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In past months, I've worked w/ @SMCommission on understanding role of transport policy in supporting/hindering #socialmobility.
Their new report w/ a chapter on transport policy (I helped write)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monitoring-social-mobility-2013-to-2020
Short thread on #transport, #inequality & access
Simply put, it breaks down to the following:
Where people live
Where opportunities (jobs & education) are
How well they are connected
W/o regular, frequent & affordable transport to opportunities they are inaccessible to many
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transport-and-inequality
Where people live Where opportunities (jobs & education) are How well they are connectedW/o regular, frequent & affordable transport to opportunities they are inaccessible to many https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transport-and-inequality
Poor transport = major barrier to employment
@jrf_uk reports public transport in UK constrains instead of enables finding/keeping workhttps://www.jrf.org.uk/report/tackling-transport-related-barriers-employment-low-income-neighbourhoods
Public transport doesn't match job's hours & location
Making using/owning a car a necessity to keep a job
Cost /Affordability of #transport is key barrier to #employment & #education 
Low income households spend more of their income on commuting
25% compared to on average 13%limits where they look for/can get to workRise in bus fares http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7545/CBP-7545.pdf
Low income households:
have less access to car/van
therefore more reliant on public transport
more affected by poor public transport (eg infrequent, limited hours, unaffordable)
w/o car & poor #transit = longer travel times
Deprivation & access to car
from @jrf_uk
have less access to car/vantherefore more reliant on public transportmore affected by poor public transport (eg infrequent, limited hours, unaffordable)w/o car & poor #transit = longer travel timesDeprivation & access to carfrom @jrf_uk
Access to jobs by public transport within 45min (avg UK commute) & areas of deprivationWorking population live in areas:
57% with low access to jobs
25% with low access to jobs & high deprivation
Job access has not improved since 2010 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-mobility-inequalities-in-mobility-and-access-in-the-uk
Many see a car as a necessity b/c of poor alternativesBut for many a car is unaffordable
9% households struggle w/ high motoring costs on low incomesRising to:
12% w/ children, 
13% w/o anyone in a full-time job17% w/ 1 or more w/o a jobhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417304731
7% UK households in forced car ownership (FCO)FCO=having car b/c seen as only viable travel option but can't afford it Households w/ FCO
51% unpaid utility bills46% can't heat home11-12% low income households in FCO (70% higher than avg)
http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/122016/
