Over the last two decades, global wealth has risen. Yet material affluence has not translated
into time affluence. Most people report feeling persistently 'time poor'—like they have too …

A transit trip involves travel to and from transit stops or stations. The quality of what are
commonly known as first and last mile connections (regardless of their length) can have an …

Transport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles
of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observation that for the last fifty years the …

Urban transport policies are characterized by a wide range of impacts, and trade-offs and
conflicts among these impacts. The task of integrating and reconciling these impacts poses …

The location of transit infrastructure distributes publicly-funded benefits to residents
throughout a region. However, these benefits are not always distributed equally among …

Social equity is increasingly becoming an important objective in transport planning and
project evaluation. This paper provides a framework and an empirical investigation in the …

Equity has been a major concern of public transport provision and is required by legislation
in many countries. Several approaches measure equity in transit supply however none …

Millions of Canadians rely on public transportation to conduct daily activities and participate
in the labour force. However, many low-income households are disadvantaged because …

Transportation improvements inevitably lead to an uneven distribution of user benefits, in
space and by network type (private and public transport). This paper makes a moral …

This paper seeks to provide a theoretical basis for a distributive approach to transport. Using
the theory developed by Michael Walzer in his 'Spheres of Justice'(1983), I argue that the …