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Access to Transport and Life Opportunities

Status of Publication: Published/Completed
Date produced: 2019
Commissioned/Funded by: Department for Transport
Authoring organisation/Author affiliation: NatCen Social Research; University of the West of England
Individual author(s): Chatterjee, K., Clark, B. Nguyen, A., Wishart, R., Gallop, K., Smith, N., Tipping, S.
Type of Resource: Research
Impairment area(s): Pan-impairment
Transport mode(s): Unspecified
Journey stage: Unspecified
Region: England (all regions)

This report presents the findings from a study conducted by NatCen and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to investigate how access to transport affects the life opportunities and wellbeing of people living in England. This has provided new evidence that access to public and private transport has wide-ranging positive impacts on people?s lives.

There are two parts to the study: Part 1: Understanding variations in transport access and use across the population; Part 2: Understanding how transport access affects life opportunities and wellbeing.

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