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Transport System

Since the publication of ““Towards a Sustainable Transport System”” in October 2007, my Department has been engaging with stakeholders on our longer-term transport strategy post-2014. In this initial phase of work, views on the goals and challenges that potential transport policies should help meet have been obtained from over 250 organisations throughout the country, as well as from over 600 members of the public who have participated in citizens' panels. Today my officials have sent a letter to all the organisations that participated summarising their contributions. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House Library. We plan to consult formally on the next phase in our long-term transport planning later this year. This timing is a slight revision from that published in ““Towards a Sustainable Transport System”” to align better with the timetable in the Climate Change Bill and to ensure the process we develop is robust. In taking this work forward we will also take account of the cross-Government work on developing policies and proposals to deliver the UK's first series of carbon budgets.