This report by Professor David Begg and Claire Haigh examines the unintended consequences of freezing fuel duty. Increasing costs for road users is politically difficult. This is one of the reasons why we have had eleven years where fuel duty has been frozen at a time of historically low oil prices. While the freeze has…
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This report explores the relationship between sustainable transport and housing, and the corresponding impacts on the economy and society. This work was funded by Greener Journeys and the Department for Transport for the Transport Knowledge Hub, and independently undertaken by KPMG. We need to build approximately 300,000 new homes per year for the foreseeable future…
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The overall objective of The Tabula Project is to provide a new perspective on the mind so we might improve how we think and evolve as a society. The paintings depict states of consciousness and thought, and the development of the project is informed by extensive research across a range of disciplines. How we think…
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The overall objective of The Tabula Project is to provide a new perspective on the mind so we might improve how we think and evolve as a society. The paintings depict states of consciousness and thought, and the development of the project is informed by extensive research across a range of disciplines. In this report…
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The report, The ‘true value’ of local bus services, was compiled by KPMG LLP for Greener Journeys. It provides a summary of updated ‘value for money’ appraisals for: bus priority measures; concessionary travel for older and disabled people; concessionary travel for apprentices; tax incentives for commuters; and the Bus Services Operators Grant.
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This report by Professor David Begg and Claire Haigh examines the Government’s plans to tackle poor air quality. The key conclusion is that while it is essential to clean up diesel vehicles, it is also crucial that congestion and the continual decline in urban traffic speeds across the UK is tackled. Congestion is not just…
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The Government will announce its new clean air strategy imminently. In response to the successful High Court challenge it will be tougher and geographically more comprehensive than previous policies. This is justified. The evidence is compelling about the harm to people’s health and premature deaths from NOx emissions. This report by Professor David Begg shows…
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This publication reveals the findings of the consultation on the creation of a Transport Knowledge Hub to support Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) with growth initiatives. The purpose of this new Hub will be to provide LEPs and other local decision makers with the tools and information they need to make transport capital investments which will…
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The first order effects of better bus services emerge through improvements in travel times, reliability, comfort or fares. The research question explored in this work is: Is there a link between bus accessibility and social outcomes? This report details the results of econometric models we have applied to this task to identify whether there is…
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We know that policy is not about economic value alone. Because life isn’t just about the pound in your pocket, or savings to the Exchequer. And policy should not just be made on economic arguments alone, however strong they may be. Policy must deliver on a range of social factors as well. Does it reduce…
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Greener Journeys is working with the LEP Network, Local Partnerships and the Department for Transport to establish a Transport Knowledge Hub to support local decision-makers develop and deliver transport policy and investment initiatives to support economic growth. The idea for a Knowledge Hub originally came from the LEP Transport Workshop in January 2016. Since then,…
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This report by Professor David Begg quantifies the impact of congestion on the bus sector. The report concludes that across the most congested urban conurbations in the UK bus journey times have been rising by on average almost 1% per annum. Over the last 50 years, bus journey times have increased by almost 50% in…
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