Transport for the North (TfN) is launching a new research programme to understand the links between transport and social exclusion in the North of England. As part of this, TfN are asking charities that work with communities affected poverty, deprivation, and social exclusion in the North to complete an online survey.
This survey focuses on the ways in which transport affects social exclusion in one neighbourhood or community that your organisation is connected with. The more local area insights TfN can gather, the more they can understand about the link between transport and social exclusion in different areas of the North of England.
Separately, TfN are also undertaking research with members of the public across the North to understand lived experiences of transport-related social exclusion. Information from both parts of the research will be drawn together – combining expert perspectives with lived experiences.
This research will inform the further development of TfN’s Strategic Transport Plan and advice to government on investment priorities for the North of England. It will also support their Northern Transport Charter aims of delivering more inclusive and sustainable transport investment.