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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.
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Initial Industry Plan Consultation
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National Planning Policy Framework
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Lane Rental Schemes in England
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Bus Market Investigation - pteg response to provisional decision on remedies
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Social Mobility and Child Poverty Review
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Periodic Review PR13
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The rail industry - an introduction
A basic introduction to the way the rail industry works, highlighting its key features and mechanisms.
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Rolling Stock RUS
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Directive 2003/20/EC - Use of seatbelts and child restraints by child passengers on buses and coaches
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Underpinning Policy - Modelling Bus Subsidy in English Metropolitan Areas
Forecasts the medium term implications for English metropolitan areas of changes to bus subsidy.
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Stations RUS
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High Speed Rail: Investing in Britain's Future
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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.
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Thriving Cities - Integrated land use and transport planning
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.
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Amending licences to give passengers the information they need to plan and make journeys
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Relaxation of planning rules for change of use from commercial to residential
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Bus Market Investigation - pteg response to provisional findings and remedies
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Total Transport - Working across sectors to achieve better outcomes
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.
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Guidance for the safe design and operation of bus stations and interchanges
This guidance has been drafted by industry and government stakeholders to assist anyone responsible for health and safety in a bus or coach station. The group identified key hazards and risk associated with the operation and design of bus stations, and provides practical advice on how they can be managed effectively.
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High Speed Rail
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Implementing EC Regulation 1071/2009 rules concerning the occupation of road transport operator
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Proposal to introduce a Community Right to Buy - Assets of Community Value
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PTEs role on rail stations
The study was commissioned to identify and review alternative structures of responsibility for railway station sponsorship, stewardship, and service delivery, in the context of potential scope for greater devolvement of responsibility for urban rail to the PTEs.
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Cycling in the city regions: Technical report
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.
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Cycling in the city regions: Delivering a step change
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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National Planning Policy Framework - Informal Response
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Content of the Senior Traffic Commissioner's Statutory Guidance and Statutory Directions, Numbers 1-11 and 14
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Bus Services
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