The Transport Committee has launched two new in-depth inquiries following its Our Future Transport campaign, where MPs invited the public to pitch ideas on what the Committee should investigate.
The cross-party Committee challenged applicants to propose forward-looking subjects for its next inquiries, such as new technologies and innovations that could shape transport policy in the years to come.
The response was high, with over 220 proposals submitted to the committee on a range of topics. Following the proposals, 12 applicants were shortlisted and invited to pitch to the MPs.
Following a selection process, the Transport Committee has now chosen pitches from Milda Manomaityte of the Railway Industry Association and Nick Bromley, from data technology company, Matatika.
An inquiry will build on the initial pitches and ideas and look at how data can improve the delivery of services and infrastructure management, alongside how it can improve safety and efficiency.
The inquiry comes after the Government published its Transport Data Strategy in March, outlining its ambitions to work with the transport sector to improve the accessibility and quality of data, making it easier to innovate.
Transport Committee chair, Iain Stewart said: “I am delighted to reveal the winners of Our Future Transport, where we invited people from across the transport sector to pitch ideas on what the Committee’s next inquiries should be.
“The upshot of our Dragon’s Den-style interviews is that we have two new inquiries to launch based on four outstanding pitches that hugely impressed our cross-party group of MPs.
“The first new inquiry will look at the future of transport data, inspired by pitches we heard from Matatika and the Railway Industry Association. The Committee wants to learn more about the potential uses of data to improve the delivery of transport services, and to ultimately help passengers get around more quickly and safely. There have been innovations in recent years such as AI, digital twins and TfL’s live data sharing with third party travel apps. Now we want to see what might be coming round the corner.”
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