Evaluating transportation affordability
This paper investigates the concept of transportation affordability, its importance to society, how to evaluate it for transport planning, and practical ways to improve it. A variety of factors affect transportation affordability, including individuals' mobility needs and abilities; the quantity, quality and pricing of mobility options; land use factors that affect accessibility; and housing affordability. Conventional planning tends to consider a relatively limited range of transport affordability impacts and objectives. More comprehensive analysis can help decision makers better understand affordability impacts and identify more effective strategies for improving transport affordability. Transportation affordability strategies that underprice motor vehicle use tend to impose indirect costs, while those that improve other travel options tend to support other planning objectives, such as improved safety, community cohesion, and environmental protection, and so tend to provide the greatest overall benefits.
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Corporate Authors:
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Victoria, British Columbia Canada -
Authors:
- Litman, T
- Publication Date: 2007-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 25p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Economics; Land use planning; Mobility; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation planning
- Uncontrolled Terms: Planning and Environment; Transport costs
- ATRI Terms: Accessibility; Land use; Mobility; Socioeconomic factors; Transport costs; Transport disadvantaged; Transport economics; Transport planning
- Subject Areas: Economics; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01387304
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 22 2012 10:19PM