delivering them efficiently and effectively.

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LSTF Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance - Final Report

May, 2013

Building on the work of the Department for Transport, pteg commissioned AECOM to prepare additional guidance for PTEs and other Local Transport Authorities to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of Local Sustainable Transport Fund projects. The guidance provides a practical approach to developing cost effective and affordable monitoring and evaluation programmes.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

The Case for the Urban Bus - the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus

February, 2013

A detailed evaluation of the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus.

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Concessionary Travel

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

Underpinning Policy - Modelling Bus Subsidy in English Metropolitan Areas

August, 2011

Forecasts the medium term implications for English metropolitan areas of changes to bus subsidy.

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Concessionary Travel

Value for money and appraisal of small public transport schemes

July, 2011

Builds the evidence base on the value for money of small public transport schemes by compiling and analysing a database of close to 150 schemes.

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Government spending cuts: Scenarios for future transport funding

July, 2010

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Employment in sustainable transport

June, 2010

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Transport works: the case for investing in the city regions

March, 2010

This document outlines the case for continued investment in urban local transport through the recession and beyond. Investing in better transport has been an important part of the stimulus package implemented by government in order to support key sectors of the economy through the recession. Continuing and sustaining this investment for the long term will be an equally important part of the recovery phase, since improving local transport is one of the most effective means of supporting jobs and businesses.

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Final report on concessionary travel projections

October, 2009

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Concessionary Travel

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Consulting body

Reimbursement arrangements for the Concessionary Bus Travel Scheme in England

November, 2010

Consulting body:

Department for Transport

Document:

Reimbursement arrangements - full response.pdf

Reimbursement arrangements - Annexes.pdf

Reimbursement arrangements - response form.pdf

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Concessionary Travel

Spending Review

October, 2010

Consulting body:

HM Treasury

Document:

SubmissiontoHMTspendingreviewfinal.pdf

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Local Transport Funding

October, 2010

Consulting body:

Department for Transport

Document:

ptegFinalLTFConsultation.pdf

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Local Government Finance Formula Grant Distribution

October, 2010

Consulting body:

Department for Communities and Local Government

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LGFGdistributionCLGConsultationPaperresponsefinal.pdf

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Transport and the economy

September, 2010

Consulting body:

Transport Select Committee

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ptegSubmissiontoTSCTransportandEconomyFinal.pdf

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Regional Growth Fund

August, 2010

Consulting body:

HM Treasury

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RGFresponsefinal.pdf

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Regional Growth Fund

August, 2010

Consulting body:

Department for Communities and Local Government

Document:

RGFresponsefinal.pdf

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Regional Growth Fund

August, 2010

Consulting body:

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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RGFresponsefinal.pdf

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Urban Challenge Fund

June, 2010

Consulting body:

Department for Transport

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ptegUCFresponsefinal.pdf

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Local Authority Grant Funding in 2010-11 for the national bus concession in England

December, 2009

Consulting body:

Department for Transport

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PTEGDfTresponse_LocalAuthorityFunding201011_December2009_final.doc

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Concessionary Travel

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South Yorkshire transport chief is new Chair of Urban Transport Group

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Stephen Edwards, the Executive Director of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), is the new Chair of the Urban Transport Group.

His appointment follows the end of the two-year term of outgoing Chair Tobyn Hughes, Managing Director at Nexus.

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Competition Commission Inquiry

Regional and Urban Rail

Rail regulation

Concessionary Travel

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

Capacities and Capabilities

‘Transit oriented development’ can help meet housing demand and reduce car-based urban sprawl, says report

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Report sets out five point plan to realise more building developments based around sustainable, public transport and active travel

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Regional and Urban Rail

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

Leading urban transport data tool relaunches with expansive range of new statistics

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Refreshed Data Hub expands ability to ‘select, visualise and share’ key transport data

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Regional and Urban Rail

Social inclusion

Capacities and Capabilities

Transport key to ‘putting towns back on the map’, says report

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Transport has a key role to play in helping the UK’s post-industrial towns to thrive – putting them firmly back on the map, a report by the Urban Transport Group finds today.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

New deal on funding and powers essential to keep cities moving forward, stresses Urban Transport Group

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Further devolution of rail services, greater funding for buses and reform of taxi and Private Hire Vehicle legislation – these are just three parts of a new deal on funding and powers that is required to keep the UK’s cities moving forward.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Health and Wellbeing

Capacities and Capabilities

Urban Transport Group welcomes National Infrastructure Commission call for long term stability for urban transport funding

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

The Urban Transport Group has welcomed the first ever National Infrastructure Assessment, published by the National Infrastructure Commission, for offering what it called a “powerful endorsement” of the case for investing more in transport within cities.

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Rail fares consultation “ignores case for greater fares simplification and integration in cities”

Monday, June 4, 2018

The Urban Transport Group has today responded to the launch of a public consultation on rail fares in the UK.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Rail regulation

New report highlights changing transport needs of “flat white economy”

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Transport needs in urban areas are changing amid the growth of the so-called “flat white economy”, a new report from the Urban Transport Group highlights today.

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UTG welcomes funding focus on cities

Monday, November 20, 2017

Jonathan Bray, Director of the Urban Transport Group, said:

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UK's largest urban transport authorities set out vision for future of transport in the city regions

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Following on from the EU referendum, the formation of a new Government and with the start of the party conference season, the Urban Transport Group has set out a vision for how UK transport policy could unfold in a way that will enable the nation’s largest urban areas to deliver inclusive growth

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Regional and Urban Rail

Concessionary Travel

Social inclusion

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