This Wednesday, 28 January Greg Marsden will give oral evidence to the Transport Committee based on a response submitted to the inquiry on Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration.
The inquiry 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.
Our evidence points to the opportunity which the establishment of Great British Railways and bus franchising offers but also the challenges of building trust, establishing better quality of service as a backbone for integration and being clear about what the priorities are for joining up journeys. Only 7% of trips are currently multi-modal so there is a big prize. But we also need to think beyond bus-rail-wheeling and include different ways of accessing cars if this is to offer a broader possibility for transformation.