What do residents want from a North East Combined Authority transport policy? Evidence from conjoint experimental and adversarially co-produced narrative survey data

Anna Thew, David Littlefair, Graham Stark, Howard Reed, Matthew T. Johnson, Elliott A. Johnson, Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Whitley Bay

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Published online on April 13, 2026

Abstract

Local Economy, Ahead of Print.
This article presents findings from conjoint and adversarially co-produced narrative survey data from 577 adults within England’s North East Combined Authority collected in the run up to the first Mayoral election in 2024. This is the first instance of ...