Car dependency - on my train commute, I'm wondering if anyone has reviewed job adverts for "requires driving license". My guess is that it applies more to lower paid jobs (care work, technicians, drivers) than higher paid jobs (professional services). Is there any analysis of this? - ThreadSky

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meganstreb.bsky.social • 96 days ago

Car dependency - on my train commute, I'm wondering if anyone has reviewed job adverts for "requires driving license". My guess is that it applies more to lower paid jobs (care work, technicians, drivers) than higher paid jobs (professional services). Is there any analysis of this?

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ficrawford.bsky.social•93 days ago

@wengraf.bsky.social and @timchatterton.bsky.social at the RAC Foundation recently did some analysis on this: https://www.racfoundation.org/research/mobility/driving-as-an-employment-qualification-2

And I have a PhD student who has just started looking at similar data from a transport perspective!

meganstreb.bsky.social•93 days ago

So glad you found this post, @ficrawford.bsky.social without any hashtags! Keen to know what your PhD student finds.

( I wasn't sure if there was an #activetravelsky or similar.
@active-ata.bsky.social @jwfurlong.bsky.social is there a hashtag yet for active travel researchers?)

jwfurlong.bsky.social•91 days ago

Very interesting work! I'd be very interested to see some measure of the legitimacy of the requirements e.g. the extent to which these are requirements even in relatively dense areas where the job requirements could be fulfilled by active travel/public transport . Not sure the hashtag exists Megan!

wengraf.bsky.social•93 days ago

gloriousnse.bsky.social•96 days ago

Well we can hope it's a requirement for a driving job, I'm not always convinced by some out there... 😉

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