Equity of Urban Service Delivery: A Comparison of Different Accessibility Measures

Neutens, Tijs; Schwanen, Tim; Witlox, Frank; Maeyer, Philippe De

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“…Many scholars argue that people-based accessibility measures are more appropriate than place-based measures for the assessment of equity, because they accommodate for interpersonal differences in accessibility by utilising multiple reference locations, addressing interpersonal variations in time and budget, and recognising trip-chaining behaviour (Neutens, Schwanen, Witlox, & De Maeyer, 2010).…”

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Transport equity analysis

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“…Previous studies have shown that people's ability to use public transportation and hence their accessibility levels are dependent on affordability (El-Geneidy et al, 2016), disability (Casas, 2007), age (Ryan et al, 2015) or gender (Akyelken, 2017). The accessibility analysis conducted in this study did not consider these issues due to data availability constraints and is thus likely to underestimate accessibility inequalities (Neutens et al, 2010). Another limitation of this analysis is that is does not consider the long-term effect that the new BRT project might have on the relocation of job opportunities and population.…”

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Future accessibility impacts of transport policy scenarios: equity and sensitivity to travel time thresholds for Bus Rapid Transit expansion in Rio de Janeiro

Pereira¹

2018

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Highlights• The study estimates how the TransBrasil BRT project in Rio de Janeiro will likely impact employment accessibility for different income groups • The full implementation of the proposed BRT could benefit up to 58% of the city population, increasing job accessibility by 11% on average • This BRT project could promote substantially larger accessibility gains for lower-income groups and reduce inequalities in access to opportunities • The study shows that the conclusions of equity assessments of transport projects depend on the travel time threshold chosen for cumulative opportunity accessibility analysis AbstractThe accessibility impacts of transport projects ex-post implementation are generally evaluated using cumulative opportunity measures based on a single travel time threshold. Fewer studies have explored how accessibility appraisal of transport plans can be used to evaluate policy scenarios and their impacts for different social groups or examined whether the results of project appraisals are sensitive to the time threshold of choice. This paper analyzes how different scenarios of full and partial implementation of the TransBrasil BRT project in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) will likely impact the number of jobs accessible to the population of different income levels. The analysis is conducted under various travel time thresholds of 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes to test whether the results are sensitive to the boundary effect of the modifiable temporal unit problem (MTUP). Compared to a partial operation scenario, the full implementation of TransBrasil that extends this corridor into the city center would lead to higher accessibility gains due to network effects of connecting this BRT to other transport modes. Nonetheless, the size of the accessibility impacts of the proposed BRT as well as its distribution across income classes would significantly change depending on the time threshold chosen for the accessibility analysis. Considering cut-off times of 30 or 60 minutes, both scenarios of TransBrasil would lead to higher accessibility impacts in general and particularly for low-income groups, moving Rio towards a more equitable transportation system. However, under longer thresholds of 90 and 120 minutes, an evaluation of this project would find much smaller accessibility gains more evenly distributed by income levels. The paper highlights how time threshold choice in cumulative opportunity measures can have important but overlooked implications for policy evaluation and it calls for further research on the MTUP in future transport and mobility studies.

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“…En este sentido, se pueden distinguir diferentes perspectivas desde las cuales se enfoca la figura del peatón. Una de las más tradicionales es la que toma como punto de referencia el transporte o la geografía, evalúa la accesibilidad a diferentes lugares en función de la distancia o tiempo necesario para alcanzarlos y, sobre esa base, promueve equidad en la accesibilidad (Neutens, Schwanen, Witlox & De Maeyer, 2010;Talen & Anselin, 1998). Desde la arquitectura, se ha prestado especial atención a los espacios públicos -incluyendo las calles-como lugares dinamizadores de la ciudad (Gehl, 1971), lugares de socialización, de comercio, etcétera, en los que se otorga especial importancia a los diferentes elementos que favorecen dichos procesos.…”

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Entornos de movilidad peatonal: una revisión de enfoques, factores y condicionantes

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Talavera-García²

2015

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5issn impreso 0250-7161 | issn digital vol 41 | n o 123 | mayo 2015 | pp. 5-27 | artículos | ©EURE Entornos de movilidad peatonal: una revisión de enfoques, factores y condicionantesLuis Miguel Valenzuela-Montes. Universidad de Granada, Granada, España. Rubén Talavera-García. Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.resumen | El peatón ocupa un lugar destacado en la movilidad urbana, tanto por representar el modo de transporte más básico y que alimenta al resto de modos de transporte, como por mantener una relación intensa y directa con las actividades urbanas, conformando los denominados entornos de movilidad peatonal o entornos peatonales. Es por ello que profundizar en el conocimiento de aquellos factores de los entornos construidos que mayor relación guardan con el peatón resulta fundamental, tanto para mejorar la calidad de la movilidad peatonal en las calles, como para lograr que las centralidades, el transporte público o los espacios públicos sean más accesibles. Con esta finalidad, el presente artículo evalúa, a través de la bibliografía especializada, los enfoques más frecuentes de análisis de la figura del peatón, así como los factores que son tenidos en cuenta por la población para optar por la modalidad de transporte que él representa, considerando su dimensión y su valoración.palabras clave | espacio público, medioambiente urbano, movilidad.

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Equity of Urban Service Delivery: A Comparison of Different Accessibility Measures

Abstract: IntroductionUrban planners and transportation researchers have undertaken evaluations of urban service delivery for more than three decades. They have examined mainly citizens' satisfaction with public service provision (

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