Latest From Universal access
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Universal access 8 Mar
Ridding transport of gender bias is no simple task
Most decision-makers are white males, so what chance is there for others to have their hopes and fears properly represented? asks Laura Laker
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Universal access 6 Oct
The way we design transport is not equal for disabled
For the roughly one-in-five in the UK who are disabled, day-to-day travel is a greater challenge than for the able-bodied, reports Laura Laker
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Universal access 12 May
Rural accessibility: Learn the strategies to ensure transport innovation for all (Video)
Learn about the key challenges and opportunities for the industry over the next 30 years. Part of the Smart Transport webinar.
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Mass transit systems 11 Feb
Making public transport free or accessible to all
Business and technology journalist David Fowler examines the benefits of universal basic mobility but also highlights the drawbacks.
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Air quality 16 Dec
C40 Cities: We have the power to move the world
Fourteen of the world’s most ambitious and successful sustainable transport cities explain the actions they are taking to reduce emissions and why.
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Air quality 27 Nov
Access to transport and life opportunities
New evidence that access to public and private transport has wide-ranging positive impacts on people’s lives.
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Air quality 20 Nov
What Smart Transport is all about
Stephen Joseph OBE, Smart Transport chair, explains how we connect policy to solutions
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Air quality 15 Nov
Making the case for active travel. Laura Laker outlines why urban planners must prioritise walking and cycling over cars and road investment
Smart Travel Insight: Planners need to think more about cycling and walking and less about the road network and car ownership, suggests Laura Laker
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Air quality 15 Nov
Shifting to sharing. Beate Kubitz from Travel Spirit looks at how to persuade people out of their own car and into shared car/bike schemes
Smart Transport Insight: The aspiration to own a car is not as widespread as in the past. This is just one example of a change in attitude towards travel, reports Beate Kubitz
Top Stories from Universal access
Making public transport free or accessible to all
Business and technology journalist David Fowler examines the benefits of universal basic mobility but also highlights the drawbacks.
Access to transport and life opportunities
New evidence that access to public and private transport has wide-ranging positive impacts on people’s lives.
