All Outputs (5)

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process (2012)
Journal Article
Olowoporoku, A., Hayes, E. T., Longhurst, J., & Parkhurst, G. (2012). The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process. Journal of Environmental Management, 101(30), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.01.017

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process.

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities (2012)
Journal Article
Hayes, E., Olowoporoku, D., Olowoporoku, A., Hayes, E. T., Longhurst, J., & Parkhurst, G. (2012). The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities. Journal of Environmental Management, 101, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.01.017

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities.

Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales (2012)
Journal Article
Shergold, I., & Parkhurst, G. (2012). Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales. Journal of Rural Studies, 28(4), 412-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.01.010

Rural dwelling and older age are both associated with a higher risk of social exclusion, with accessibility identified as having an important facilitating role. The interactions between transport-related exclusion and older age, particularly in a rur... Read More about Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales.

The grey escape: Investigating older people's use of the free bus pass (2012)
Journal Article
Susilo, Y. O., Andrews, G., Parkhurst, G., & Shaw, J. (2012). The grey escape: Investigating older people's use of the free bus pass. Transportation Planning and Technology, 35(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2012.635413

Since 2008 most older people in England have benefited from unlimited area-wide free travel by bus after the morning peak period. The official policy rhetoric supporting implementation of the measure drew significantly on the need to reduce social ex... Read More about The grey escape: Investigating older people's use of the free bus pass.

Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people (2012)
Journal Article
Shergold, I., Parkhurst, G., & Musselwhite, C. (2012). Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people. Transportation Planning and Technology, 35(1), 69-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2012.635417

Community activity is a key contributor to quality of life for many older people. It also plays a role in the well-being of the communities they live in. Mobility, though, is central to such activity, and thus a conceptual link is proposed between 'm... Read More about Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people.