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Efficient urban transport is fundamental to promoting trade, supporting economic growth, creating jobs, and connecting people to essential services by easing commuting. Cities require efficient, safe, and affordable mobility with a small carbon footprint. Citizens require affordable, accessible, predictable, reliable, and safe transport services. #BRT #Generationgreen #EUinKenya 🇪🇺🇰🇪

Useful reports based on recent findings from Campaign for Better Transport What can be done to improve our transport systems, including prices, accessibility and sustainability?

Does our inadequate transport network impede economic progress in today's competitive landscape ? Robust transportation networks enhance a city's ability to capitalize on agglomeration economies, fostering economic growth through increased productivity, innovation, and access to concentrated labor markets, suppliers, and knowledge spillovers.

The new Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, has announced her 5 priorities for the Department for Transport. They include: 1️⃣ improving performance on the railways and driving forward rail reform 2️⃣ improving bus services and growing usage across the country 3️⃣ transforming infrastructure to work for the whole country, promoting social mobility and tackling regional inequality 4️⃣ delivering greener transport 5️⃣ better integrating transport networks Rachel White, Head of Public Affairs at Sustrans, made this statement in response. You can read the Sustrans manifesto for the 2024 election here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/edP7FaTR [Image text reads: “Improving choice and reducing inequality in how we travel is a welcome priority for the new government. We need to make it easier, safer and more accessible to walk, wheel and cycle “This transformation can only happen through integrating transport. We should ensure that walking, wheeling and cycling is fully connected to bus, tram and train networks. “Local leaders know what’s best for their communities. Further devolution of powers and investment will help them deliver better connections, growing local and national economies so people feel the benefit. “We look forward to working with the new government and the Department for Transport to develop a national transport strategy that works for everyone.” ]

A long commute is not just really boring. It is, in economic terms, wasted time (and famously time is money), writes Christopher Dorrell. Better transport networks also means cities are more likely to benefit from those all-important agglomeration effects. Part of the reason why British cities are so under-served is down to cost. The UK pays more than twice the European average per mile of new tramlines while for undergrounds and metro lines, it pays more than three times the European average. This is not an attractive proposition for investors. Continue reading 👇 https://lnkd.in/eu6B82fu

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Public transportation systems play a pivotal role in society that extends beyond just moving people from point A to point B. They shape the economic landscape of many urban areas, boosting economic productivity by generating jobs and business opportunities that directly influence employment, wages, and business income. It’s estimated that public transportation systems in America currently transport around 34 million passengers every weekday, totaling over 10 billion trips being taken throughout the nation, annually. Let's have an in-depth view of the impact public transit has on the workforce and local economies in the U.S. 👉 https://buff.ly/3X7AYmF #publictransit #workforce #localeconomy #APTA

Interesting insights from our Chief Economist about the concept of free public transit.

Diversification is the key to city traffic solution as always.