Investigating links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in Melbourne-Preliminary results

Transport Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Currie, Graham ^a   Richardson, Tony ^b   Smyth, Paul ^c   Vella Brodrick, Dianne ^a   Hine, Julian ^d   Lucas, Karen ^e   Stanley, Janet ^a   Morris, Jenny ^f   Kinnear, Ray ^f   Stanley, John ^g  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Urban Transport Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f The Department of Infrastructure   (Australia)

^g Bus Association Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Car ownership; Public transport; Social exclusion; Transport disadvantage; Transport need

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CAR OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 67650702362     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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