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2003 Projects
This section contains summaries of DHC projects from 2003. To view a list of projects by topic area, please see the Services section.
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- Demand Responsive Transport in Aberdeenshire (2003-2006) This project reviewed transport needs in rural Aberdeenshire and developed and designed DRT to close the gaps in network coverage. DRT implementation was reviewed and monitored.
- Co-ordinating Individual Action Programmes - CO-OPERATE (2003-04) (PDF, 67KB) This project for DfT and EPSRC reviewed techniques for widening ownership of transport problems and solutions. The work identified practical approaches for understanding motivations and harnessing them towards transport delivery. Additional CO-OPERATE papers are also available.
- Developing and Piloting Accessibility Planning (2003-2004) DHC led the development and piloting of accessibility planning in England for the DfT to implement the findings of the Social Exclusion Unit report on "Making the Connections". The work supported the development of guidance for English local authorities on accessibility planning processes.
- Accessibility in the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) (2003) (PDF, 84KB) Developing guidance on accessibility and social inclusion appraisal within Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) for the Scottish Executive. The work clarified how accessibility fits within appraisal and, provided examples of best practice in analysing accessibility and distributional issues.
- Argyll and Bute Rural Transport Co-ordination (2003) - This project (for Napier University on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council and others) reviewed transport co-ordination and integration approaches and considered scope for greater integration of funding and administration of services in remote parts of the Council area including community transport.
- Overcoming Barriers to Modal Shift (2003) (PDF, 80KB) Undertaken to inform Scottish Executive policy on barriers to travelling by public transport, walking and cycling and made particular recommendations for policy change on public transport and delivery of travel awareness initiatives.
- Evaluation of Health and Social Economy Project (2003) (PDF, 110KB) for Greater Easterhouse Development Company Ltd and NHS Glasgow. The review made recommendations on the integration of social economy initiatives including community transport services within Greater Easterhouse.
- North Sutherland Community Transport Study (2003) (PDF, 97KB) - This work, for Highland Council and North Sutherland Social Inclusion Partnership examined the contribution that SIP funded transport has made to the economic, social and cultural well being of North Sutherland, and to establish the means of sustaining appropriate transport services in this remote rural region.
- Public Transport Coverage in Greater Manchester (2003) (PDF, 127KB) - For Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and DfT this project reviewed approaches for quantifying the utility that local public transport networks provide in getting people to places to which they need, or want, to travel, with a particular emphasis on the needs of socially excluded and "travel poor" groups and communities.
- Children's Attitudes to Sustainable Transport (2003) for the Scottish Executive, investigated how educational and other influences on children affect their attitudes and behaviour and why children in Scotland develop different attitudes to transport from their counterparts in other countries.
- Clyde Corridor Transport Study (2003) This study for Glasgow City Council with Scott Wilson investigated what roads and transport infrastructure and services are necessary to support £2billion development proposals of the Clyde Corridor in Glasgow.
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Last updated November 2007 by Gareth.