The Government is committed to delivering a transport system which enables sustained economic prosperity and addresses the needs of the travelling public. Focussed around this commitment, the Department for Transport’s strategic objectives for the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) period, which covers financial years 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11, have been set as follows:
- To sustain economic growth and improved productivity through reliable and efficient transport networks;
- To improve the environmental performance of transport;
- To strengthen the safety and security of transport; and
- To enhance access to jobs, services and social networks, including for the most disadvantaged.
In meeting these objectives, the Department’s challenge is to develop a transport system that delivers high-quality public services in the context of a transport network that is facing increasing demand. Key priorities in the current spending period are, for example, to improve capacity on the rail network, and to improve the reliability of journeys on the strategic road network.