01329068

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2193-16

http://scholar.google.com...lias&publication_year=2010

This study uses data from Sylhet, Bangladesh, to examine the relationship between the distance to school locations and attendance to understand how transport can positively influence school attendance. Logit regression models and a database of 3,402 households were used to correlate household schooling decisions with the built environment, local infrastructure, and household and individual characteristics. Travel demand for school trips was examined to identify how transportation can aid or hinder literacy objectives. Among other findings, two underserved populations were identified: (a) inner-city slum residents and (b) low-income remote households. Two possible transport actions for them are to increase (a) school supply in remote areas to improve accessibility and (b) public investment in affordable bus transit to improve mobility for students who travel to distant school locations. Thus, a combination of economic and transportation policies would likely increase literacy rates and overall educational attainment, which in turn would result in greater future educational equity among Sylhet residents.

01329069

10-0390

English

pp 132-139

2010

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309160681

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Figures (2) ; References (34) ; Tables (5)

Access; Built environment; Location; Low income groups; Mobility; Regression analysis; School trips; Schools; Transportation policy; Travel demand; Trip length

Literacy; Slums (Dwellings)

Sylhet (Bangladesh)

Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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