Hi
Thought this new Mailbase list might be of interest to some list
members. It's not specifically about disability but may be relevant.
Mark.
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Organization: University of Manchester
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:26:22 GMT0BST
Priority: normal
Subject: Social Exclusion & Transport
From: "Jeff Turner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Reply-to: "Jeff Turner" <[log in to unmask]>
Dear colleagues,
A discussion list has been set up to discuss the issue of Social
Exclusion and Transport. It's role is to support policy research
into the link between social exclusion & poor public transport.
It will be of interest to transport researchers, social policy
specialists, urban regeneration experts as well as practitioners
and policy makers.
If you are interested in joininig and I hope you will be, please
send message to
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with only the following in the body of the message:
JOIN setnet firstname lastname
The discussion list SETNET was set up after a workshop on
Social Exclusion & Transport held at Manchester University back
last November. As an outcome of that workshop I have set-up a
web site on Social Excluison & Transport at:
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/transres
I am keen to have this site contain examples of good practice that
deal with tackling the negative role of transport in maintaining
social exclusion.
I would be most grateful if you could tell me of any examples of good
or inovative practice that you know of that would like to see included
in this site. If you know of any example in other countries that too
would be useful.
I am also interested in the question of how might non-transport
interventions improve the access to opportunities and services of
socially-excluded groups - how might communication technology and the
Internet improve access and reduce the need for time to travel?
If you have any thoughts on what role there is for non-transport
interventions or any examples of the effectiveness such measures then
please the discussion list know.
Is there anything else you think a Web page on Social Exclusion &
Transport should have on it?
Here's to a fruitul discussion on this issue.
Jeff Turner
Research Fellow
Dept. of Planning
University of Manchester
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