Future of transport : a network for 2030

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07 December 2004

This one day conference took stock of progress and charted the way forward.

Britain is an upwardly mobile society. People are travelling further and faster than ever before. The long-term trend is away from slow, local journeys by foot, bicycle and bus towards faster, longer-distance journeys by car, train and plane. The growth in mobility has brought great benefits, new opportunities for work and discovery, access to a wider range of products and services. But is has also brought new challenges: growth in road traffic and congestion; emissions of carbon dioxide causing climate change; provision for people without cars.

The government’s plans for an integrated transport policy suffered setbacks from the fuel tax protests and Hatfield train crash in autumn 2000. But there are signs of recovery. London has led the way with congestion charging and improvements to bus services. Train services are improving, albeit slowly. New long-term plans for transport were published by the government in the summer.

Speakers

Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Secretary of State for Transport

Contact

Siobhan Ghandour - s.ghandour@ippr.org

Available files

Roy Wicks, Director General, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive Group Powerpoint Presentation

Mark Gainsborough, Vice President of Fuels, Shell International Powerpoint Presentation

Frank Kelly, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Transport Powerpoint presentation

David Holmes, Chairman, RAC Foundation Powerpoint presentation

Professor Alan McKinnon, Director of the Logistics Research Centre, Heriot Watt University Powerpoint presentation

Lynn Sloman, Transport for Quality of Life Powerpoint presentation

Helen Smith, Head of Accessibility Planning Branch, Department for Transport Powerpoint presentation