<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/65E6676D-FB0D-45DA-BAB3-15CE01169CB6" ns1:id="65E6676D-FB0D-45DA-BAB3-15CE01169CB6"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/70B38CFB-D53C-489A-B0B7-77917B75B63D" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/D05E92F3-4E7A-4E12-8B6D-F0149CBEC22D" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/D05E92F3-4E7A-4E12-8B6D-F0149CBEC22D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/0A835E3A-B869-4203-8B10-4EB9059D7C86" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2014-06-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/2B058382-3C59-4000-A8F1-C62F3CF7C2C7" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2014-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">131581</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Demand-based Urban Bus Integrated with Rail And Health (DUBIRAH)</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>A citizen rarely finds bus, rail and/or health service provisions seamlessly aligned: scheduled bus services do not provide sufficiently direct door-to-door journeys, e.g. between railway stations and final destinations, or at the needed times, e.g. to make a train connection or hospital appointment. The result in the north and west of Bristol is an over-reliance on the car, causing congestion that will cost &amp;pound;600m a year in an area that is, in theory, well served by rail, and a lack of access to employment and services for those without a car.

This project will assess the viability of developing and operating a commercially sustainable, on-demand, local, bus service in the area that is integrated with rail services (through adjustment in response to rail delays and integrated ticketing) and health care provision (through the making of transport-friendly appointments).</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>