Mackett, R;
(2014)
Has the policy of concessionary bus travel for older people in Britain been successful?
Case Studies on Transport Policy
, 2
(2)
pp. 81-88.
10.1016/j.cstp.2014.05.001.
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Abstract
Older people in Britain are entitled to free off-peak travel by bus over the whole country in which they live. The introduction of the policy was a political decision with the stated objectives of increasing public transport usage by older people, improving their access to services and increasing social inclusion. The objective of this paper is to examine the available evidence to see whether these objectives have been realised. The paper also explores whether there have been other benefits for older people and for wider society. It is concluded that the objectives have been met to a large extent, but that many of the impacts might have happened anyway and that the impacts are probably less than many of the studies claim.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Has the policy of concessionary bus travel for older people in Britain been successful? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cstp.2014.05.001 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2014.05.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2014. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. |
| Keywords: | Older people; Concessionary travel; Bus; Britain; Policy; Social inclusion |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1443617 |
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