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Policy Futures for Urban Transport - our vision and roadmap
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.
Understanding the value and impacts of transport investment
Briefing on outcomes from the spending review
Horizon scan of implications of technological and social change
This report aims to provide decision makers with a guide to the implications for urban transport of transformative social and technological change and how they can best respond.
The report (which was produced in collaboration with Arup Foresight) identifies four key overarching trends:
- Changes in demographics and lifestyles and the rise of the sharing economy alter mobility choices
- Urbanisation, climate change and the need to improve air quality put pressure on transport systems
- Advances in technology and increased digital connectivity make transport infrastructure smarter and more efficient
- More powers are devolved to cities and city regions which results in more innovation and leadership in responding to urban challenges in locally appropriate ways
Destination Growth: the case for Britain's regional railways
This report sets out the success of regional rail over the past decade and a half despite limited investment when compared to other rail sectors. The report then goes on to develop two hypothetical scenarios to demonstrate how investment in regional rail could deliver even greater benefits, significantly reducing subsidy and growing the benefits delivered to our city region economies.
A Bumpy Ride for Local Highways Maintenance
The funding and economics of highways maintenance on local roads in the English city regions.
This report reveals a growing gap between spending on road maintenance on national roads when compared with local roads.
A fair deal for bus users
Small but Mighty: Delivering big value for money
This report reviews ten examples of small scale transport schemes that have been delivered by pteg members. The case studies range from intelligent bus priority, to journey planning advice, cycle hire and new bus links. The report shows that small schemes can achieve outstanding value for money by: making use of local knowledge; being responsive to changing circumstances; and by being effectively targeted. Small schemes can also help provide proof of concept for novel interventions.
This report builds on our 2011 report on the ‘Value for money and appraisal of small schemes’, which gathered over 150 separate pieces of evidence and showed that, on average, smaller schemes deliver £3.50 of economic benefits for every £1 of public spending. Our wider work demonstrating the impact of local transport spending also includes the 2014 ‘Transport Works for Jobs and Growth’ report, the 2013 ‘Case for the Urban Bus’ report and the transportworks.org website.
Mid Term Review of European Commission 2011 White paper
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The Case for the Urban Bus - the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus
A detailed evaluation of the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus.
Underpinning Policy - Modelling Bus Subsidy in English Metropolitan Areas
Forecasts the medium term implications for English metropolitan areas of changes to bus subsidy.
Value for money and appraisal of small public transport schemes
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.
Transport works: the case for investing in the city regions
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.
Trends in older and disabled concessionary trips
Evidence from the second year of free local schemes in PTE areas
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Local Transport Funding
Local Government Finance Formula Grant Distribution
Transport and the economy
Regional Growth Fund
Regional Growth Fund
Urban Challenge Fund
Local Authority Grant Funding in 2010-11 for the national bus concession in England
Detailed proposals and draft regulations for the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy
Possible changes to the administration of Concessionary Travel
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Urban Transport Group welcomes National Infrastructure Commission call for long term stability for urban transport funding
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.
Rail fares consultation “ignores case for greater fares simplification and integration in cities”
The Urban Transport Group has today responded to the launch of a public consultation on rail fares in the UK.
New report highlights changing transport needs of “flat white economy”
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.
UTG welcomes funding focus on cities
Jonathan Bray, Director of the Urban Transport Group, said:
UK's largest urban transport authorities set out vision for future of transport in the city regions
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
New ‘Horizon Scan’ report sets out how forward thinking cities can respond to rapid technological and social change
- Report identifies four key trends to watch for urban transport –
Bumpy ride ahead for highways warns new report
Report reveals growing gap between national and local road maintenance spending
New report shows bus key to achieving the policy goals of half of all Government departments across Whitehall
- Despite cross sector benefits, £500 million lost to bus services outside London since 2010
- Call for new dedicated ‘Connectivity Fund’ for bus services
New report reveals how biased cost allocation system penalises local rail services in the regions
- Lightweight regional trains allocated same share of maintenance costs as much heavier Intercity trains -
- A fairer system of cost allocation would reduce regional rail’s share of government support by around 50% –