Overview

There is ongoing interest in the role that transport plays in promoting, or alleviating ""social exclusion"". Exclusionary processes are, of course, multi-dimensional and a mixture of physical barriers, financial constraints, time budgets, access difficulties and psychological aspects such as fear, all combine in various ways to prevent the use of transport facilities. In order to be able to understand more accurately the relationship between transport and social exclusion, a fuller understanding is required. Using data gathered from households to examine the problems experienced by women, the elderly and disabled, and public transport users in accessing key facilities, this text explores influences on lifestyle. It also includes interview with policymakers and public transport providers to offer insights into the problems of providing public transport to meet social inclusion objectives. The book illustrates the nature of these exclusionary processes and indicates how policy and practice could be developed to counter these effects.

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'This book will make an important, evidence-based, contribution to this issue which, in recent years, has become prominent in transport policy debates in the UK and elsewhere.' Dr John Preston, University of Oxford, UK 'Against a careful review of the evidence so far, the authors provide a detailed assessment of the patterns of social exclusion and its transport links in three Scottish areas of different characteristics. The book adds very valuable case study material to an often abstract policy discussion.' Professor Kay Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

'This book will make an important, evidence-based, contribution to this issue which, in recent years, has become prominent in transport policy debates in the UK and elsewhere.' Dr John Preston, University of Oxford, UK 'Against a careful review of the evidence so far, the authors provide a detailed assessment of the patterns of social exclusion and its transport links in three Scottish areas of different characteristics. The book adds very valuable case study material to an often abstract policy discussion.' Professor Kay Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich

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Julian Hine, University of Ulster, UK and Fiona Mitchell, University of York, UK

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