Transport social research and evaluation
Social research and evaluation reports, guidance and toolkits which help shape policy and operational delivery across the Department for Transport.
Government social researchers provide fit-for-purpose, timely evidence and technical expertise on social and behavioural aspects of transport to inform policy and operational delivery across the Department for Transport (DfT) and its agencies.
Social research generates data and analysis using the methods of social science such as:
- social surveys
- focus groups
- in-depth interviews
- case studies
- deliberative research
All the social research we do follows the government social research (GSR) code set out in the Government social research: profession strategy 2015 to 2020.
The DfT social and behavioural research team also provides advice and expertise in the application of behavioural insights to policy and operations. Behavioural insights is a branch of social science that explains how people make decisions and how this influences their behaviour. This can help policy makers and internal teams design effective solutions to behavioural challenges. Newer areas of behavioural insights include their application to the behaviour of organisations.
Evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation are important activities for any learning organisation which aims progressively to improve its performance. They allow for systematic learning from past and current activities – ‘what works, what doesn’t work’ and ‘why’. This provides the department with greater accountability and a strong evidence base for future decision making.
Travel and ageing population research and evaluation reports
Social and behavioural research and evaluation reports
- Travel behaviour, attitudes and social impact of COVID-19
- Switching to sustainable transport: a rapid evidence assessment
- Future of Transport: user study
- Future of Transport: equalities research
- Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS): acceptability research
- Shared mobility: user attitudes
- Mobile phone use by drivers
- Using behavioural insights to increase uptake of electric vehicles in the UK
- Transport, health and wellbeing
- Transport and inequality
- Access to Transport and Life Opportunities
- Experiences of disabled rail passengers
- Transport and transport technology: public attitudes tracker
- Economic impact of new and improved rail lines: case studies and method
- Behavioural insights interventions to encourage learner drivers to practise more
- DfT monitoring and evaluation programme 2017
- Young people’s travel – what’s changed and why?
- Disabled people: attitudes towards travel
- Commuting trends in England 1988 to 2015
- Transport survey question bank
- DfT monitoring and evaluation programme 2016
- Evaluating low cost interventions to encourage the use of sustainable transport
- Social and behavioural questions about automated vehicles
- Cycling infrastructure: framework for evaluating economic and social impacts
- Driving to reduce fuel usage and carbon emissions
- Road safety research and statistical reports
- DfT monitoring and evaluation programme 2015
- HS1: peer review of first interim evaluation
- HS1: first interim evaluation
- Ultra low emission vehicles: evidence review of uptake in the UK
- Segmenting businesses by their travel behaviour
- WebTAG: evidence review of distributional impacts
- Roads reform: an overarching monitoring and evaluation framework
- HS2 property consultation 2014: behavioural insight sessions response summary report
- Climate change and transport choices: segmentation update
- DfT monitoring and evaluation programme 2014
- Local major schemes: meta evaluation 2007 to 2012
- Economic insights and social impacts toolkits
- DfT monitoring and evaluation programme 2013
- Reducing road accidents among young novice drivers
- Assessing the role of the plug-in car grant and plugged-in places scheme in electric vehicle take-up
- Review of motorcycle test manoeuvres: 2013 feasibility and safety study
- Department for Transport monitoring and evaluation strategy
- Accessibility planning policy: evaluation and future directions
- Transport behavioural insights toolkit
- Policy options for reducing carbon emissions
- Transport social research and evaluation reports: 2004 to 2010
- Road pricing demonstrations project - introduction
- Logic mapping: hints and tips guide
- Transport impact evaluations: achieving better attribution
Last updated 25 February 2021 + show all updates
-
Added Confidence using transport during COVID-19 and Travel behaviour, attitudes and social impact of COVID-19 reports to collection.
-
Added Switching to sustainable transport: a rapid evidence assessment.
-
Added 4 new research reports.
-
Added 'Mobile phone use by drivers' report.
-
Added new research reports for travel and ageing population.
-
Experiences of disabled rail passengers report added to collection page.
-
'Behavioural insights interventions to encourage learner drivers to practise more' research published.
-
'DfT monitoring and evaluation programme 2017' published.
-
Link to report - Young people’s travel – what’s changed and why?
-
Report 'Disabled people’s travel behaviour and attitudes to travel' added.
-
Transport survey question bank.
-
DfT monitoring and evaluation programme 2016 update.
-
Evaluating low cost interventions to encourage the use of sustainable transport.
-
Social and behavioural questions associated with automated vehicles.
-
Introduction to social and behavioural research and evaluation.
-
Latest social research and evaluation reports published.
-
First published.