Impact of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund: synthesis of evidence

Findings from all the evaluations, case studies and reports from the 2011-2015 £600m Local Sustainable Transport Fund programme are combined and reviewed in this report.

Headline successes emerging from the 12 Large Projects that were the focus of most evaluation include:

• 2.3%-point reduction in per capita traffic volumes compared with comparator authorities;
• 6.6 %-point increase in cycling compared with comparator authorities;
• 2.2 %-point decrease in carbon dioxide emissions compared to comparator authorities.