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Our coverage majors on the Chancellor’s announcements this week relating to transport following the Government’s Spending Review, which LTT awaited before we closed for publication.
These decisions have embraced both a significant allocation of funding for the major Mayoral Transport Authorities, other national and local spending plans, and the publication of revisions to the Treasury’s Green Book that guides project appraisal and resource distribution. The review of those rules has been largely prompted by concerns about the balance of spending between London and the South East and the rest of the country, and so its recommendations could prove very significant in the long term. We analyse the details and next steps for the changes.
There have also been other important Government announcements relating to Local transport, including on the implementation of autonomous vehicles and bus policy, plus other developments concerning open-access rail, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and electric vehicles.
We have a preview of two important sessions at the upcoming 2025 Modelling World event, where traffic forecasting and the use of data will be under the spotlight. Our contributing columnist in this issue is John Siraut, whose article explores the causes and impacts of bus unreliability and how the quality and attractiveness of bus services can be improved by taking appropriate remedial measures.
In his Editorial Opinion, Peter Stonham looks at the Chancellor’s public spending decisions and the implications of the Green Book revisions and the promised reforms to processes and judgements on value for money.
It was great to see LTT readers at the Future Transport 2050 event at Regent’s College in London and the delightful outdoor evening networking reception that followed in the gardens. Some challenging issues were addressed at the event and a number of themes identified deserving of further discussions about how transport will be shaped over the next 25 years. We were very pleased to have the input of Professor Marcus Enoch, whose new book explores eight possible scenarios for the development of society over the next 25 years and how transport will potentially be changed to reflect those. His contribution came alongside three scenarios presented by speakers from event partners, Systra, Llewelyn Morgan, David Connolly and Andrew Archer. These insights are now going to appear on the TAPAS.Network website.
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