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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:48 am
In a post from this January, Alasdair Rae discussed the use of a variety of data sources, including Census data on travel to work and employment status, along with the stories of the people affected, to explore the reality of using public transport to access work from poorer areas of the UK. 2016 the Department for Work and Pensions suggested that jobseekers canada rcs data should look for jobs up to a 90 minute commute away. In a tweet about this, the Department suggested that jobseekers could ‘travel, for fun and for profit’. In a report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation with colleagues at Sheffield Hallam University, the team explored the topic in more depth and found that for residents of low-income neighbourhoods the geography of employment opportunities is often highly restricted due to poor transport.
The team concluded that the effect of poor transport is not surprising, yet too often overlooked.
Last October, Dr Milena Buchs Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics and Low Carbon Transitions at the University of Leeds presented her research using Understanding Society data to assess whether people with health challenges might find it difficult to save energy. Milena also found that people with health challenges might have travel needs that they find difficult to meet owing to financial and mobility constraints. She concluded that public transport systems need to be made more accessible and affordable.
The team concluded that the effect of poor transport is not surprising, yet too often overlooked.
Last October, Dr Milena Buchs Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics and Low Carbon Transitions at the University of Leeds presented her research using Understanding Society data to assess whether people with health challenges might find it difficult to save energy. Milena also found that people with health challenges might have travel needs that they find difficult to meet owing to financial and mobility constraints. She concluded that public transport systems need to be made more accessible and affordable.