Now that the government has initiated the development of an Integrated National Transport Strategy, the transport modelling community is challenged to support a single national vision that puts people at its heart and helps deliver integrated transport solutions that meet the needs of local communities.

 

In parallel, the government has set out its missions - growing the economy, an NHS fit for the future, safer streets, opportunity for all, and making Britain a clean energy superpower – and transport has a role to play in all these areas.

 

Are our data, tools and process up to the task? Questions that we will address at Modelling World 2025 include:
 

• What is meant by integration? Examples of modelling approaches that focus on integrating modes, transport and spatial planning, and different spatial levels of decision-making

• Enhancing existing model approaches to respond to the new challenges – examples of non-traditional modelling techniques that put people front and centre, and enable the benefits of integration to be evidenced

• Are current data sources and survey techniques up to the task? Modelling World will offer the opportunity to showcase emerging data sources and innovative ways of understanding people’s travel behaviour

• Will artificial intelligence make a difference? Examples and applications of artificial intelligence that make modelling better or faster

• Will the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) really lead to vision-led planning? Examples of case studies where modelling and analytics has supported a vision that differs from the business-as-usual case

• How can developments in open data and open source models support transport integration?