A sustainable transport system needs to address inequities like transport poverty: Ensuring equitable transport services for all

I magine a situation where you have been offered an interview for a new job. You are excitedabout the potential new opportunity, but quickly realise that your chances of getting the jobmay be diminished by the fact that you will likely arrive at the interview all hot and flustered,perhaps even sweaty. This is because you will have to walk two hours to get to the interview. You are not walking because you want to be active in your daily life, but because you cannot afford thebus fare to get there. Similarly, imagine a situation where you keep cancelling medical appointments because you have to rely on expensive taxis to get to the hospital due to the lack of public transport, and while you can claim expenses for those costs, the process feels too complicated. Lastly, how would you feel if you had a beautiful national park near your home, but could not go there as it would require owning or having access to a car, both out of your reach as you do not drive due to a health condition? These are some of the real-life examples of transport inequities, as told by people who took part in our UKRI-funded research on transport poverty in the UK at the University of Sussex