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.

Briefing
Transport number crunch
In this briefing we seek to place the 2011 and 2012 Autumn Statements in the context of other major changes in transport funding that have taken place since May 2010, analysing the implications for local transport.

Briefing
Funding shift - How the regional cities lose out on transport
This briefing looks at three current and emerging trends on transport funding which threaten to take funding out of the major urban areas of the Midlands and the North.
Report
The Case for the Urban Bus - the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus
A detailed evaluation of the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus.
Consultation response
Work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
Consultation response
Integrated Public Transport Committee Inquiry
Consultation response
Fixed Track Access Charge
Consultation response
Nationally significant infrastructure planning: Extending the regime to business and commercial projects
Consultation response
Nationally significant infrastructure planning: Expanding and improving the 'one stop shop' approach for consents

Briefing
Concessionary Travel: The funding timebomb for PTEs
The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme has been highly successful in giving older and disabled people the freedom of free off‐peak bus travel. But the costs of the scheme are rising fast whilst funding is falling. This financial ‘timebomb’ will lead to severe cuts in other frontline transport services unless a sustainable funding solution can be found.
Consultation response
Bus Subsidy Reform Consultation
Consultation response
ORR's Approach to Transparency
Consultation response
EU Bus Passenger Rights
Report
Moving on: Working towards a better public transport offer for young people in tough times
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.
Consultation response
Network Rail's output framework for 2014-2019
Consultation response
Capacity Charge
Consultation response
Taxi and Private Hire Services
Consultation response
Transport and the Accessibility of Public Services
Consultation response
Business Rates Retention: Technical consultation

Briefing
Tram-trains - From suburban station to the heart of the city
This brochure (produced when the Urban Transport Group was known as pteg) explains the key features of tram-trains, their potential, their use in Europe and plans for tram-trains in the UK.
Consultation response
Reforming the railways - follow-up response
Consultation response
Aligning incentives to improve efficiency
Consultation response
Rail Decentralisation
Consultation response
Youth Select Committee Public Transport Inquiry
Consultation response
Alternative Solutions RUS
Consultation response
Low carbon vehicles
Consultation response
Reforming the railways
Consultation response
Devolving Local Major Transport Schemes
Consultation response
Structural Funds
Consultation response