'Improving the region’s transport connections is critical to unlocking this potential.'
That’s why the draft STP looks at transport in terms of multimodal interventions, including rail, road, and international connectivity, and why it focuses on the needs of both passengers and freight. It highlights how investment in the North’s infrastructure contributes to achieving agreed outcomes on reducing carbon emissions, improving health, and achieving sustainable economic growth.
The need to decarbonise our transport system remains a priority and one that requires urgent action, and we must do more to ensure that our transport system is more equitable, enabling everyone to realise their potential.
The draft STP is underpinned by an industry leading evidence base that ensures we understand both the size of the prize and the scale of the challenge we face. It will in due course become the statutory transport plan for the North and will be used to identify investment priorities for transforming connectivity and decarbonising our transport network. This STP is about effecting change in the way we plan, develop, and implement solutions with our partners.
The North needs a transport network that unlocks its full economic potential, enables decarbonisation and creates more opportunities for all. New research from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and Atkins warns of a ‘Northern brain drain’ of the younger generation where 34 per cent of 16 to 21-year-olds feel a lack of public transport options limited their choice of school, college, or work. And 62 per cent living in towns or rural areas experienced unreliable public transport.
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