This Policy Position sets out Transport for the North's role in promoting reform to how rail tickets are sold and fulfilled. Exploring concepts around digital ticketing, protecting accessibility and integrating with local retail the position defines what 'good looks like' for rail retail in the North.
There is currently limited understanding of consumers’ attitudes to alternative green solutions for last mile delivery, particularly when this requires consumers to change their behaviour. Transport for the North used its online research community, called Northern Transport Voices, to explore consumer attitudes to greener last-mile delivery solutions.
This study, a rural travel diary task, was designed to capture a detailed first-hand account of travel experiences within a two-week period in the life of rural residents of the North, presented in the form of a set of rural travel case studies that illustrate the diversity of rural travel, as well as some of its common characteristics and challenges.
Obtaining an insight into the impacts the increased cost-of-living has had on Northern people is key in our mission to help our local authority partners and stakeholders enhance our transport networks. We know from our previous research that around 21% of the people in North live in high-risk areas of transport-related social exclusion (TRSE), and elsewhere in England it’s 16%, indicating TRSE is a major issue for us in the North. Enhancing our TRSE evidence base is therefore a priority, and this paper is the outcome of a qualitative investigation into those who are most vulnerable from cost-of-living pressures and TRSE.
Understanding the assets, capabilities and economic strategies within each of the North’s Local Enterprise Partnership area geographies has been an important component of the work to update the 2016 Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic Review for 2023. In 2022 area profiles were developed in consistent format to present an overview of the local economy and highlight the key prime and enabling economic assets in each of the local areas.
Planning a journey and having confidence in it, alongside options if it goes wrong, is key to passengers. This report sets out, in face of a complex stakeholder mix and increasing technological innovation, the current offer for information provision to passengers, where aspirations lay and recommendations for Local Transport Authorities and Transport for the North in developing the information offer for passengers.
The strategic focus of the Connected Mobility Strategy is to identify implementations that add value to local offers and projects. It builds on, adds value to and facilitates local ambition, decision-making and planning.
During 2023, Transport for the North has been supporting authorities in the North in understanding how pay as you go could work in their areas. It has become clear that, across industry, there is a need to consider how interoperability can be delivered in an environment with multiple back offices and a need for payment regulation compliance. This report explores this and sets out a potential approach to help spur on debate and encourage early consideration of this challenge.
This technical paper takes a data-driven approach to review the North of England’s prime and enabling sector capabilities as defined in the original 2016 Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic Review. Conducted in 2022, the work supports the development of the updated NPIER work published in 2023 and assesses the North’s foundational economy as part of the update work.