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Attitudes to, and potential take-up of, additional home to school transport

Table of contents

  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • The school run
  • Likely take-up of additional school transport
  • Take-up of improved school transport
  • 1. Introduction
  • Background
  • Recent Trends
  • Study objectives
  • Approach
  • Structure of this document
  • 2. Attitudes to school travel (Findings from the Qualitative Research)
  • Introduction
  • Common issues
  • Modal Choice
  • Safety & Security
  • Views on Current Legislation
  • Area, age and household-specific issues
  • Household Types
  • Views on additional school transport
  • Unresolved issues
  • 3. Current travel patterns
  • Modal shares
  • Influence of distance and age
  • Influence of car ownership
  • Reasons behind modal choice
  • 4. Additional school transport
  • Likely take-up of additional buses
  • Influence of age, area and household income
  • Willingness to pay
  • Abstraction from sustainable modes
  • Validation of estimated take-up
  • Next

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