{"id":45210,"date":"2026-01-23T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45210"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:40:28","slug":"ihbcs-practice-signpost-dfts-new-connectivity-score-tool-helps-understand-how-sustainably-located-a-place-is-and-transport-interventio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45210","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Practice\u2019 Signpost: DfT\u2019s new \u2018connectivity score\u2019 tool, helps understand \u2018how sustainably located a place is, and transport interventions needed\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department for Transport(DfT) has launched the first nationally agreed measure of connectivity for any location in England and Wales, a tool combining transport and land use data to generate a \u2018connectivity score\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government UK writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Connectivity Tool helps built environment professionals and others to understand the connectivity of places in England and Wales. You can use the tool to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>display how any location in England and Wales is connected to everyday services by walking, driving, cycling and public transport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>plot new transport routes to understand how these would affect an area\u2019s connectivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who can use the tool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Connectivity Tool is available to built environment professionals in the public or private sector. If you you\u2019re a built environment professional, you can request access to the tool by emailing connectivity@dft.gov.uk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also a limited version of the tool (Connectivity Tool Lite) that anyone can access. Anyone can use the Connectivity Tool Lite version of the tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What you need to use the tool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/connectivity-tool\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/connectivity-tool\">Connectivity Tool<\/a> you will need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>have been granted access to the tool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>be signed into GOV.UK One Login<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your GOV.UK One Login must be under your work email address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you don\u2019t have a GOV.UK One Login under your work email address, you will need to create one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for Transport(DfT) has launched the first nationally agreed measure of connectivity for any location in England and Wales, a tool combining transport and land use data to generate a \u2018connectivity score\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,9,155],"class_list":["post-45210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-expertise","tag-government","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45212,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45210\/revisions\/45212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}