The Resource Centre holds all our documents (briefings, consultation responses, press releases and reports). Signed-in members also have access to projects. You can search the Resource Centre by topic or by type of document.
Resources
Resources
Cycling Delivery Plan
November, 2014
pteg response to the Department for Transport's informal consultation on the draft Cycling Delivery Plan which sets out the Government’s 10 year strategy for increasing cycling and walking across England.
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Department for Transport
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Policy Futures - Seamless public transport
September, 2014
This policy futures paper highlights the growing appetite for giving larger cities outside London more of the benefits that London enjoys on public transport, and brings together the ideas from the other policy futures papers.
Policy Futures - Rail
September, 2014
This Policy Futures paper sets out the changed needed to ensure that modern commuter networks compliment enhanced national and inter-regional services in a way that meets the needs of the city regions.
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Policy Futures - Urban Transport outside London
September, 2014
This Policy Futures paper sets out the overarching policies needed to transform transport provision in the city regions in a way that supports wider objectives for growth, society and the environment.
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Policy Futures - Highways
September, 2014
This Policy Futures paper sets out the changes needed to better co-ordinate national and local highways policy to achieve wider economic, environment and social goals.
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Policy Futures - Air quality
September, 2014
This Policy Futures paper sets out the policy changes needed to better tackle the air quality problems caused by transport in the city regions.
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Air Quality in the City Regions: A Transport Toolkit
August, 2014
Aimed at city region authorities, this toolkit provides an accessible overview of the issues and options for tackling air pollution associated with transport.
Making the connections: The cross-sector benefits of supporting bus services
July, 2014
The bus is key to achieving 46 policy goals of 12 of the 24 Departments across Whitehall including the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Treasury, Department of Health, Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. This report shows how, despite these cross sector benefits, all the main forms of funding for bus services are under severe pressure and sets out how bus funding can be reformed.
Economic Value of Rail in the North of England
July, 2014
This report shows how the North's booming railways are integral to its economic prospects; and shows why future plans for the North's railways should be based on expansion and growth.
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A heavy load to bear - towards a fairer allocation of rail industry costs for regional rail
July, 2014
This report shows how regional rail is allocated a disproportionate share of the railways' overall costs which distorts the wider debate about its value for money. The report sets out how an alternative fairer, more defensible and rational system would halve regional rail's share of government support.
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Review of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Policy
September, 2010
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Department for Transport
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High level review of track access charges
August, 2010
Consulting body:
Office of Rail Regulation
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Regional Growth Fund
August, 2010
Consulting body:
Department for Communities and Local Government
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Regional Growth Fund
August, 2010
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Improving Bus Passenger Services through the Regulatory Framework
June, 2010
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Department for Transport
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Urban Challenge Fund
June, 2010
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Department for Transport
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Statutory Guidance for Local Duties on Child Poverty (Child Poverty Act 2010)
June, 2010
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Department for Education
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Urban transport authorities welcome MPs’ bus report
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Responding to today’s House of Commons Transport Select Committee report on competition in the local bus market, David Brown, who leads for pteg on bus issues, said:
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Unlocking the rail devolution opportunity
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Time for more local control over local rail services
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New Chair of group of urban transport authorities elected
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Transport authorities unite to defend use of bus regulation powers
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Transport authority leaders pay tribute to Cllr Angus Adams
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Leaders of Britain’s six largest transport authorities have paid tribute to Cllr Angus Adams, the Chair of the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, who died suddenly yesterday.
Cllr Mark Dowd, who Chairs the ITA Special Interest Group, said:
Breakthrough on devolution of bus funding
Monday, March 26, 2012
PTE bus powers reaffirmed
England's big city transport authorities today welcomed Norman Baker's decision to begin a process of devolving bus subsidies to local transport authorities.
David Brown, who leads on bus issues for pteg, said:
Devolution right way forward for local rail
Thursday, March 8, 2012
But fair deal on costs and risks needed for services to improve
pteg today welcomed the rail command paper, and associated consultation on the scope for further devolution of powers over local rail services.
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Young people meet with Minister on how to make buses better
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Seven young campaigners aged 16 to 19 years old from the British Youth Council (BYC) and National Children’s Bureau (NCB) met with Norman Baker MP, Minister for Transport, in Westminster yesterday (Tuesday 6th March) to discuss how bus services could be improved for young people.
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Transport Authorities welcome bus passenger priorities research
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
pteg today welcomed the release of new Passenger Focus research which shows what bus passengers like, and don’t like about their bus journeys, in a bid to get the best deal for people on the ground.
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Time for local rail services to be run locally
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
City transport leaders agree approach to Government on rail devolution
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West of England Authorities join pteg
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Bristol is now part of the pteg network after the West of England Authorities joined the group together as an Associate Member.
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