Transport and social exclusion: Investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility

Kenyon, Susan; Lyons, Glenn; Rafferty, Jackie

Abstract

This paper introduces a mobility dimension to social exclusion, suggesting a strong correlation between a lack of access to adequate mobility and lack of access to opportunities, social networks, goods and services. This correlation exists as both a cause and consequence of social exclusion. The authors question the likelihood that increased physical mobility, by car or public transport, can, by itself, provide a fully viable or sustainable solution to mobility-related aspects of social exclusion. This paper cautiously suggests that the use of information and communications technologies could enable a new, virtual mobility, enabling an Internet-based increase in accessibility as an alternative to an increase in physical mobility. Finally, consideration is given to the possibility of a virtual mobility-related dimension of exclusion and to the possible social implications of inclusion of virtual mobility in an integrated transport strategy. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 31, 2002
• Deposit Date: Jul 15, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 10, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Transport Geography
• Print ISSN: 0966-6923
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 207-219
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0966-6923%2802%2900012-1
• Keywords: accessibility, virtual mobility, social exclusion, information and communications technologies (ICTs), internet
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1076718
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0966-6923(02)00012-1
• Additional Information: Additional Information : NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Transport Geography. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Transport Geography, [10, 3, (September 2002)] DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6923(02)00012-1
• Contract Date: Feb 10, 2016