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• Rural transport
• From policy to delivery
• Procuring transport services
• Engaging stakeholders and partners
• Skills and changing cultures
• Partnership and communication
• Securing sufficient funding
• Planning for rural communities
• Planning networks and systems
• Working with operators
• Sustainable rural transport
• Data and statistics
• Articles and case studies
• Publications

Rural transport

Sections

• From policy to delivery Last updated 13 August 2010

  This page looks at how to translate policy into the transport services your council wants to provide in a rural area.

• Procuring transport services Last updated 9 August 2010

  The best local authorities are developing procurement skills by harmonising leading professional and public accountability practice. This page looks at good practice in procuring transport services.

• Engaging stakeholders and partners Last updated 13 August 2010

  In general, the primary aim of your stakeholder engagement will be to ensure the continued support of key stakeholders and to foster partnership working.

• Skills and changing cultures Last updated 13 August 2010

  This page looks at how to support elected members' decision making, recruit the right skills staff and foster their skills.

• Partnership and communication Last updated 29 July 2010

  A key role for transport authorities is to make the case for investment in transport. This page looks at how to describe transport problems in terms that funders and users of transport will understand.

• Securing sufficient funding Last updated 13 August 2010

  Public funding is under pressure so the role of authorities in assembling sufficient funding is becoming more important. This page looks at how to secure sufficient funding.

• Planning for rural communities Last updated 29 July 2010

  This page examines the relationship between rural deprivation and transport, the different types and classifications of rural area and how best to plan for and work with rural areas and communities.

• Planning networks and systems Last updated 27 September 2010

  If people cannot get access to essential services and facilities they may become excluded from society. This page looks at how scheduled and flexible services need to work together to deliver adequate transport network coverage so that people can travel at all times of day and night.

• Working with operators Last updated 29 July 2010

  This page looks at the relationship between councils and transport operators.

• Sustainable rural transport Last updated 29 July 2010

  While the impacts of rural accessibility solutions are likely to be at the margins of attempts to mitigate climate change, they should not be exempt. These pages link to reports about energy issues and how they relate to rural transport.

• Rural data and statistics Last updated 30 July 2010

  This page contains links to key datasets and statistics on rural communities and their travel behaviour which can help you to plan.

• Rural transport articles and case studies Last updated 10 May 2010

  This section contains articles and case studies about what local authorities are doing to improve rural transport.

• Publications on rural transport Last updated 22 July 2010

  This page lists and links to our publications on rural transport.