Social Accessibility, Environmental Justice and Metropolitan Coherence: What is the Role of Public Transport?

Today, public transport policies in most industrialized countries are under enormous pressure to satisfy often contradictory demands: meeting the basic mobility needs of the car-less population while encouraging car users to opt for public transport. In such instances, the divergence between objectives and means can be considerable. One potential source of conflict is how to respond to the imperatives of both social justice and environmental conservation. Depending on the country, these conflicts manifest themselves differently. In the United States (US), public transport policies are fraught with heated debate, sometimes only to be resolved through recourse to the judicial system. The same is also true for Europe, however, the form such issues take varies according to the political, social and urban contexts of each country. In fact, these tensions are more latent in Europe, whereas in the US, the inherent contradictions of public transport policies are more explicitly at stake and debated.

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  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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• Authors:
  • Pflieger, Geraldine
  • Fol, Sylvie
  • Benit-Gbaffou, Claire
• Conference:
  • 11th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Berkeley CA, United States
  • Date: 2007-6-24 to 2007-6-28
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Bibliography;
• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: 11th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Economic and social factors; Environmental justice; Mobility; Policy making; Public transit; Transit operating agencies
• Geographic Terms: Europe; United States
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01130314
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 2009 9:28AM