Nation-wide cuts to bus subsidies have led to reduced service in rural communities in the UK, leaving those who do not have access to a car – most of whom are older, have a disability, or have a low income – with few other options to meet their travel needs. This has resulted in greater demand on community transport, small-scale, local, and community-based transport schemes that are run by the not-for-profit sector and are primarily volunteer-run. Drawing on 28 interviews conducted with volunteers and staff from community transport schemes across Oxfordshire, this paper describes the provision of community transport schemes at the intersection of informal transport and an ethics of care. This sector is posited as informal, however; unlike many informal transport schemes, community transport is non-entrepreneurial. Instead, these schemes emerge from the community and are care-driven. Volunteers who run these schemes all provide skilled labour that is a practice of caring about, caring for, or care giving. This framing highlights the undervaluing of community transport. Indeed, the labour and schemes are underfunded and lack recognition. This study therefore emphasises the socio-political nature of community transport and shows the importance of supporting caring transport services. It concludes by discussing how this undervalued sector might be re-valorised so that it can continue to support those with few other transport options.

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护理驱动的非正规性：社区交通案例

全国范围内公交车补贴的削减导致英国农村社区的服务减少，使得那些无法获得汽车的人（其中大多数是老年人、残疾人或低收入者）几乎没有其他选择以满足他们的出行需求。这导致对社区交通以及由非营利部门运营且主要由志愿者运营的小规模、本地和社区交通计划的需求增加。本文根据对牛津郡社区交通计划的志愿者和工作人员进行的 28 次访谈，描述了在非正式交通和护理道德的交叉点上提供社区交通计划的情况。然而，该部门被认为是非正式部门；与许多非正式交通计划不同，社区交通是非创业性的。相反，这些计划源于社区并以护理为驱动。运行这些计划的志愿者都提供熟练劳动力，这是一种关心、照顾或给予的做法。这一框架凸显了社区交通的低估。事实上，劳动力和计划资金不足且缺乏认可。因此，本研究强调了社区交通的社会政治性质，并表明了支持关爱交通服务的重要性。最后讨论了如何重新评估这个被低估的行业，以便它能够继续为那些几乎没有其他交通选择的人提供支持。