Evaluating Transportation Choice

Litman, Todd

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“…One way to achieve this goal in the city context is to provide transit services to the people who need it most. Litman argues that transport equity analysis should focus on two dimensions: horizontal equity and vertical equity [24]. Horizontal equity emphasizes the impact of transport resources on impartiality in distribution among different individuals, and resembles studies on the spatial equity stage of public service facilities in that the two explore the minimum equality standard of the "uniform" people without considering sociospatial differentiation.…”

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

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“…While most transportation planning decisions focus primarily on the performance and cost of transportation, such as people's mobility levels and the accessibility of transportation to reach the most people, policies that focus on transportation equity seek to expand fairness in mobility and accessibility levels across race, class, gender and disability (Litman, 2002). Therefore, one key objective of transportation equity is related to access and mobility, specifically to build transportation systems that provide all groups equal access to education, employment and other public services.…”

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Transit-Oriented Development and Equity in Latino Neighborhoods: A Comparative Case Study of MacArthur Park (Los Angeles) and Fruitvale (Oakland)

Sandoval

Herrera²

2015

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Type of Report and Period Covered Sponsoring Agency Code Supplementary Notes AbstractTransit-oriented development (TOD) projects in low-income neighborhoods have the potential to provide needed transportation access to a segment of the population that stands to benefit significantly from these large-scale transit infrastructure projects. This research project reveals that large-scale TOD projects have the potential of leading to neighborhood revitalization and equitable outcomes in low-income Latino communities. But these positive outcomes depend on both the process and context of these particular neighborhoods, and how transportation planners incorporate the various forms of political, financial and cultural capital that exist in these communities into the planning and implementation process of TOD projects. This comparative case study analyzed the Fruitvale Transit Village in Oakland and the MacArthur Park METRO TOD in Los Angeles. We uncovered how TOD projects in Latino neighborhoods have the potential to improve access to regional transportation systems, increasing the number of affordable housing units, supporting local and diverse Latino retail businesses, and building upon existing social services. We conclude that TODs can help serve as catalysts for revitalization in low-income neighborhoods by paying attention to and building upon endogenous forms of cultural, political, financial and built capital that exist in these neighborhoods, and encouraging more bottom-up participatory forms of decision-making and activism in neighborhoods.

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“…Accessibility and the quality and frequency of public transit services are major factors in commuter modal choice (Litman 2001(Litman , 2003. To measure public transport access we determined network distances from each MPE CCD to the nearest public transit nodes.…”

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Travel Self-Containment in Master Planned Estates: Analysis of Recent Australian Trends

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Dodson

Gleeson

et al. 2007

Urban Policy and Research

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Low density suburban development and excessive use of automobiles are associated with serious urban and environmental problems. Master planned development suggests itself as a possible palliative for these ills. This study examines the patterns and dynamics of movement in a selection of master planned estates in Australia with the aim of developing new approaches for assessing the containment of travel within planned development. A geographical information systems methodology is used to determine regional journey-to-work patterns and travel containment rates. Factors that influence self-containment patterns are estimated with a regression model.The findings of the pilot study demonstrate that proposed model is a useful starting point for a systematic and detailed analysis of self-containment in master planned estates. KeywordsTravel self-containment, urban containment, urban form and travel behaviour, master planned estate, master planned community.2

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Evaluating Transportation Choice

Cited by 36 publications

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

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

Transit-Oriented Development and Equity in Latino Neighborhoods: A Comparative Case Study of MacArthur Park (Los Angeles) and Fruitvale (Oakland)

Travel Self-Containment in Master Planned Estates: Analysis of Recent Australian Trends

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