3.35 The Government will work in partnership with regulators and industry to maintain the performance of the UK's transport networks over time, while ensuring that they provide good value for money for users and taxpayers. Accordingly, the success of this plan will be measured by regularly publishing data held relating to the cost and performance of the UK's transport networks.
3.36 However, in a number of areas, the Government wants to go beyond this to improve performance, in line with the vision for the future of the transport networks:
• to keep Britain moving by improving the capacity, performance and resilience of roads, railways and international gateways, making smarter use of existing infrastructure and tackling performance problems. The Government will deliver:
• a rolling programme of high value investments aimed at reducing both road and rail congestion, targeting some of the worst pinch points where the networks are under particular stress and locations that are key in supporting growth, such as the over 70 schemes identified in this National Infrastructure Plan; and
• a programme of reforms aimed at improving capacity, performance and resilience of airports. The Government is committed to maintaining the status of the UK as an international hub for aviation, with excellent connectivity to both developed as well as emerging markets.
• to improve integration between different modes of transport, improving people's choice as to how they travel and facilitating movement of freight from road to rail and water where this is viable and appropriate;
• to support the move to a low carbon economy, reducing the environmental impacts of the transport system so that transport greenhouse gas emissions are falling, as measured in the Department for Transport business plan impact indicator, and supporting cost effective delivery of the UK's carbon budgets; and
• to improve connectivity and capacity between main urban areas and between them and international gateways, to deal with longer term capacity constraints, by delivering a series of projects to enhance network capability, including reducing journey times and improving interchanges.