Decision-making in the transport sector: A sustainable evaluation method for road infrastructure

I Henke, A Cartenì, C Molitierno, A Errico - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The transport sector is often the center of political and scientific debate on sustainability due
to negative externalities produced by the daily movement of goods and people which impact …

Transit accessibility measures incorporating the temporal dimension

Y Ding, J Zhou, Y Li - Cities, 2015 - Elsevier
Transit accessibility should take transit timetable into account and be time-dependent. The
reason is that the maximum passenger carrying capacity of a transit station is determined by …

A clustering method for measuring accessibility and equity in public transportation service: Case study of Melbourne

SS Mohri, S Mortazavi, N Nassir - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a Modified Cumulative Accessibility (MCA) measure incorporating
actual travel demand information (Origin-Destination trip patterns) to improve the accuracy of …

The role of accessibility to public transport and quality of walking environment on urban equity: the case of Santiago de Chile

I Tiznado-Aitken, JC Muñoz… - Transportation Research …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Most studies of public transport accessibility have focused on proximity to stops, walking
distances or time to reach them. This approach ignores other accessibility barriers, such as …

The definition of equity in transport

F Bruzzone, F Cavallaro, S Nocera - Transportation research procedia, 2023 - Elsevier
Equity is a concept related to the objective of narrowing inequalities and to other notions
such as justice, convergence, and fairness. The study of equity has been widely addressed …

Transit to parks: An environmental justice study of transit access to large parks in the US West

K Park, A Rigolon, D Choi, T Lyons, S Brewer - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large parks—including regional parks, state parks, and national forests and parks—have
particular health, social, and environmental benefits. Thus, promoting equal access to large …

How to increase rail ridership in Maryland: Direct ridership models for policy guidance

C Liu, S Erdogan, T Ma, FW Ducca - Journal of Urban Planning and …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Abstract The State of Maryland aims to double its transit ridership by the end of 2020. The
Maryland Statewide Transportation Model (MSTM) has been used to analyze different policy …

Space–time mismatch between transit service and observed travel patterns in the Wasatch Front, Utah: A social equity perspective

S Farber, B Ritter, L Fu - Travel Behaviour and Society, 2016 - Elsevier
In the absence of other alternatives, people who rely on public transportation to conduct their
daily activities have travel patterns that differ from discretionary transit users, especially …

A social equity analysis of the US public transportation system based on job accessibility

AJ Yeganeh, RP Hall, AR Pearce, S Hankey - Journal of Transport and Land …, 2018 - JSTOR
Access to quality public transportation is critical for employment, especially for low-income
and minority populations. This study contributes to previous work on equity analyses of the …

Analyzing income-based inequality in transit nodal accessibility

D Liu, MP Kwan, J Huang, Z Kan, Y Song… - Travel Behaviour and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Public transit is the main travel mode for residents in major urban areas to access different
socioeconomic resources. Nodal accessibility can be used to measure the level of transit …