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Travel difficulties and barriers during later life: Evidence from the National Travel Survey in England

Using data from the National Travel Survey in England, this study investigates which factors lead to experiencing travel difficulties amongst…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Examining inclusive mobility through smartcard data: What shall we make of senior citizens’ declining bus patronage in the West Midlands?

Free access to public transport is viewed as an effective means to enable inclusive mobility, but the recent decline in…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Reducing non-collision injuries aboard buses: Passenger balance whilst walking on the lower deck

Travelling by bus is a way millions of people choose for their everyday activities. However, the large acceleration levels, and…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Systematic review of the epidemiology of non-collision injuries occurring to older people during use of public buses in high income countries

Each year more than 6000 people are injured on public buses in the UK, approximately half of whom are aged…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

The experiences of everyday travel for older people in rural areas: A systematic review of UK qualitative studies

Older people make up a larger proportion of the rural than urban population and rely more heavily on its transport…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Getting out of the house: The use of community transport as a third place for rural-dwelling older adults

Rural-dwelling older adults experience significant shrinkage in their social networks and capital due to transitions in later life related to…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Transport disadvantage and social exclusion: Exclusionary mechanisms in transport in Urban Scotland

There is currently much interest in the role that transport plays in promoting, or alleviating 'social exclusion'. Exclusionary processes are,…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Urban services, pedestrian networks and behaviors to measure elderly accessibility

Relationships between the organisation of the pedestrian network and the location and distribution of activities represent an important element in…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Making sense of diodes and sodium: Vision, visuality and the everyday experience of infrastructural change

The recognition of vision as a powerful register for organising urban space locates lighting technologies at the heart of urban…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Age and the 20-min city: Accounting for variation in mobility

The political popularity of the 20-min city is a result of its perceived equal treatment of all citizens, yet the…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024