Committee explores how to achieve joined-up journeys
The Transport Committee is to hold the first session of its inquiry looking into how transport services and investment can be planned to best meet the needs of the public..
Meeting details
The inquiry into joined-up journeys comes as the Government has announced plans for an Integrated National Transport Strategy, setting the direction for how transport should be designed, built and operated in England over the next 10 years.
The Committee is looking at what a strategy like this needs to cover to successfully meet the transport needs of people up and down the country in their daily lives.
On Wednesday, MPs will hear from transport experts at Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation, Centre for Cities, University of Leeds and the Association of Transport Coordinating Officers.
MPs will ask about the features that define a truly integrated transport network and how joined-up journeys will look different in different areas of the country.
The benefits of transport integration will be explored, with a focus on how this could improve journeys - by making them faster or giving people more choice over how they reach their destination. The Committee will also look at the wider potential benefits of integration, including whether it can improve economic, environmental and public health outcomes.
MPs will seek out examples of good practice in this area, and witnesses will be asked about lessons that Governments could most usefully learn from these examples.
Alongside this, there will be a focus on current barriers to achieving integration, and best practice in evaluating it. This is likely to see MPs exploring the factors that currently inhibit a more integrated, joined-up transport system and asking what metrics should be used to effectively evaluate transport integration and its impacts.