Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2007

Subject Area

Location - UK, Mobility - Mobility mapping, Population - Elderly, Transport planning - Accessibility planning

Abstract

Following a number of policy statements and related reports around the topic of transport-related social exclusion, (DoT, SEU, etc.) since 2004, the UK Government has required local transport authorities to undertake accessibility planning as part of the process of producing local transport plans. A previous paper (Titheridge and Solomon, 2007) reported on the first stage of research undertaken as part of the AUNT-SUE study, which produced conclusions about the reality of elderly people's travel and type of benchmarks and indicatiors that would be needed to judge progress in the implementation of social inclusion policies. This paper discusses the equity implications of the DfT indicators with respect to the elderly and develops a realistic but equitable set of benchmarks for accessibility and mobility. This paper has been published with permission from the authors.