Transport poverty is making the news due to soaring fuel prices but there is so much more to it as described in this blog from our Infrastructure Delivery Manager, Perla Mansour.
Read more: www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/our-blog/opi... #transportpoverty #costofliving #sustainabletransport
Regions are crucial players in closing the transport divide🤝🛣️
🟣This is one of the key takeaways from the fourth #JustTransitionWebinar which explored how #regions can address #TransportPoverty by improving #access, #coordination, and #governance across the rural-urban divide🚏
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Tackling all dimensions of transport poverty🚋🚌
Today, Transport Poverty Lab is hosting the first National Forum on #TransportPoverty in #Milan, Italy📌
Our Secretary General, @karenvancluysen.bsky.social will speak in a session addressing territorial and social inequalities🚏
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Ensuring a fair and inclusive clean transition🍃
Tomorrow, 5 March, in Brussels, @ec.europa.eu is hosting the high-level #SocialClimateFund Conference🏙️
🎙️ @karenvancluysen.bsky.social will be a #speaker, taking part in the session dedicated to addressing #TransportPoverty.
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New year, new #JustTransition Webinar! ✨️
This time, our JT Taskforce and #Regions Working Group are highlighting the potential of regions in combating #TransportPoverty 🚌🚋
🟣 'Connecting communities—How regions can close the transport divide' on 25 February, 11:00-12:30 CEST.
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🟣 More key takeaways from the latest #JustTransitionWebinarSeries on #TransportPoverty!
The webinar 'Breaking Free—Reducing car reliance in Small and Medium-sized Cities' provided practical insights on car alternatives in peri-urban and rural areas 🚗🚲🚌
Read the full report 🔗 shorturl.at/CrrdZ
Working on project addressing transport poverty in UK. How do we create sustainable mobility without deepening inequalities?
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#SustainableTransportation
#SocialMobility #TransportPoverty #NorthEast #EnvironmentalJustice
Here are some events from day 1:
🔹Three rounds of Parallel Sessions covering topics such as #TransportPoverty, #ActiveTravel, #SharedMobility
🔹The Opening Plenary ‘Happy if Healthy: #Mobility as a Mood’ on mobility and #health🌱
🔹An Info Session about becoming a #POLISmember📝
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Genius work by @giuliomattioli.bsky.social
thanks @hertiedatascience.bsky.social! Perversely, in cities, the richest are least exposed to oil shocks, because they don't need a car, even if they do they don't drive them all the time. Moving out & buying a car can create precarity. #transportPoverty
How can we reaffirm #PublicTransport as the foundation of #MobilityJustice? 🚋🚌🚅
Discover it in the next webinar of our #JustTransition series on #TransportPoverty!
🟣 'Public transport first—Strengthening the backbone of mobility justice' on 18 November 2025, 10:00-11:30 CEST.
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𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚🌟
While we get ready to welcome you to #POLIS25 in @degemeenteutrecht.bsky.social, we introduce our Closing Plenary on 27 November⤵️
‘Enriching the #Mobility Menu: Tackling #TransportPoverty' will shed light on how access to mobility shapes the quality of life🚌🚲
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𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟮✨
Register now for the second webinar of the new #JustTransitionWebinarSeries dedicated to #TransportPoverty!
🟣 ‘Breaking Free—Reducing car reliance in Small and Medium-sized Cities’ will take place on 23 October 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 CEST.
Sign up here 👉 shorturl.at/V0kBg
𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧...
...for the European Mobility Days of Strasbourg✨
#JEMS2025, co-organised by @cerema.bsky.social, will take place on 13-14 November 2025, exploring peri-urban and rural #mobility issues🚲
POLIS will chair a session on #TransportPoverty' on 13 November🏙️
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆?🚶
#CitiesInMotionVI does not shy away from the challenges of the #UrbanMobility shift.
#TransportPoverty, #SharedMicromobility, and unpopular (but necessary) measures like the #ULEZ in #London require inclusive and fair solutions 🛴🍃
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🟣The latest Just Transition #WebinarSeries dedicated to #TransportPoverty is here!
Join us on 17 September 2025, 10:00–11:30 CEST, to learn all about 'Designing for real choice—Infrastructure as enabler' and celebrate #EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK🚶♀️🚲🍃
More info👉 www.polisnetwork.eu/event/just-t...
Which is what makes this such an appalling take, from some on who should know better #CarDependence #TransportPoverty
🚃 How can we ensure no one is left behind in the mobility transition?
Join the EUKI Academy Web Seminar tomorrow 10:00–11:30 CEST 📅 👉 www.euki.de/en/events/eu...
#EUKI #TransportPoverty #JustTransition #InclusiveMobility
#Transport should be available, accessible, and affordable for all. Commission recommendations are proposing measures to tackle #transportpoverty, a barrier to socialinclusion, potentially blocking access to essential services, such as #education & #healthcare transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...
Happy to share our #new paper. It presents a thematic framework and meta analysis to facilitate the study and interpretation of research on multidimensional residential #energy and #transportpoverty together
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Our new #policypaper ‘Fighting Transport Poverty with the Social Climate Fund’ is out 🍃
With the #SocialClimateFund, EU States can tackle #TransportPoverty through:
🚌 #PublicTransport
🚴 #SharedMobility
🚶 #ActiveTravel and #infrastructure
Read the full policy paper 🔗 buff.ly/hGL2eeD
4/ 💡 What policy changes are needed to make EVs accessible for all? Our latest findings highlight steps to ensure that #transportpoverty doesn’t limit access to transformative #EV technology. #SocialMarketFoundation #EUtransport
1/ 🚗 The transition to #EVs is one of the EU’s biggest challenges, but it’s also an opportunity to reduce #transportpoverty and lower car costs. Our new report explores how this shift can benefit all. #decarbonisation #EUtransport
Commissioner Tzitzikostas at the Youth Dialogue on Transport
Great to see Commissioner #Tzitzikostas engaging in this #Youthdialogue on the future of #mobility. Many crucial issues raised—ones that keep us busy—incl. #transportpoverty, easier rail booking & travel, #PublicTransport, attracting & retaining talents and keeping sustainability high on the agenda.
More on #transportpoverty as we have participated in the first-ever EU-wide analysis of this critical issue.
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New report for @ec.europa.eu investigates #transportpoverty in EU & explores indicators to measure it. Emphasizes the need for multifaceted understanding and measurement of transport poverty, considering various dimensions and interplay of stakeholder involvement in policy-making. Results:
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Quote above from a paper we published on the lived experiences of #fuelpoverty and #transportpoverty: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lastly in Part 3 we have case studies:
- Highlighting the importance of #transportpoverty and local-level solutions
- Linking energy renovation with solutions for affordable housing and home ownership.
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