Transport needs clear strategy and shake-up to hit right track

摘要

Political disagreement on projects, patchy investment, inadequate maintenance and a lack of clear, strategic thinking is undermining the contribution transport infrastructure could make to economic growth, competitiveness and quality of life, says a major new ICE report. The State of the Nation: Transport report published last week, calls for a comprehensive, long term transport strategy for England, joined up across different modes and integrated with strategies from the devolved nations. To avoid the failures that have blighted previous transport strategies, the report also calls for a "shake-up" of the decision making framework.