The guidance aims to support children's trusts and transport planners to lift the barriers to children and young people accessing leisure activities but does not consider other aspects of their lives.
Barbara Hearn, deputy chief executive of NCB, said: "This guidance provides a way forward for local authorities to start tackling an issue that has been sadly ignored. We would like to see all children's trusts and local transport planners working together to involve children in decisions about transport and travel priorities."
In 2008, only 21 per cent of travel concession authorities in England and Wales offered a concession to young people. As a result, 16- and 17-year-olds on a lower minimum wage, young people in isolated rural areas, and those in poverty face even more barriers to using public transport. NCB is calling on the government to do more to demonstrate the benefits of concessionary fare schemes.
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