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The Centre for Transport Studies is pleased to welcome Professor Roger Mackett and Dr Helena Titheridge (University College London, UK) to lead a seminar entitled Transport and poverty in Britain to be held Wednesday 17th December 2014 @ 16:00 Please join us for presentation and discussion at Room 102, Chadwick Building, Gower Street, University College London (UCL) Abstract Poverty is widely accepted as a multidimensional problem with an individual's inability to satisfy basic needs through a lack of resources at its core. The structure of modern society means that many of our needs can only be met through geographically dispersed services and facilities, making travel essential to reach most of them. However, resources are required to gain access to and make use of that transport, irrespective of its kind, thus lack of resources can be a barrier to accessing important opportunities, such as employment and education, even where there is transport provision. Poverty is not just an issue for the Global South; one in six of the population in the UK are considered either in poverty or at risk of poverty. This presentation will review the relationships between transport and poverty showing how they differ across modes, contexts and different population groups. It will then consider the role of transport in helping to address poverty including by assisting unemployed people to access job opportunities and making it cheaper for those on low incomes to travel. The presentation will be concluded by discussion about the appropriateness of using transport initiatives to address poverty. About the Speakers Roger Mackett is Emeritus Professor of Transport Studies and Principal Research Associate in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at University College London. Currently he is involved in projects on children's independent mobility around the world, the evaluation of the health impacts of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, and the impacts of concessionary bus passes for older people. He is chair of the Transport Working Group of the Age Action Alliance (AAA) and a member of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC). Helena Titheridge is a Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies and Director of the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at UCL. She has 20 years of research experience in the areas of sustainability, the built environment and transport and has been involved in a number of funded research projects related to improving the accessibility of the built environment and transport systems for socially disadvantaged groups. She is currently researching the links between mobility and well-being, and the equity issues. About the CTS Seminar Series The CTS seminar series aims to facilitate discussion on current research topics in the transport field. Seminars are held jointly with our colleagues in the Centre for Transport Studies at University College London. They are usually held on Wednesday afternoons at Imperial College London or University College London. Seminars are free of charge and open to all interested parties. Please register for this event using the following link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transport-and-poverty-in-britain-tickets-13487801377>. For further information: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> CTS home: www.imperial.ac.uk/cts<http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cts> (Imperial College London) www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/cts<http://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/cts> (University College London)