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Title:

The "Price" of Choice: Private and Public Transport and Environmentally Related Costs of Facilitating School Choice

Accession Number:

01157026

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The segregated and selective nature of the schooling system in Northern Ireland effectively ensures that Northern Ireland has eleven sizeable sectors to provide for. It currently offers in theory therefore more scope for parental choice than any other part of the United Kingdom. However, in reality choice is constrained by a series of factors including religious attitudes, socio economic circumstances and free home-to-school transport eligibility criteria. Currently the Northern Ireland Government is trying to implement a number of policy reforms for 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 current or future arrangements for travel and sustainability In the absence of a clear acceptable model for future post-primary education it is important to explore and analyze the realities of the different models proposed. Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), stated preference survey data and discrete choice modeling, this research aims to develop a range of tools to inform policy makers on future school travel patterns in response to the ongoing program of reforms in education.

Monograph Accession #:

01147878

Report/Paper Numbers:

10-3287

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Kelleher, Luke
Smyth, Austin

Pagination:

22p

Publication Date:

2010

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Maps (2) ; References; Tables (5)

Geographic Terms:

Northern Ireland

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-3287

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 25 2010 11:38AM