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Rural Transport

Providing a wide range of assistance from strategic policy review through to local identification of real transport needs and integration of conventional and less conventional transport services.

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Key services STAR offers include:

  • Needs identification of excluded rural residents and groups
  • Development of rural transport funding bids on behalf of local authorities and other organisations
  • Implementation of rural transport schemes following award of funds
  • Rural transport policy review
  • Integration of rural services including public and unconventional transport services

Recent projects include:

International Rural Transport Review

  • Undertaken for the Commission for Rural Communities to determine the scope of rural transport research and implementation throughout the world
  • Utilising a mix of desktop research and stakeholder consultation to determine best practice
  • Developing a set of recommendations for the future funding and development of rural transport in England

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East Midlands Rural Transport Study

  • Advising the East Midlands Development Agency on current initiatives and innovation in rural transport
  • Incorporating a literature review and a case study approach
  • Recommending future delivery models for rural transport in the East Midlands