The Department for Transport published its transport resilience strategy on 2 November 2026, transport minister Keir Mather told the House of Commons in a written statement the same day1. The strategy sets out the government's approach to strengthening the resilience of the UK transport system over the next 5 to 10 years1.
It makes 22 practical commitments to improve transport resilience, including the delivery of a new training initiative, the Transport Resilience Academy, and the establishment of a sector-wide transport resilience network1. The strategy aims to better assess ongoing transport resilience to identify and target areas for improvement, enable the whole system, including transport users, to take action to improve resilience, and strengthen government resilience capabilities1. The department says the initiatives are intended to strengthen collaboration, connections and system-wide understanding across the transport system, local partners and other sectors, enabling them to share evidence and best practice and address common risks together1.
The strategy follows the publication of the resilience action plan in July 2025, which set out the government's strategic approach to building resilience; the transport strategy puts that approach into practice for the transport sector1. Mather said the threats and hazards facing the transport system are becoming increasingly complex and unpredictable, and that its interconnectedness means disruption in one place can quickly have consequences elsewhere1. He also said transport remains a people-dependent system, and that transport users being prepared and armed with the right information can reduce the likelihood of disruption and lessen its impact when it occurs1.
"It makes 22 practical commitments to improve transport resilience, including the delivery of a new training initiative, the Transport Resilience Academy and the establishment of a sector-wide transport resilience network."
The strategy has been placed in the libraries of both Houses and is available on GOV.UK1. The statement does not give a timetable for the individual commitments, and no funding figures for the strategy have been reported1.
Why it matters for households
The strategy covers the transport system as a whole, and the department states that transport users are included in the aim of enabling the whole system to take action to improve resilience1. For households, that places the reliability of roads, rail and other connections, and the information available to people who use them during disruption, within the scope of the commitments. The minister's statement says disruption in one place can quickly have consequences elsewhere, which describes how a failure on one part of a network can affect journeys on others1. The statement sets out no specific changes for households, and no advice to transport users beyond the general aim that they be prepared and armed with the right information1. The strategy sits alongside wider UK emergency preparedness arrangements.
What happens next
The strategy is published on GOV.UK and has been placed in the libraries of both Houses1. The statement gives no dates for delivery of the Transport Resilience Academy, the transport resilience network or the remaining commitments1.
