The Department of Transport (DfT) has an active role in the development of a variety of technical standards for ITS in the UK. Rapp Trans worked in partnership with DfT to review this involvement and to make recommendations for improving future coordination of ITS standards by the Department and its Agencies.

The study involved interviews with key stakeholders in ITS development across DfT and its agencies, an investigation into the role of commercial equipment suppliers in the development of standards and a workshop to synthesise the findings.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) commissioned Rapp Trans to carry out a research study for the Motor Insurance Industry which considered the potential opportunities and threats for the Industry arising from telematics and road pricing.

The study included analysis of potential alternative commercial models under which road pricing might be delivered and the associated implications for insurers. These included the effects on insurance products, users' expectations and possible commercial models for the involvement of Insurers in delivery of road pricing services in the UK.

Rapp Trans worked in partnership with the National Transport Commission (NTC) to advise the Australian government on improving the arrangements for heavy vehicle road use pricing. The study highlighted the problems facing the current system, identified the government's objectives and provided possible directions and options for future development.

The implementation plan developed by Rapp Trans is now being taken forward by the Australian Government.

Transport Financing Models was one of the key issues of the research strategy 2004 - 2007 of the committee for road research of the Swiss Federal Ministry of Transport. The research programme on Mobility Pricing, which included 9 individual research projects, examined all aspects of charging for the use of transport infrastructure and services. It produced findings about the instruments and mechanisms for the overlapping domains of transport financing and traffic management and it answered the questions about the consequences of moving the financing of transport away from general taxes and making it more use related.

Rapp Trans staff were responsible for the Directorship of the Research programme and wrote the synthesis report on which the road map, of the Swiss Transport Ministry, for mobility pricing and road user charging is based.