South West Regional Skills Enterprise and Employment Analysis 2007/2008
Final Report
4.7 Skills for Sustainability
4.7.2 Eddington Review of Transport(31)
The Review presents a number of options for the development of transport strategy. In terms of the skills implications, the emphasis lies in relation to the policy and planning side of transport. It highlights the fact that a wide range of capabilities will be required for transport policy. For example, specialist skills and information are required for a range of different transport-related tasks:
- developing and appraising policies and schemes;
- managing delivery and implementation; and
- marketing to promote changes in behaviour e.g. smart card measures
Skills such as planning expertise will be critical but will also draw from a wider range of skills to ensure that complex transport schemes can be considered thoroughly. This would be likely to include skills such as legal, engineering, economic, and environmental expertise.
(31) The Eddington Transport Study 2006, HMSO, 2006
