As integrated transport moves up the agenda, this webinar will cover how bus services can increase connectivity in rural areas, and the benefits this unlocks. 

The webinar will look at local authority experience of rural bus service routes and using DRT to enable access to transport, focusing on Surrey County Council. It will also cover the practical considerations for bus franchising and network design in rural areas with recent learning from the WSP bus team.

The panel will be joined by the team from the University of Leeds and the University of the West of England, which evaluated the DfT’s Rural Mobility Fund, to discuss their further work on calculating the value of DRT services and their contribution to local economies.

Finally, Max MacDonald will look at some of the DRT designs which can support integrated transport in rural areas, including flexible routes along corridors and feeder services that enable people to connect to onward bus and rail options.

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Speakers include:

• Cass Brewer, Principal Transport Officer, Surrey County Council
  Why and how rural networks incorporate DRT - the Surrey experience 

• Mike Holmes, Director – Passenger Transit and Tim Reynolds, Associate Director – Passenger Transit, WSP
  Considerations for franchising rural networks 

• Daniel Johnson, Associate Professor of Transport Economics, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
  Social value and why rural buses are important

• Max McDonald, UK Lead, Padam Mobility
  DRT designs that support integrated transport and opportunities

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