EQUITY IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION
The paper examines the various aspects of the equity issue in urban transportation, an issue which has become increasingly controversial in recent years. A number of data sets are analyzed to determine the extent to which poor, elderly, or handicapped persons suffer from substandard levels of mobility. The authors then assess the cost-effectiveness and political feasibility of a range of alternative policy measures designed to increase the mobility of these disadvantaged groups.
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Corporate Authors:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Center for Transportation Studies, Room 1121
Cambridge, MA United States 02139Department of Transportation
Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Altshuler, A
- Womack, J
- Pucher, J
- Publication Date: 1979-12
Media Info
- Pagination: 86 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Cost effectiveness; Feasibility analysis; Low income groups; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Policy; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Disadvantaged persons
- Subject Areas: Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00313249
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/RSPA/DPB-5-79/9
- Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-50240
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM