Local Routes - Applications used by local Government to deliver transport

Product Synopsis
This report summarizes the status of the UK public sector ICT transport software market. It is intended both for those currently working with public sector clients, and those considering this market for the first time.

Introduction and Landscape
UK council's spend ￡30m per annum on software supporting transport infrastructure across the country. With public finance's increasingly restricted engineers, contractors and key decision makers in local authorities are turning to technology to reduce the cost of roads and public transport through better management.

Key Features and Benefits
Kable covers the use of ICT in the public sector across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Key Market Issues
- Gain insight into the UK public sector transport software marketplace.
- Gain insight into the UK public sector ICT local government marketplace.

Key Highlights
Whilst the market is comparatively small compared to other segments and dominated by entrenched, specialist vendors the industry is undergoing radical change. Programmes like the joint Highways Agency and Rijkswaterstaat project exploring common platforms and increased use of enterprise ICT to manage road traffic provide opportunities to enter this market without established products. Meanwhile, increasing use of local transport coupled with reducing budgets forces councils to look at technology to better manage their networks.

Contents
1 Executive summary
2 Transport and local authorities
2.1 Overview of the highways and transportation market in the UK
2.2 Local government's highways and transport responsibilities
3 Overview of highways and transport software
3.1 Total local government spending software supporting transport
3.1.1 County councils
3.1.2 Unitary authorities
3.1.3 London boroughs
3.1.4 Metropolitan districts
3.1.5 Wales
3.1.6 District councils
3.1.7 Scotland
3.2 Local authority spending on transport software up to 2016-17
4 Focus on specific systems
4.1 Parking
4.1.1 Software supporting parking
4.1.2 Parking software vendors
4.1.3 Challenges and opportunities for the parking software market
4.1.3.1 Revenue generation
4.1.3.2 Outsourcing
4.2 Public transport
4.2.1 Passenger information
4.2.1.1 Software supporting passenger information
4.2.1.2 Passenger information software vendors
4.2.1.3 Challenges and opportunities for the passenger information software market
4.2.2 Ticketing
4.2.2.1 Software supporting ticketing
4.2.2.2 Ticketing software vendors
4.2.3 Challenges and opportunities for the ticketing software market
4.2.3.1 Government business plan
4.2.3.2 Collaborative working
4.2.3.3 Disruptive technologies
4.2.3.4 Operator delays
4.3 Roads management
4.3.1 Software supporting roads management
4.3.2 Roads management software vendors
4.3.3 Challenges and opportunities for the roads management software market
4.3.3.1 Better asset management
4.3.3.2 Road works management
4.3.3.3 Congestion management