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Leaders come together at the East’s annual Transport Summit to call for greater investment
Transport East, the region’s sub-national transport body, hosted its 2025 Transport Summit which brought together senior business leaders, MPs, government officials and other key figures to explore the critical role of transport in delivering a thriving East for communities and businesses. This year’s event was focused on Transport for a Thriving East, and highlighted…
Read MoreEast’s first travel behaviour survey uncovers how and why people are making journeys in the region
Transport East has published the results of the region’s first-ever regional travel behaviour survey. This landmark survey demonstrates how residents across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Southend-On-Sea, and Thurrock regularly travel, the reasons for choosing a mode of transport and barriers which could be preventing them from alternative options. With nearly 4,000 responses, the results provide an…
Read MoreAndrew Summers Reflects on 2024
Transcript Happy New Year! I hope you had a great festive holiday after what was a very busy year indeed for the Transport East partnership. It was a very productive and transformational year for transport in the East of England and I’d like to thank the hundreds of partners and stakeholders who worked really closely…
Read More£47m funding has been allocated to improving bus services across the East
We’re delighted to see the Department for Transport’s latest funding allocations for council’s Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIP) for 2025/26. Each authority is set to receive: Essex – £16,616,289 Norfolk – £14,859,945 Suffolk – £8,159,881 Southend-on-Sea – £2,541,467 Thurrock – £1,909,202 Local authorities in the East will also receive an additional £2.9m in Bus Services…
Read MoreReport highlights how Enhanced Partnerships can support the government’s bus revolution
A new report has highlighted how strengthened Enhanced Partnerships can work as a successful model of bus provision across the wider south east region. Within the report are recommendations for the government to help facilitate the bus revolution – one of the DfT’s five transport priorities. The report makes clear that Enhanced Partnerships have…
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