ABSTRACT
The link between transport and social exclusion has until recently been widely ignored by policy makers and governments. The importance of this link has been highlighted by a number of recent studies (DETR, 2000a; Hine and Mitchell, 2001a; Church et al., 2000; Lucas et al., 2001). The traditional concern of transport policy makers with car dependence and the journey to work has inevitably resulted in a policy focus that by its very nature ignores poverty and the consequences of non-car ownership in terms of access to new employment centres, retail facilities (now invariably located at out of town or peripheral locations) and educational facilities. In the mid-and late 1990s it was possible to state that, although the existence of a link between transport and social exclusion had been widely recognised, it could also be concluded that there was a lack of clear and reliable data (Barry, 1998; Pacione, 1995). As recently as 1999 it was concluded in a study of transport and social exclusion in London that the paucity of data on the issue meant that the relationship between transport and social exclusion could not be fully appreciated (Church etal., 1999,2000).
