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Title:

School Choice, Education Reform, and Fiscal Austerity: U.K. Perspective on Their Implications for School Transport

Accession Number:

01372774

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Currently the Northern Ireland Government is implementing a number of policy reforms to its education system. These reforms have generated much heated debate and division along political party lines. However, none of the controversy has addressed the implications of the current or potential arrangements for travel and sustainability In considering the potential implications of strategic reform of the education system or changes to school transport as part of the drive by Government to help reduce the fiscal deficit, it is important to consider not only changes in the supply side (i.e. services and subsidised travel entitlement) but also how parents and their children are likely to respond to such changes to any school system. This will inform understanding not only anticipated cost and operational implications of such changes but also how different groups with school age children will themselves adapt to such changes and how their choices might translate into spatial, economic and social impacts. In this paper we consider planned reform of the education system in Northern Ireland and some potential alternatives, informed by in-depth household based surveys encompassing socio-economic, school choice and travel patterns, attitudinal data and a suite of stated preference estimated discrete choice models. Northern Ireland offers indication of the pitfalls to other areas placing increased emphasis on increased choice in their education systems when attempts are being made to reign in public spending.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB10(6) School Transportation

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-4143

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Smyth, Austin
Kelleher, Luke

Pagination:

22p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Northern Ireland

Subject Areas:

Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-4143

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:22PM