The value of new transport in deprived areas

Report

Regeneration strategies for deprived areas are currently under review. To date there has been little if any direct evaluation of the contribution of transport services to local regeneration. This study evaluates the benefits - both monetary and quality of life - of transport services to the people who use them and to the local practitioners responsible for the wider regeneration of these neighbourhoods. It covers:

• the policy context;
• characteristics of the four case study areas (Braunstone, Leicester; Camborne, Pool, and Redruth, Cornwall; Wythenshawe, Manchester and Walsall, West Midlands);
key findings from interviews with local professionals;

information on use of the services and their value to local people;

an evaluation of the social benefits of the services;

key messages for local and central government.

Authors: Lucas, K; Tyler, S; Christodoulou, G

• Alternative title: Who benefits, how and why?
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Publication date: 2008-01-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• ISBN: 9781859356586
• Language: English
• Keywords: regeneration; deprived areas; transport; quality of life; social exclusion
• Subjects: Social disadvantage; Social policy & social work; Transport