Consultation response
Resources
Our latest reports, briefings and consultation responses are listed below. Use the search or filter functions to discover specific resources.
You can also see our full list of resource topics via the link below.
Report
The cross-sector benefits of backing the bus
This report highlights how investing in bus services is key to achieving a wide range of policy objectives across Government.
The report also finds that the way in which bus services are funded is mired in complexity, with no oversight within Whitehall of how the various funding streams from different Government departments impact on bus services overall.

Briefing
Interim Position On A Potential National Bus Strategy
Consultation response
MHCLG Review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources
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Principles for the Rail Review
Report
What's driving bus patronage change? An analysis of the evidence base
This report explores a range of factors relevant to bus patronage decline, under the themes of social and economic change; alternatives to the bus; and public attitudes to bus travel.
Report
The place to be: How transit oriented development can support good growth in the city regions
Report
About towns: How transport can help towns thrive

Briefing
Doing more for less - How working together on transport cuts costs and saves time
The Urban Transport Group brings together and promotes the interests of Britain’s largest urban areas on transport. Through working together as a network, we help to save time and money for our members by doing things once and collaboratively – rather than separately and expensively. Saving significant costs for our members is just one benefit of being part of our organisation.
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Active Travel Inquiry
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Local roads funding and governance
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Health of the bus market
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Transport appraisal and modelling strategy: informing future investment decisions
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Transport (Scotland) Bill
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Bus Services Act Open data and accessible information
Consultation response
Future of Mobility
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Last mile: a Call for Evidence on the opportunities available to deliver goods more sustainably
Report
Policy futures for urban transport
The latest edition of Policy futures for urban transport emphasises how a new deal on funding and powers is essential to keep the UK's cities moving forward.
The report sets out the 10 key policy changes that are needed to make cities healthier, fairer and more prosperous.

Briefing
How the health sector works: a guide for transport professionals
An introductory guide to the health sector for transport professionals seeking to collaborate with health colleagues within local authorities and the NHS. The guide is intended to provide a starting point for joint working. Note that a companion guide 'How the transport sector works: a guide for health professionals' has also been produced.

Briefing
How the transport sector works: a guide for health professionals
An introductory guide to the transport sector for health professionals seeking to collaborate with transport colleagues within local authorities and Combined Authorities. The guide is intended to provide a starting point for joint working. Note that a companion guide 'How the health sector works: a guide for transport professionals' has also been produced.

Briefing
Transport authorities and universities – how can we work more closely together?
Fostering greater collaboration between transport authorities and academic institutions could deliver benefits for both parties. This briefing note outlines some of the ways in which transport authorities and universities are already collaborating. It is hoped that by presenting different models for collaboration, and the successes that these have delivered, further partnerships can be fostered.
Report
Active Travel: Solutions for changing cities
Over the last decade promoting active travel has moved from the fringes of urban transport policy to a much more central role in the planning of cities and their transport networks. This is because the promotion of active travel, and the creation of places and streetscapes where people want to walk and cycle, is such a good fit with where cities that are going places want to be.
Report
Rail Cities UK: Our vision for their future
Significant rail expansion is the 'only viable option' to help UK cities achieve their ambitions on economic growth and meeting housing demand, whilst also creating attractive urban centres with less road traffic and better air quality.

Briefing
Briefing on Bus Rapid Transit
Bus rapid transit systems - find out more about how they can speed the bus past the traffic jams in our updated briefing.
Consultation response
Draft National Planning Policy Framework
Report
White van cities: Questions, challenges and options on the growth of urban van traffic
This report explores the scale and nature of the growth in van traffic and the impacts on city regions across a range of policy areas, each of which play a key role in determining whether our cities are the kinds of places that people want to live, work, invest and spend time in.
Our report, White van cities: Questions, challenges and options on the growth of urban van traffic, shows how van traffic is the fastest growing sector of road traffic with growth forecast to continue.
However, the evidence on what is driving growth in van traffic is limited and under researched.
Report
Number crunch: Transport trends in the city regions
This report 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.
Consultation response
Major Road Network
Report
Banks, bytes and bikes: The transport priorities of the new economy
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”.
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