Investigating Transport Disadvantage, Social Exclusion and Well Being in Metropolitan, Regional and Rural Victoria

该项目加强了国家对澳大利亚普遍存在的问题的处理办法；城市和农村的边缘社区由于缺乏交通工具而被排除在生活机会之外。有证据表明，随着燃料价格上涨、人口老龄化和农村/城市边缘移民的继续，这一问题正在加剧。澳大利亚每年花费数十亿美元来解决这些问题，但澳大利亚探索行为本质以及交通问题与生活机会之间联系的研究有限。该项目填补了澳大利亚项目中的这一重要知识空白，该项目将在这一不断增长的国际研究领域促进世界知识。调查结果将更好地聚焦澳大利亚应对日益严峻的交通运输未来的方法。

This project strengthens national approaches to a pervasive Australian problem; fringe urban and rural communities who are excluded from life opportunities due to lack of transport. Evidence suggests this problem is growing as fuel costs rise, the population ages and rural/fringe urban migration continues. Australia spends Billions annually to address these issues but Australian research exploring the nature of behaviours and links between transport problems and life opportunities is limited. This project fills this important knowledge gap in an Australian project that will advance world knowledge in this growing international research field. Findings will better focus Australia's approach to increasingly challenging transport futures.