Consultation response
Regulated access charges
Consulting body
Network Rail
Policy
Our latest reports, briefings and consultation responses are listed below. Use the search or filter functions to discover specific policy documents.
You can also see our full list of policy topics via the link below.
Report
Dream ticket? The challenges and opportunities of delivering smart ticketing in the city regions
There are multiple obstacles to giving public transport users in the city regions a London-style smart and simple ticketing system. This report suggests a new approach is needed, and recommends more leadership from Government, better resourcing of the transition, and more collaboration between all the key players.
Read more about Dream ticket? The challenges and opportunities of delivering smart ticketing in the city regions
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Consultation response
Review of Net Zero: call for evidence
Consulting body
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Report
Future Streets: Challenges and opportunities
Streets are often the most contested spaces in any town or city. There are a large number and wide variety of calls on street space (at least 160 legitimate calls), and they simply can’t all be met. This report seeks to help local highway and strategic transport authorities rise to the challenge of better street and kerbside management.
Read more about Future Streets: Challenges and opportunities
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Briefing
Social inclusion
Transport has a vital role to play in connecting people to opportunities, improving quality of life and accelerating our transition to net zero emissions. This briefing explores the role of transport in supporting social inclusion.
Read more about Social inclusion
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Briefing
Briefing on Light Rail
This briefing on Light Rail Systems answers some of the most frequently asked questions about this mode of transport, and presents the benefits that Light Rail can bring.
This updated briefing on Light Rail Systems answers some of the most frequently asked questions about this mode of transport, and presents the benefits that Light Rail can bring.
Briefing
Key urban transport challenges and opportunities for the new Government
The short briefing set out the priorities that the new Prime Minister should address in order to keep the UK’s urban areas moving.
Briefing
Bus Policy
This short read briefing looks at why buses matter and how bus policy works. It explains the significant challenges facing the sector, how city regions are backing the bus and what reforms of national bus policy could help the bus fulfil its potential.
Consultation response
Self-driving vehicles
Consulting body
Transport Select Committee
Briefing
UK Transport Governance - an introduction
Read our briefing to find out more about how transport is governed in the UK.
Consultation response
Response to the consultation on legislation to implement rail transformation from the Urban Transport Group
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Report
The Good Life: The role of transport in shaping a new and sustainable era for suburbs
We are a nation of suburbanites. However, the ubiquity of suburban living is often not reflected in transport policy. And there can be no decarbonisation of transport without specific measures to decarbonise transport in the suburbs. This report presents four foundations of suburbs for a new era – one which offers all suburbanites the promise of the ‘Good Life’ whilst addressing the climate crisis.
Read more about The Good Life: The role of transport in shaping a new and sustainable era for suburbs
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Decarbonising urban vehicles - Challenges and opportunities for city region public authorities
This report sets out the challenges city regions face in decarbonising urban vehicles, which includes private vehicles as well as public sector fleets, and also the opportunities to overcome barriers and make real progress.
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Briefing
Briefing on the Transport Bill
A briefing on the Transport Bill announced as part of the Queen's Speech in May 2022, including what we know so far and what the Bill should contain to transform urban transport for the better.
Report
Transport authorities for metropolitan areas: The benefits and options in times of change
This report sets out the many benefits of metropolitan areas establishing empowered transport authorities and provides a guide to the issues and options for those areas who are considering setting one up.
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Consultation response
Allowing non-physical guided transport modes to be authorised by a Transport and Works Act order
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Consultation response
Transport labour market and skills - call for ideas
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Consultation response
Mobility as a Service Code of Practice
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Report
Equitable Future Mobility: Ensuring a just transition to net zero transport
This report is intended as a starter for collaborative discussions between authorities, operators and users about the human dimension of the decarbonisation agenda, aiming to make our future transport system available, accessible, affordable and acceptable for all.
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Consultation response
Public Transport in towns and cities
Consulting body
Built Environment Committee
Consultation response
National Bus Strategy - one year on
Consulting body
Transport Select Committee
Report
The future of e-scooters - What powers do cities need and what standards should be set?
This report sets out first principles to consider in any regulatory reforms around micromobility, before moving on to detailed recommendations on, first, powers to control the micromobility rental market and, second, on construction and use standards specifically for e-scooters, given concerns around the private e-scooter market.
Report
Continuing COVID Funding Support for Urban Public Transport
This report finds that if Government’s Covid-related financial support to urban public transport outside London ends (in March 2022), buses would soon be less frequent and more expensive, and patronage would be substantially lower than pre-Covid levels, potentially up to 30% lower.
Read more about Continuing COVID Funding Support for Urban Public Transport
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Briefing
The threat to public transport in the city regions
Consultation response
Whole Industry Strategic Plan - Call for Evidence Response Form
Consulting body
Network Rail
Report
Strategic analysis of current bus safety issues
This report from the Transport Safety Research Centre at Loughborough University reviews the regulatory framework for bus safety in England outside London and makes comparisons with the safety regime in place both elsewhere and for other modes.
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Report
Delivering a greener future - Urban freight and the decarbonisation of the city regions
This report sets out the role for freight in decarbonising city regions and the need for freight to play its part in creating urban areas that are greener, fairer, happier, healthier and more prosperous places.
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Report
Making rail reform work for people and places in the city regions
This statement calls for rail reform to both build on the success of the devolution of rail powers which has already taken place, and for structured and meaningful involvement for the city regions in how rail reform plans unfold.
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Briefing
The threat to public transport in the city regions
Urban public transport is in danger of entering a new period of retrenchment and decline, following on from years of decline in bus services outside London and the body blow of Covid-19 pandemic. To avoid this, we set out what needs to happen.
Consultation response
Creating a Road Collision Investigation Branch
Consulting body
Department for Transport