Research and analysis

Transport investment and unemployment: phase 2

Proposes a robust and practical framework for assessing and monetising the impacts of transport investment in transport appraisal.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 30 October 2025

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Transport's impact on unemployment: phase 2 report

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This report focuses on the following research objectives:

• develop and propose a robust, proportionate and practical framework for assessing and monetising the impacts of transport investments on various kinds of unemployment to strengthen the transport appraisal process
• provide advice on developing updated transport analysis guidance (TAG) to support users on the practical and proportionate application of these methods
• understand what type of analysis would help further the department’s understanding of the impact of transport on unemployment

This is the second phase of the Transport investment and unemployment research.

The research was conducted by Daniel Johnson (Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds) and James Laird (Peak Economics) on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Published 30 October 2025