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.
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Transport authorities and universities – how can we work more closely together?
August, 2018
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.
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Active Travel: Solutions for changing cities
June, 2018
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.
In this report we take a detailed look at how active travel schemes can transform cities for the better – from Bristol to Inverness and from post-industrial Northern cities to the heart of the City of London.
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Rail Cities UK: Our vision for their future
June, 2018
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.
This report sets out a vision of what a step change in rail provision could mean for passengers and cities - and the obstacles that stand in the way.
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Draft National Planning Policy Framework
May, 2018
Consulting body:
Department for Communities and Local Government
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Briefing on Bus Rapid Transit
May, 2018
Bus rapid transit systems - find out more about how they can speed the bus past the traffic jams in our updated briefing.
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White van cities: Questions, challenges and options on the growth of urban van traffic
April, 2018
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.
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.
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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.
Major Road Network
March, 2018
UTG response to DfT consultation on Proposals for a Major Road Network
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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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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Moving on: Working towards a better public transport offer for young people in tough times
October, 2012
Aims to get local transport authorities thinking about how they can provide the best deal for young people on public transport in a difficult economic climate.
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Working with young people to make buses better - a guide for the bus sector
March, 2012
Written after young people, bus companies, transport authorities and government departments got together to look at ways to improve young people’s access to, and experience of, using buses. A companion guide for young people is also available.
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How can I make buses better? A guide for young people
March, 2012
Written after young people, bus companies, transport authorities and government departments got together to look at ways to improve young people’s access to, and experience of, using buses. A companion guide for the bus sector is also available.
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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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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.
Thriving Cities - Integrated land use and transport planning
July, 2011
Setting out the stark choices ahead in new planning reforms, this report recommends three 'golden rules' for future planning policy. The report also highlights good and bad practice on transport and land use planning and calls for local authorities and Local Economic Partnerships to proactively draw up highly sustainable masterplans for development sites of key significance. More widely it argues that planning processes should universally include the bodies responsible for local transport.
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Total Transport - Working across sectors to achieve better outcomes
June, 2011
This report highlights the essential role of public transport, walking and cycling in achieving key health, social care and employment policy goals. It warns that this contribution could be put at risk unless there is more focus on collaborative, cross-sector funding and delivery of transport interventions. It outlines eleven practical steps towards a 'Total Transport' approach which would see partners come together from across policy divides.
Cycling in the city regions: Technical report
April, 2011
This document reports the results of a series of modelling exercises intended to estimate the potential impact and value for money of a step change in the delivery of interventions to support and promote cycling in the six PTE areas. The purpose of this exercise is to support decision-makers in developing effective strategies aimed at increasing cycling levels in the metropolitan areas.
Cycling in the city regions: Delivering a step change
April, 2011
This report explores the potential impact of a step change in the delivery of interventions to support and promote cycling in the English city regions outside of London. It finds that the greatest potential for increasing cycling in the UK can be found in the city regions.
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Mid Term Review of European Commission 2011 White paper
June, 2015
pteg response to Mid term review of European Commission's 2011 White paper on Transport.
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European Union
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Senior Traffic Commissioners Guidance document no. 14 on Local Bus Services
January, 2015
Consulting body:
Traffic Commissioners
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Local Authority highways maintenance funding
December, 2014
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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ORR Retail market review
November, 2014
Consulting body:
Office of Rail Regulation
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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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Investing in the railway
June, 2014
pteg's response to 'Investing in the Railway'
Consulting body:
Transport Select Committee
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Senior Traffic Commissioners bus punctuality regime consultation
May, 2014
pteg response to Senior Traffic Commissioner’s bus punctuality regime consultation
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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Implementation of Competition Commission bus registration remedies
May, 2014
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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National road and rail networks: draft national policy statement
February, 2014
Response to consultation on the overall policy against which the Secretary of State for Transport will make decisions on applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects on the national road and rail networks.
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
Local Authority Parking
February, 2014
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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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.
Transport and health professionals can increase collaboration to improve health outcomes, says Urban Transport Group
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Professionals working in the transport and health sectors can work more closely with one another to improve health outcomes in the UK, the Urban Transport Group has said today.
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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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‘Right direction, wrong speed’ - Urban Transport Group responds to Government’s Road to Zero strategy
Monday, July 9, 2018
The Government’s much anticipated ‘Road to Zero’ strategy on reducing emissions from vehicles is heading in the right direction, but at the wrong speed, the Urban Transport Group has warned today.
Urban Transport Group launches ‘Healthy Streets for All’ programme with public health expert Lucy Saunders
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Healthy Streets for All, a new programme to raise awareness and support UK cities in shaping urban environments around people and their health, has been launched today by the Urban Transport Group in collaboration with renowned public health expert Lucy Saunders.
Cycling and walking schemes are transforming UK cities for the better, says new report
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
‘Big shift to active travel in urban transport policy is underway’
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Rail Cities UK report maps out better future for urban rail
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Rail expansion ‘only viable option’ to help UK cities achieve economic, environmental & social goals
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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.
Government’s Clean Air Strategy ‘lacks coherence’ on tackling transport emissions
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
The Government’s new Clean Air Strategy lacks coherence and a truly joined up approach for reducing emissions from transport, the Urban Transport Group has warned today.
Bus partnership website relaunched
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Website aims to prevent ‘wheel reinvention’ on partnership agreements
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