Equity in transport: The distribution of transit access and connectivity among affordable housing units

Welch, Timothy F

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.09.020

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“…Benefit was formulated as "connectivity power," which is a function of accessibility and mobility similar to (but not the same as) the formulation of Welch et al (2013) and Kaplan et al (2014). In public transportation systems, stations bridge demand with supply.…”

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“…From an economic perspective, complete equality means a situation in which all process gains are equally distributed among community members (Welch 2013). A profile of this status is the first quadrant coordinate system.…”

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“…Most captive users are lower-income (Welch 2013;Manaugh and El-Geneidy 2012). Consequently, a key function of a public transportation system is filling the utilization gap among different income classes.…”

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“…Horizontal equity refers to the equal allocation of resources for all members of society under certain conditions. It mainly analyzes the spatial distribution of accessibility in space, and does not take into account the social needs of different regions [56]. Vertical equity needs to take into account the income of different residents, residents' needs, age groups, and so on, followed by an analysis of the issue of spatial equality [57,58].…”

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Study of the Impact of a High-Speed Railway Opening on China’s Accessibility Pattern and Spatial Equality

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China's high-speed rail was inaugurated in 2008; it has greatly improved accessibility, and reduced the time required to travel between cities, but at the same time, has caused an unfair distribution of accessibility levels. Therefore, this paper analyzes urban traffic roads and socio-economic statistics, using network analysis methods, accessibility coefficients of variation, and social demand indexes to explore the spatial and temporal characteristics of transport accessibility and spatial equity in China. By 2015, the national transport accessibility level will form a new pattern of "corridors" and "islands", centered on high-speed rail lines and sites. Additionally, the opening of high-speed railways has improved, to a certain extent, the inter-regional accessibility balance, and increased accessibility from high-speed railway sites to non-site cities. Spatial equality was also analyzed using the accessibility coefficient and social demand index. In conclusion, studying accessibility and spatial equity plays an important role in the rational planning of urban land resources and transportation.

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“…Major locational factors are the distance from the city center, the average level of socioeconomic status, the crime level, and the level of accessibility to medical, education and entertainment activities, among others. Based on the structure of the index proposed by Currie (2004Currie ( , 2010) and the socioeconomic condition of the case, there are 4 personal factors in this paper that represent the need for public transit in the community: a population over 65, teenagers aged 6-19, unemployed individuals and illiteracy levels [44][45][46]. There are three locational factors: the number of public service facilities within walking or bicycle distance of the community, and the distance from the community to CBD [47][48][49].…”

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Measurement and Spatial Differentiation Characteristics of Transit Equity: A Case Study of Guangzhou, China

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Urban public transit is an important solution for narrowing the mobility gap between captive riders and choice riders and to address issues of social equity. An equitable transit system essentially could meet the needs of transit dependents and maximize the scope of public transit services. To acquire a better understanding of transit equity, we use Lorenz curves and the GINI coefficient to measure the relative supply of public transit to the population and employ the spatial overlay method to analyze the matching degree of transit supply and demand in Guangzhou, China. The findings show that there are obvious and unequal differences between the levels of transit service in the internal zones. The spatial coverage rate and number of stop services of the outer city are significantly less than that of the inner and middle city. Eighty percent of the population shares only 36.7% of the public transit supply in Guangzhou. Most communities of low-supply and high-need public transit are distributed contiguously in the eastern Baiyun and southern Huadu districts. This distribution pattern is beneficial to the transit agency, which could improve the supply in these areas to avoid the risk caused when a large number of residents lack access to public transit services. The results could serve as an excellent foundation for planning the handling of spatial gaps in the Guangzhou public transit supply.

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Equity in transport: The distribution of transit access and connectivity among affordable housing units

Cited by 126 publications

References 39 publications

A Framework for Measuring the Spatial Equity in the Distribution of Public Transportation Benefits

A Framework for Measuring the Spatial Equity in the Distribution of Public Transportation Benefits

Study of the Impact of a High-Speed Railway Opening on China’s Accessibility Pattern and Spatial Equality

Measurement and Spatial Differentiation Characteristics of Transit Equity: A Case Study of Guangzhou, China

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