School transport, inclusion and pupil attendance

In recent years the UK Department for Transport and the Department for Education and Skills have worked together to tackle the transport and educational implication of over-reliance on the car for journeys to school. The Education and Inspections Act that has just received royal assent aims to tackle the issues of congestion and the impacts of transport provision on opportunities in education. Small scale projects have had significant impacts on the levels of attendance, but few data have been gathered on the longer term implications of increasing the distances travelled to school resulting from increased choice. A greater understanding of the balance between the increased educational attainment resulting from educational choice and the cost of providing public transport needs to be developed to ensure equality for all in the long term. (A)

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• Authors:
  • MURPHY, H
• Publication Date: 2007-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 197-99
• Serial:
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer
  • Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0965-0903
  • EISSN: 1751-7699
  • Serial URL: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/serial/muen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Costs; Data collection; Public transit; School trips; Schools; Traffic congestion; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 632: Congestion (traffic); 224: Cost; 8623: Data acquisition; 697: Journey time; 622: Journey to school; 744: Public transport; 101: School; 9072: Selection; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I70: Traffic and Transport; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087363
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 29 2008 10:22AM