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The Transport Matters(1st Edition) Why Transport Matters and How We Can Make it Better by Iain Docherty, Jon Shaw, Dr Jon Shaw Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-2956-5, ISBN: 1-4473-2956-2
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Geographies of Transport and Ageing(Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018) (Paperback) by Angela Curl, CharlesMusselwhite Paperback, 274 Pages, Published 2019 by Springer International Publishing Jan 2019 ISBN-13: 978-3-030-09473-7, ISBN: 3-030-09473-1
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"Groffen, D.A., A. Koster, H. Bosma, M. van den Akker, T. Aspelund, K.
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