Citation

Mulley C, Reedy L. Case Stud. Transp. Policy 2015; 3(2): 215-221.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, World Conference on Transport Research Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cstp.2015.04.003

PMID

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Abstract

Worldwide, research has been and is being undertaken in the public transport arena which has great relevance for transport policy development. Yet international experience is that jurisdictions vary in their use of research in the development of policy. This paper is concerned with the way in which the connections between research and policy are made (or not made) between transport researchers and transport policy-makers using NSW, Australia as a case-study. The paper synthesises the literature to extract evidence, particularly relevant to the Australian context, concerning the utilisation and barriers to use of research in a policy-making framework. The main body of the paper reports on recent research conducted in NSW to provide quantitative and qualitative evidence on the needs of researchers, policy makers and other interested parties in NSW and the perceived barriers to making greater connections between the evidence base that exists and transport policy for relevant stakeholders. The results of this case-study investigation include recommendations which have emerged from this NSW case study as well as an exploration of the relevance of structural change, such as a government backed Strategic Research Agenda to create an effective transmission mechanism for evidence based public transport policy.

Language: en