evidence bases

Land Registry datasets to be freely available under the Open Government Licence

January 30, 2012 - From 30 January 2012, Land Registry transaction data will be available for free. From March 2012, the Registry will release the monthly Price paid data for free. This is in response to the Government initiative to make a range of core reference data sets available for free following the Cabinet Office’s announcement for the creation of a Data Strategy Board and a Public Data Group. more >

Dodgy data: how can we be sure that policy-supporting data is based on real evidence?

The quality of data in policy debates doesn’t necessarily matter – as long as the media can be persuaded to use it, says Phil Goodwin. There is only an uncritical press printing the PR press-release almost verbatim, and sponsors taking out full page adverts. Nobody – just nobody – seems to be interested in the question of whether the numbers are supportable with real evidence

Impact of investment in railway stations and related development: new study outlines the business case

December 8, 2011 - Research suggests that traditional transport appraisal techniques fail to capture the full economic impact of investing in stations. Network Rail commissioned research into the economic value of investments in railway stations in conjunction with international transport consultants Steer Davies Gleave. ... more >

Toolkit to support planners and developers to understand place-making and support the creation of vibrant places

August 26, 2010 - The Living Places Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit has received recognition from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) as a best practice product for place making. more >

Peak car: evidence indicates that private car use may have peaked and be on the decline

By Phil Goodwin

The evidence that car use may have passed its peak – and be on the way down – is especially significant since the cases cited – young people, the capital, towns with the most enlightened ‘smart choices’ policies and towns improving public transport most dramatically – are associated with positive messages for the future, says Phil Goodwin in the conclusion to a series of articles in RUDI sister publication Local Transport Today

Public transport accessibility reports and 'compulsion to collect data' ends: local authorities to choose what data to collect

August 23, 2010 - Ministers are poised to scrap the requirement for English local authorities to report on whether or not they are improving public transport accessibility, increasing bus patronage, cutting congestion and improving road condition. more >

Updating the evidence base on cities: latest urban living, carbon emission and travel to work statistics released

May 3, 2010 - New statistics on patterns of urban population and travel to work for the Primary Urban Areas and Travel to Work Area Indicators have been released to update the evidence base on a series of key socio-economic and environmental indicators for the 56 Primary Urban Areas (PUAs) and 55 Travel to Work Areas (TTWAs) in England. ... more >

National evidence base about the value, quantity, quality and use of publicly-owned urban green space underway

March 29, 2010 - A new report on urban parks and green spaces reveals that if people are satisfied with their local park they tend to be satisfied with their council. more >

New evidence base for land use strategy suggests that 'vital' appraisal is needed to meet future challenges

March 2, 2010 - Consultancy Foresight has published the results from a major project on the future of land use in the UK, working with leading experts to assemble the latest evidence and research on land use topics. more >

New tool and database will bring together local authority emissions evidence with housing, demographic, economic data

July 3, 2009 - The Energy Saving Trust (EST) has launched TrACE, a new tool that will record CO2 saving evidence. The tool has been developed with input from the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has been created to help local authorities report and keep track of their actions to curb local carbon dioxide emissions, in line with their new national performance indicator, NI 186. more >
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