Consultation response
Submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2021
Consulting body
HM Treasury
Policy
Our latest reports, briefings and consultation responses are listed below. Use the search or filter functions to discover specific policy documents.
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Report
Back the Bus to Level Up
This report makes the case for bus revenue funding and reform of how it is provided. It aims to arrive at a realistic assessment of the revenue funding that will be needed to support the ambitious transformation in bus services envisaged by the National Bus Strategy.
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Report
Building back better on urban transport
In this paper we set out how, with the right policy framework from Government, we can meet the challenge of ramping up public transport and prioritising cycling and walking to support a green and just recovery.
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Briefing
The role of LRT during and after the pandemic
This factsheet sets out examples and statistics on the key role that light rail has played in getting key workers where they need to be during the pandemic and the essential role it will have in building back better afterwards.
Briefing
COVID19 funding challenges on urban transport
Government has put in place emergency funding packages to allow public transport to be maintained during the pandemic. This funding has been welcome as it closes the gap between the costs of providing local public transport and the revenue gap created by much lower levels of patronage than normal. However these various funding packages are nearing ‘cliff edge’ end dates
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Consultation response
Public Transport Ticketing Scheme Block Exemption
Consulting body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Consultation response
Automated Vehicles: Consultation Paper 3 – A regulatory framework for automated vehicles
Consulting body
Law Commission
Report
A new deal for urban transport: for the pandemic and beyond
This short paper shows how urban transport authorities have been keeping the wheels of public transport turning during the pandemic, working together to meet the challenges of COVID-19, whilst delivering better transport for a green and just recovery from it.
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Consultation response
Major transport infrastructure projects: appraisal and delivery
Consulting body
Transport Select Committee
Consultation response
Reforming Public Transport after the Pandemic
Consulting body
Transport Select Committee
Briefing
Funding and delivering bus services during the pandemic and beyond
This document proposes a two stage approach to ensuring the most efficient use of public funding to provide the best possible bus service during the pandemic, whilst setting in place the foundations for reversing the decline in bus use that was taking place before the pandemic.
Consultation response
Pavement parking: options for change
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Consultation response
Planning for the future
Consulting body
Department for Communities and Local Government
Consultation response
Submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2020
Consulting body
HM Treasury
Report
The Covid-19 Funding Gap: The Case for Continuing Support for Urban Public Transport
This report, produced by transport consultancy Steer for the Urban Transport Group, warns that the future of local public transport services is at serious risk without continued COVID-19 financial support from Government.
Report
Towards an appropriate legal and regulatory framework for smart futures on transport
Commissioned from consultants Steer, this report seeks to provide an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses the current UK legal and regulatory framework for smart transport futures in relation to the key challenges that UK transport authorities face.
Briefing
The key COVID-19 challenges for urban transport and the support we need from Government
This overarching briefing sets out the key issues facing urban transport authorities in their response to the coronavirus crisis. It also sets out the four things we need from Government so that transport authorities can support a safe and achievable phased release from lockdown. Updated 18 August 2020.
Consultation response
Transport Decarbonisation Plan
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Report
Action stations: How devolution is transforming rail stations for the better
This report focuses on the benefits of the involvement of devolved authorities in rail stations.
Briefing
Supporting bus services in the COVID-19 recovery period
This briefing makes the case for a more robust and cost effective format for funding support for the bus sector for the recovery period.
Briefing
The transport challenges of the return to schools
The COVID-19 crisis has led to the capacity of public transport to be heavily constrained, creating formidable operational and financial challenges for transport authorities which will have a key role to play in supporting a return to schools in September. This briefing sets out the key challenges for transport authorities and our asks of central Government.
Consultation response
Future of Transport Regulatory Review
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Briefing
The urgent need for sustainable bus funding arrangements for bus services in the Covid-19 recovery period
This briefing sets out the case for a more robust and cost effective format for bus funding for the recovery period. Updated 16th June 2020
Consultation response
e-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport innovation?
Consulting body
Transport Select Committee
Consultation response
Legalising rental e-scooter trials
Consulting body
Department for Transport
Briefing
Open letter to Baroness Vere on funding during Coronavirus pandemic
An open letter to Baroness Vere on funding for urban transport in the city regions during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Report
Automatic for the people? Issues and options for transport authorities on connected and autonomous vehicles
This report aims to provide an objective framework for city regions to think about connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and the approaches they might take to them.
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Consultation response
Budget representations 2020
Consulting body
HM Treasury
Consultation response
Automated Vehicles: Passenger services and public transport
Consulting body
Law Commission
Report
The Local Transport Lottery - The costs and inefficiencies of funding local transport through ad hoc competitions
This report takes an in-depth look at the implications of an excessive reliance on competition funding for urban transport projects.
The research shows how such a reliance impacts local authorities’ ability to deliver value for money and places pressure on authorities and their staff.