Public transportation systems generate economic benefits that can potentially reduce social disparities between populations when such benefits are distributed evenly within a region. However, the achievement of equity in the allocation of public resources is not easy to accomplish for land use and transportation planning agencies. This research seeks to determine whether people residing in socially disadvantaged areas in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Canada, experience the same levels of transit accessibility as those living in other areas over the course of a day. Comparisons are presented in terms of regional accessibility, trends by social decile, spatial distribution of accessibility during the day, and travel time impac...
Inequality in transport provision is an area of growing concern among transport professionals, as it...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2015Transit accessibility is evaluated against theories...
Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to a...
The location of transit infrastructure distributes publicly-funded benefits to residents throughout ...
Social equity is increasingly incorporated as a long-term objective into urban transportation plans....
This project is presented in two parts as independent, yet related, articles. Part 1 is Towards equ...
Bus routes provide critical lifelines to disadvantaged travelers in major cities. Bus route performa...
Inequality in transport provision is an area of growing concern among transport professionals, as it...
Access to quality public transportation is critical for employment, especially for low-income and mi...
This article studies the equity of transit accessibility in the City of Chicago. We measure the acce...
Active transportation modes in North America are often accounted as ‘white strips of gentrification’...
Accessibility, or the ease of reaching destinations, is increasingly being used and examined in both...
Public transit has been identified by scholars, urbanists, and activists as foundational to developi...
Equity in public transport services is becoming a high priority of transport authorities. Although s...
https://doi.org/10.21949/15035992013PDFTech ReportFTA Report No. 0066MI-26-8002-00Metropolitan areas...
Inequality in transport provision is an area of growing concern among transport professionals, as it...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2015Transit accessibility is evaluated against theories...
Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to a...
The location of transit infrastructure distributes publicly-funded benefits to residents throughout ...
Social equity is increasingly incorporated as a long-term objective into urban transportation plans....
This project is presented in two parts as independent, yet related, articles. Part 1 is Towards equ...
Bus routes provide critical lifelines to disadvantaged travelers in major cities. Bus route performa...
Inequality in transport provision is an area of growing concern among transport professionals, as it...
Access to quality public transportation is critical for employment, especially for low-income and mi...
This article studies the equity of transit accessibility in the City of Chicago. We measure the acce...
Active transportation modes in North America are often accounted as ‘white strips of gentrification’...
Accessibility, or the ease of reaching destinations, is increasingly being used and examined in both...
Public transit has been identified by scholars, urbanists, and activists as foundational to developi...
Equity in public transport services is becoming a high priority of transport authorities. Although s...
https://doi.org/10.21949/15035992013PDFTech ReportFTA Report No. 0066MI-26-8002-00Metropolitan areas...
Inequality in transport provision is an area of growing concern among transport professionals, as it...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2015Transit accessibility is evaluated against theories...
Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to a...