Total Transport Pilot Fund
Application Form
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Applications must be emailed to buses@dft.gsi.gov.uk by Wednesday 11 February
2015.
If you have any questions about the bidding process, please contact Steve
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1. Project Summary
Guidance on the Total Transport Pilot Fund has been published alongside this
application form. The guidance provides useful advice on how to develop and
write a successful proposal and should be referred to when filling in this
application form.
Applicant Information
Local transport authority name(s)*:
*(If the bid is a joint proposal, please enter the names of all participating local
transport authorities and specify the lead authority)
Senior Responsible Owner name and position:
<senior official responsible for delivery of the proposed package of measures>
Bid Manager name and position:
<Official with day to day responsibility for delivering the proposed package of
measures>
Contact telephone number:
Email Address:
Postal address:
2. Overview
Please provide answers to the following questions in no more than 1 page.
2.1 Project name:
2.2. The Geographical Area:
Describe the geographical area covered by this proposal. Preference will be given to
bids from rural and rural-outer urban areas.
2.3. Description of the types of transport provision covered by the bid:
Briefly identify the transport services and operators that will be integrated under the
scheme.
2.4. Description of Proposal:
Enter a brief description of the outputs for which funding is sought. Explain how the
measures proposed will deliver an integrated transport solution.
2.5. Total DfT funding sought (£m)
3. Progress on integration to Date and Further Scope to
Integrate Services
Successful bids will come from authorities that can demonstrate an understanding of
the concept of total transport and an existing desire or intention to implement an
integrated transport solution for their areas. Please provide answers to the following
questions in no more than 1 page.
3.1 Progress to date in integrating public road passenger transport services
Describe what initiatives or policies you have introduced or are pursuing that
demonstrates a desire or intention to implement an integrated transport solution in
the areas identified in the bid. What operators and stakeholders were or are
involved?
3.2 Further scope to integrate services
Outline what further integration you propose to introduce as part of this bid. Also
include information about the extent to which you have already developed your ideas
and discussed or obtained sign-up from relevant internal and external stakeholders.
3.3. Why the integration described in section 3.2 is a priority
Explain why the integration of the services covered by the bid are a priority.
4. Description of Proposal
Please provide a description of your proposal in no more than 3 pages. Descriptions
should be SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound –
including proposed start and finish dates for the pilot and monitoring/ reporting
arrangements. Please also include what help central Government can provide –
whether in terms of backing in principle or whether active involvement with individual
central Government funding providers will be desirable/ necessary.
Proposal
Provide an outline model of how you propose to deliver service integration in your
specified area.
Provide some details around your proposed timescales for delivery of the integrated
model
What benefits are expected to result from the integration of those services? Please set out
why you think the total transport model will prove beneficial for your area
What monitoring and evaluation will be carried out to understand the success of the new
approach? Provide detail around the budget set aside for monitoring and evaluation, and
provide details around the methodology to be used to carry out this work.