Deirdre O'Reilly's presentation on DfT's accessibility and affordability policy for the international workshop "Energy-related economic stress at the interface between transport poverty, fuel poverty and residential location", held at the University of Leeds, 20th – 21st May 2015.

1. Transport accessibility & affordability
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2. 01 June 2015
Transport tends not to be a top-of-mind issue when
individuals and businesses are asked about Government
priorities
In March 2015, only 5% of individuals identified transport as an important issue
facing Britain today. Issues regarded as more important included: the NHS (45%),
immigration (34%), the economy (33%), unemployment (22%) and poverty
(16%) (Ipsos Mori Issues Index)
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0
5
10
15
20
25
Paddington
crash
Fuel
protests
Mayor approves London
congestion charge
Potters Bar rail crash
%identifyingtransportasanimportantissue
Source: Ipsos Mori Issues Index

3. 01 June 2015
Regional variations in attitudes
 Those in London are much
more likely to prioritise public
transport links when choosing
where to live
 Car commuters in the North
are the most attached to their
cars. Those in London are the
least attached
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4. 391
384
506
617
1,427
524
381
342
211
179
2,742
3,912
4,966
6,420
7,755
Travel by mode by income
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Average distance travelled by household income quintile and mode: England,
2013 (miles per person per year)
Car Bus Rail Other
Highest income
quintile
Lowest income
quintile 396
433
521
467
719

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Improvements to accessibility
ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUALITIES TEAM, OFFICIAL DRAFT
 95% of buses in England now have low floor
designs,
 84% of the total bus fleet holds a Public
Service Vehicle Accessibility Certificate
(PSVAR) compared to 78% last year.
 As of May 2015, over 10,500 rail vehicles
are now in service that were built, or fully
refurbished, to modern access standards
representing 60% of the national fleet.
 Delivery of the current Access for All
programme is progressing -more than 200
stations will have an accessible route for
passengers by 2019, while a further 1,100
stations have benefited from smaller scale
improvements.
Step-free
accessible
rail…
Non-
accessible
ral
stations,…
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Low floor access buses without certificate
Percentage of the bus fleet that have low floor access or an
accessibility certificate (UK)
95%
52%

6. 01 June 2015
Distributional impacts – the indicators
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Air quality AccidentsAffordabilityUser benefits
Severance Accessibility

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Segmentation can provide insights into people’s attitudes
and influencing their transport behaviour
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 The DfT Climate Change and Transport
Choices segmentation model divides the
adult population into nine segments
according to their attitudes and transport
behaviour
1. Older, less
mobile car owners
2. Less affluent
urban young
families
3. Less affluent
older sceptics
4. Affluent empty
nesters
5. Educated
suburban families
6. Town and rural
heavy car use
7. Elderly without
cars
8. Young urbanites
without cars
9. Urban low
income without
cars

8. 01 June 2015
Future challenges
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9. 01 June 2015
Sources and toolkits
 WebTAG evidence review of distributional impacts 2015
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/webtag-evidence-review-of-distributional-impacts
 National Travel Survey (DfT), 2013
 Climate change and transport choices segmentation study (DfT), 2010
 Behavioural insights toolkit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behavioural-insights-
toolkit
 Economic insights and social impact toolkit 2013
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-insights-and-social-impacts-toolkits
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