noun phrase · academic
transport poverty
UK/ˈtrænspɔːt ˈpɒvəti/US/ˈtrænspɔrt ˈpɑːvərti/TRAN·sport POV·er·ty
Lack of affordable or accessible transport options that restricts people's access to jobs, services and opportunities.
Examples
“High fares and poor services contribute to transport poverty in remote areas.”
“Policy measures like subsidised fares can help alleviate transport poverty.”
“Researchers linked transport poverty to lower employment rates among rural residents.”
Band 8 sentence
“Addressing transport poverty requires both subsidised services and improvements to local routes.”
Collocations
- alleviate transport poverty
- suffer from transport poverty
- measure transport poverty
Word family
Common mistakes
transport poor→transport poverty
poverty of transport→transport poverty
Say it for a higher band
5no access to transport→6transport disadvantage→7+transport poverty
Synonyms
transport disadvantage
Easily confused
social exclusion
“Social exclusion can result from limited access to education, healthcare and transport.”
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