We’re one of seven sub-national transport bodies in England. We bridge the gap between national government and local authorities, working collaboratively with transport officers, operators and neighbouring regions to speak with a single voice to improve transport across the area – and beyond.
A resilient transport network that works for everyone and is fit for the future, helping people and businesses throughout the Western Gateway to thrive while protecting our environment.
Our Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) identifies 38 investment proposals throughout the Western Gateway region that we believe are best able to deliver our collective vision for transport and achieve the objectives of our joint Strategic Transport Plan over the next ten years.
We work across many areas of transport, from cycling to carbon and rail to roads. Find out more about the projects we’re fuelling. Use the slider to explore our workstreams.
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Do you have a rural transport initiative you want to trial? Then we want to hear from you. Over the past couple of years, we’ve helped to fund six exciting schemes across the Western Gateway region, from a night shuttle bus between Bridport and Lyme Regis, to helping a DRT service improve its marketing, to […]
Lyme Regis LB1 pilot visit and South Dorset Rural Mobility Pilot/A35 site visit Thursday 13 – Friday 14 August 2026 “Visiting projects on the ground gives us a much better understanding of what works in practice. From the LB1 service in Lyme Regis to the strategic challenges along the A35, the visit showed the importance of […]
Over 35 attendees joined our first ever Rural Mobility: Pilot to Practice webinar today. Hosted in tandem with our neighbouring sub-national transport body, Peninsula Transport, the session took an in-depth look at the challenges, successes and lessons learned across four rural pilot transport schemes we supported with funding. Why do we need more rural schemes at all? […]
We work better when we work together. Got any questions or ideas to transform transport in our region? We’re all ears.
