No Ticket to Ride: A Systematic Definition of Transit Insecurity

The ability of persons and communities to reliably access transit is a pressing one that has not yet received significant attention in the literature on city planning, in public discourse, or in policy research. This scoping review focuses on factors that negatively impact a person or community’s ability to have reliable access to transit; we call such persons and communities ‘transit insecure’. Because of the lack of existing research in the area, the term lacks a widely accepted definition, scale, and metrics of assessment. To arrive at a definition and set of metrics, a systematic search was conducted in three electronic databases for studies pertaining to transit insecurity. Over 200 articles were initially identified and, after review and screening for relevance, a total of 15 articles were included in the analysis, ranging in publication date from 2005 to 2020. By analyzing common themes and concerns across these articles, four factors were found that affect transit insecurity: low income, long travel distance, long wait times, and limited accessibility.

• Record URL:
  https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/1953-Transit-Insecurity
• Summary URL:
  https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/1953-NathanRoberts-RB-Transit-Insecurity.pdf.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56981
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mineta Transportation Institute

  College of Business
  San José State University
  San Jose, CA  United States  95192-0219

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Nathan-Roberts, Dan
  • 0000-0002-4428-1823
  • Friedman-Biglin, Noah
  • 0000-0001-5349-6829
  • Chen, Andy
  • 0000-0003-3941-0632
  • Karagoel, Ilayda
  • 0000-0002-7223-5226
• Publication Date: 2021-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Literature reviews; Public transit; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01778938
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 21-20, CA-MTI-1953
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747127
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 11 2021 2:57PM