Transport Disadvantage and Social Exclusion

Taylor & Francis

There is currently much interest in the role that transport plays in promoting, or alleviating 'social exclusion'. By bringing together and analysing the travel experiences of a diverse range of groups - the visually impaired, wheelchair users, car users, public transport users and pedestrians - this book illustrates the nature of these exclusionary processes and indicates how policy and practice could be developed to counter these effects. > There is currently much 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. Data gathered from househ