Community Transport
DHC's expertise and skill in the Community Transport (CT) sector ranges from brief evaluations of existing CT schemes, through development of new CT provision, to analysis of CT at national level.
Demand Responsive Transport - The role of Community Transport in making it work better (PDF 489KB)
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Projects
- Dundee Community Transport (2008) - This project for Dundee Accessible Transport Forum assessed how to deliver affordable door to door transport for older and disabled people in Dundee. By reviewing the gaps in Dundee's Public Transport networks and the potential demand for trips, DHC identified a new delivery model working closely with the City Council.
- Safe Routes to Public Transport (2008) - In this work for SPT, DHC looked at how a partnership approach can be developed to improve access to bus stops and railway stations.
- Rural and Community Transport Project in Northumberland (2007) – This project is being undertaken with the TAS Partnership and Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy. The work is seeking to foster a viable and sustainable approach to rural transport by growing the Community Transport sector in the area.
- Developing Community Transport in Glasgow (2007) – This work was undertaken for Glasgow City Council to identify how the Community Transport sector could become more successful at closing gaps in transport provision in Glasgow.
- Community Transport and Social Inclusion (2005) Project for the Department for Transport, with TAS Partnership, to understanding the extent and contribution of community transport to social inclusions and ways that this can be better evaluated and monitored in the future.
- Extension of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) to Community Transport (2004-2005) for the Department of Transport, Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government. The Bus Service Operators Grant Regulations 2002 set down the entitlement for services operated under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 to gain access to BSOG funding and this project reviewed the effectiveness of the mechanism.
- Glasgow Community Transport Healthchecks (2004) (PDF, 90KB) - The study for the Glasgow Community Transport Operators Group involved reviewing the administration and management of Community Transport Operators in Glasgow.
- Community and Demand Responsive Transport in the Highlands (2004) DHC and the TAS Partnership investigated the role of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in developing Community and Demand Responsive Transport in the Highlands.
- 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.
- 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.
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Contact
For further information on this topic, or to informally discuss a future project, please contact Alex Hilliam.
Last updated April 2006 by Tim.