Towards a 'social welfare' approach to transport

Lucas, Karen

access to employment ; access to training ; transport poverty ; affordable public transport ; motoring costs ; community impact assessment ; Location - UK ; Location - USA ; Transport planning - Accessibility planning ; Transport policy - Transport poverty

In my introduction to this volume, I suggested that a significant proportion of people living on low incomes in the UK and the US are effectively 'locked out' of the activities that enable a decent quality of life because of a lack of adequate transport. In the minds of myself and my fellow contributors to this volume, many of whom work on the frontline to assist such individuals, there is no doubt that this is the case.

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Conclusions from the US experience

Lucas, Karen

environmental justice ; reverse commute ; spatial mismatch ; welfare to work ; racial discrimination ; women ; decision making process ; voice of the people ; Location - USA

The environmental justice movement in the US has been recognising inequalities in access to transportation since the mid-1960s. The problem was even raised by Martin Luther King when he called for structural reforms to deal with race and poverty. The US case studies have shown that, since this time, there has been a gradual (but far from problem free) shift towards both formal government recognition of the problem and policy commitment to resolving it. The question is whether ...

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Women's issues in transportation

Ortoleva, Stephanie ; Brenmen, Marc

transportation demand management ; non-discriminatory planning ; child raising responsibilities ; trip chaining ; spatial mismatch ; time poverty ; Location - USA ; Population - Gender

his chapter looks at transportation in the US through the lens of a women's rights perspective, challenging transportation providers, funders and regulators to consider and assess impacts on women in the community in planning, research and regulation. The chapter discusses policy approaches that create parallels to civil rights laws in the US, as well as social exclusion theory, community and social impact assessment procedures, avoidance and mitigation of damage, and valuing ...

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Community impact assessment for US17

Morris, Anne

newsletter ; community consultation ; human fabric ; churches ; Location - USA ; Social Issues - Community Building ; Social Issues - Consultations

Since the passage of the US Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), there has been much more of an emphasis on proactive and continual citizen involvement in transportation decision making, with an explicit emphasis placed on outreach to traditionally underserved and disadvantaged populations. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)/Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Interim policy on public involvement and questions and answers on public involvement ...

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Job isolation in the US: narrowing the gap through job access and reverse-commute programs

Cervero, Robert

spatial mismatch ; reverse commute ; welfare-to-work ; longer travel times ; schedule extensions ; mobility gaps ; Location - USA ; Transport planning - Accessibility planning

A significant and troublesome form of environmental injustice in the US is the physical isolation of the inner-city poor to rising suburban job opportunities. Unlike many parts of the developed and developing world, the poor and 'have nots' are principally concentrated in and near the urban centers of many US metropolitan areas, occupying working-class neighborhoods long abandoned by the middle class for 'greener pastures' (accelerated by the US's massive freeway building programs ...

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Transportation and environmental justice

Kennedy, Lori G

environmental justice ; competing funding priorities ; welfare to work ; reverse commute ; multi-faceted approach ; Location - USA ; Transport policy - Law

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Conclusions from the UK experience

Lucas, Karen

under-resourcing ; short term funding ; agoraphobia ; public consultation ; multi-disciplinary ; increased car ownership ; Location - UK ; Transport planning - Accessibility planning

For some time, researchers have been highlighting inequalities in the transport system for certain groups and communities. Equally, some local transport authorities have attempted to address social equity issues in their delivery of public transport services and where mainstream public transport has failed, community and voluntary transport organisations have been working to meet the transport needs of minority and marginalised groups. Until the advent of the 2003 Social Exclusion ...

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Transport and social exclusion

Lucas, Karen

accessibility audit ; transport policy ; resources audit ; local transport planner ; multi-agency approach ; Location - UK ; Transport planning - Accessibility planning

This chapter presents a summary of recent developments in transport and social policy in England under the social exclusion policy agenda. These have emerged largely in response to increasing government recognition of the issues raised in the preceding chapters of this volume and the growing acceptance of both social and transport policy makers within central government that a 'social welfare approach' to transport decision making and policy delivery is needed in the UK. Similar ...

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Working retirement: Travel trends of the aging workforce

Srinivasan, Nanda ; McGuckin, Nancy ; Murakami, Elaine

older workers ; travel behaviour ; work trips ; working into retirement ; Location - USA ; Modes of Transport - Car - Driver ; Population - Ageing in place ; Population - Elderly ; Population - Employed

The proportion and number of older workers (those older than 65) are expected to increase significantly in the coming decades, and examining this cohort's travel behavior may provide insight into this potential boom. This study is an exploratory analysis to describe working patterns of the older population today, to examine their work trips, and to make some guesses about how the baby boom generation will be similar to or differ from today's older population. With the available ...

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Evaluation of sidewalk unevenness based on wheelchair traveling resistance

Ishida, Tateki ; Takemoto, Hideto ; Ishida, Shinji ; Kameyama, Shuichi ; Himeno, Kenji ; Kashima, Shigeru

sidewalk levels ; mobility ; wheelchair mobility ; uneven surfaces ; barrier free transportation ; Infrastructure - Kerb ramp ; Mobility - Wheelchair ; Transport policy - Law

Differences in the levels and the transverse and longitudinal gradients on sidewalks can seriously hinder the mobility of wheelchair users. On sidewalks where such differences and gradients are minor, the mobility of wheelchair users can be seriously hindered by surface unevenness in the case of rough sidewalks. This paper analyzes the longitudinal profiles of sidewalks in service and torque data for traveling wheelchairs with the goal of proposing a method for evaluating the ...

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