With fares spiralling upward and new proposals to limit free travel for pensioners and younger people, our Transport and Health Group has been evaluating the impacts of free bus travel for children and older people on public health, as well as economic costs and benefits.
Working in partnership with the Institute of Child Health at University College London and the Institute of Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, the 3-year On the Buses project is producing some fascinating findings, which researchers hope will inform future transport policy.
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