Corporate report

Rural mobility fund evaluation: interim report

A summary of the fund scheme interim evaluation findings, including lessons learnt and initial outcomes on demand responsive transport performance.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 14 September 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Rural mobility fund evaluation: interim report

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Details

The rural mobility fund (RMF) provides funding to local transport authorities (LTAs) to trial demand responsive transport (DRT) in rural and suburban areas of England.

DRT is a flexible service that provides shared transport to users who can specify their desired location and time of pick-up and drop-off. The RMF pilot schemes all offer passengers a mobile booking app and use technology to schedule and route vehicles to optimise service efficiency.

The report documents findings from a process evaluation and data collection during the design and mobilisation of the RMF pilot schemes. It was developed by the University of West of England, Bristol.

Published 14 September 2023