Transporting the economy - Transport Solutions
Industry needs high quality, reliable transport infrastructure to remain competitive and generate economic growth. Increasing affluence and greater mobility is the welcome result of an economy that has doubled in size since 1970.

The UK’s transport infrastructure is under pressure from rising traffic levels both on road and rail, which means journey times and the number of unplanned incidents of congestion are rising and reliability falling. The Government’s 10 Year Plan is an ambitious vision of new policies, new structures and new powers to deliver transport improvements but industry’s fear is that after three years it still remains little more than a vision, with no guarantee of reliable transport networks in the future.

This report proposes actions to address the freight transport industry's concerns each of which the Government has a key role in delivering.

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Delivery on the 10 Year Plan - The verdict of the freight transport industry
The 10 Year Plan is the first long term plan for transport policy in the UK for more than 30 years and represents an important and welcome departure from the previous stop start treatment of transport investment. It was warmly welcomed by industry when it was published in July 2000. Under the 10 Year Plan industry has a route map of overall spending, infrastructure and deliverables. This provides a context in which companies can make strategic decisions about the structure of their supply chains in their long term business plans and invest some £850 billion in distribution and logistics.

This briefing note is published to coincide with the launch of the Government's Review of the 10 Year Plan. It is intended to provide information and an objective view on Government delivery of nine core themes highlighted in the 10 Year Plan. For each theme the progress that has been made to date is assessed.

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Freight transport Moving the economy forward in 2005 Download now in PDF format (654.44 KB)

Freight Transport delivering for a successful economy This report reviews the current health of freight transport in the UK in 2002 and its prospects for 2003. Download now in PDF format (2.6 MB)

The role of freight in the Scottish economy
Being on the edge of Europe means that Scottish transport costs are higher and industry’s supply chains are longer, making them more vulnerable to disruption and breakdown.
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