Transport and equity in Latin America: a critical review of socially oriented accessibility assessments

G Vecchio, I Tiznado-Aitken, R Hurtubia - Transport reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A growing concern for mobility-related social inclusion and equity is evident
from both academic research and planning best practices. Scholarly research promotes …

Sustainability in mega-events: Beyond Qatar 2022

AM Talavera, SG Al-Ghamdi, M Koç - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hosting a mega-event such as the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup is a defining moment for
Qatar, a country that is in transition, small in size and population, and rich in natural gas …

Future accessibility impacts of transport policy scenarios: Equity and sensitivity to travel time thresholds for Bus Rapid Transit expansion in Rio de Janeiro

RHM Pereira - Journal of Transport Geography, 2019 - Elsevier
The accessibility impacts of transport projects ex-post implementation are generally
evaluated using cumulative opportunity measures based on a single travel time threshold …

Public transport accessibility accounting for level of service and competition for urban opportunities: An equity analysis for education in Santiago de Chile

I Tiznado-Aitken, JC Muñoz, R Hurtubia - Journal of Transport Geography, 2021 - Elsevier
Several cities around the world have changed their transportation planning paradigm,
understanding that the prime goal is to provide access to opportunities for everyone. To …

Distributional effects of transport policies on inequalities in access to opportunities in Rio de Janeiro

RHM Pereira, D Banister, T Schwanen… - Journal of Transport and …, 2019 - JSTOR
The evaluation of social impacts of transport policies has been attracting growing attention in
recent years. Yet studies thus far have predominately focused on developed countries and …

[HTML][HTML] Modal accessibility disparities and transport poverty in the Oslo region

EB Lunke - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sufficient accessibility to opportunities, with different transport modes, is an important factor
in order to avoid transport-related social exclusion and transport poverty. This paper …

The long road to achieving equity: Job accessibility restrictions and overlapping inequalities in the city of São Paulo

AD Slovic, DB Tomasiello, M Giannotti… - Journal of Transport …, 2019 - Elsevier
Access to jobs is an important issue in cities which has not been experienced evenly. The
Municipality of São Paulo, one of the world's megacities, reflects this uneven accessibility …

The impact of transit monetary costs on transport inequality

D Herszenhut, RHM Pereira, L da Silva Portugal… - Journal of Transport …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transport inequality analyses are often informed by accessibility estimates based solely on
travel time impedance, ignoring other elements that might hinder access to activities, such …

Social equity analysis of public transit accessibility to healthcare might be erroneous when travel time uncertainty impacts are overlooked

J Lee, J Kim - Travel Behaviour and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies evaluating the social equity of transit-based accessibility to healthcare
have failed to consider travel time uncertainty by assuming that transit always operates …

Spatial disparity of income-weighted accessibility in Brazilian Cities: Application of a Google Maps API

C Costa, J Ha, S Lee - Journal of Transport Geography, 2021 - Elsevier
Equity in public transit ridership has attracted the attention of planning authorities as a
mechanism to tackle social exclusion. The association of accessibility indexing with different …