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Sustainable transport funding

Funding decisions and reports about the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, Sustainable Travel Towns Scheme and the Access Fund.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 2 July 2013
• Last updated: 6 September 2018 — See all updates

These documents outline the funding decisions made and reports relating to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF), Sustainable Travel Towns Scheme and the Access Fund. The bidding process for these funds is now closed.

Local Sustainable Transport Fund decisions

The 2011 white paper ‘Creating growth, cutting carbon’, explained how changes to local transport could cut carbon emissions and create local growth.

A total of £560 million was originally made available through the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) LSTF. Funding was topped up with a further £40 million in 2012 (with local contribution provided by local authority partners). In total, DfT awarded funding to 96 sustainable transport packages from 77 local authorities between 2011 and 2015. Along with local contributions provided by all funded project teams, over £1 billion is now being invested in local sustainable travel.

£100 million capital funding for the fund has been made available through the Local Growth Fund for 2015 to 2016. The department has also made available a further £78.5 million of revenue funding (including Bikeability training) to enable further investment in sustainable transport schemes.

• 2015 to 2016 decisions for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund
  • 11 July 2014
  • Transparency data
• 2011 to 2015 projects given the Local Sustainable Transport Fund
  • 2 January 2013
  • Transparency data
• 2011 to 2015 decisions for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund
  • 26 October 2012
  • Transparency data

Local Sustainable Transport Fund annual reports

• Local Sustainable Transport Fund annual report 2014 to 2015
  • 26 January 2017
  • Corporate report
• Local Sustainable Transport Fund annual report 2013 to 2014
  • 27 February 2015
  • Corporate report
• Local Sustainable Transport Fund annual report 2012 to 2013
  • 4 June 2014
  • Corporate report
• Local Sustainable Transport Fund annual report 2011 to 2012
  • 4 June 2013
  • Corporate report

Local Sustainable Transport Fund research and analysis

• Impact of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund: synthesis of evidence
  • 6 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Local Sustainable Transport Fund: final meta-analysis
  • 6 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• LSTF evaluation: carbon impacts and congestion relief
  • 6 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• LSTF evaluation: visitor travel and sustainable transport
  • 6 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• LSTF evaluation: impact of sustainable transport measures on town centres
  • 6 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• LSTF evaluation: strategic employment sites and business parks
  • 6 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Impact of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund: summary report
  • 5 October 2017
  • Research and analysis
• Local Sustainable Transport Fund: what works?
  • 26 January 2017
  • Research and analysis
• Value for money assessment for major bus-related schemes
  • 2 March 2016
  • Research and analysis

Sustainable Travel Towns research and analysis

• Sustainable Travel Towns: evaluation of the longer-term impacts
  • 6 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• The effects of Smarter Choice programmes in the Sustainable Travel Towns
  • 23 March 2010
  • Independent report

Published 2 July 2013
Last updated 6 September 2018 + show all updates

1. 6 September 2018

   LSTF reports published on meta-analysis of the fund and research into its impacts on carbon and congestion relief, visitor travel, town centres and employment sites.

2. 5 October 2017

   'Impact of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund' published.

3. 26 January 2017

   Local Sustainable Transport Fund and Access Fund reports.

4. 11 February 2016

   Published a research report about the 'Value for money of major bus-related schemes'.

5. 23 November 2015

   'Local Sustainable Transport Fund: interim meta-analysis' published.

6. 2 July 2013

   First published.