Response to the Integrated National Transport Strategy Call for Ideas
Towards the end of 2024, the Government announced the development of an Integrated National Transport Strategy, that will set a high-level vision for how “transport should be designed, built and operated in England over the next 10 years”. Following the announcement, the Department for Transport (DfT) issued a Call for Ideas in January 2025 to inform this strategy.
ITS UK has submitted a response to this Call for Ideas, outlining the importance of technology in creating a seamless, integrated transport network, setting out clear recommendations for: Data, Technology, and Governance & Structures.
Data | Technology | Governance & Structures |
|---|---|---|
– ‘Open by default’ approach to data by Government. – Develop a national standard of multimodal data. – Maintain focus on smart data in transport. – Support for transport authorities to provide data service (including operational expenditure, technical skills and capabilities for staff). – Establish a centre of excellence for inter-modal transport data & technology. | – Continued roll out of smart ticketing systems. – Greater strategic approach to Demand Responsive Transport. – Implement micromobility legislation. – Support traffic management, utilising AI and automation. – Supercharge the roll out of connected and automated mobility. | – An INTS that runs for 5+ years, providing certainty to the private sector. – Support continued devolution of transport, but with Government working with regions and nations to co-ordinate a network-wide approach. – Move beyond innovation trials and pilots to more permanent schemes. |
