Research and analysis

City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) evaluation

Evaluating the CRSTS programme process in England, between 2021 and 2023.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 26 September 2024
• Last updated: 1 July 2025 — See all updates

Documents

City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement process evaluation – case study 2 report: lessons learned from the Transforming Cities Fund evaluation

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City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement process evaluation – case study 1 report: funding allocation process

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Details

This research was commissioned and conducted under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government.

This evaluation aims to learn how the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) was developed, including what worked well and less well and what could be improved.

Case study 2 explores the design and delivery of the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) evaluation. It identifies lessons for the evaluation of CRSTS and other local transport funds.

Case study 1 examines the funding allocation process for CRSTS and the first round of this funding between 2021 and 2022.

The Department for Transport commissioned Steer to produce a series of process evaluation case studies.

The CRSTS programme is a consolidated fund from the Department for Transport for 8 of the largest city regions across England, outside of Greater London. The programme aims to simplify the funding landscape and make transformational change through public and sustainable transport infrastructure investments.

Published 26 September 2024

Last updated 1 July 2025 + show all updates

1. 1 July 2025

   CRSTS process evaluation case study 2 added.

2. 26 September 2024

   First published.