TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-stop equity
T2 - Assessing daily intersections between transit accessibility and social disparity across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)
AU - El-Geneidy, Ahmed
AU - Buliung, Ron
AU - Diab, Ehab
AU - van Lierop, Dea
AU - Langlois, Myriam
AU - Legrain, Alexander
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Public transportation systems generate economic benefits that can potentially reduce social disparities between populations when such benefits are distributed evenly within a region. However, the achievement of equity in the allocation of public resources is not easy to accomplish for land use and transportation planning agencies. This research seeks to determine whether people residing in socially disadvantaged areas in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Canada, experience the same levels of transit accessibility as those living in other areas over the course of a day. Comparisons are presented in terms of regional accessibility, trends by social decile, spatial distribution of accessibility during the day, and travel time impacts. Findings suggest that residents in socially disadvantaged areas have equitable if not better transit accessibility to jobs than socially advantaged groups, and this is reflected in shorter travel times. However, the degree and impact of this advantage varies over the course of the day. Findings from this research can be of interest to transportation planners, engineers, and policy makers as it highlights deficiencies with current equity assessment practices that do not take into account variation in transit services over a 24-h time period.
AB - Public transportation systems generate economic benefits that can potentially reduce social disparities between populations when such benefits are distributed evenly within a region. However, the achievement of equity in the allocation of public resources is not easy to accomplish for land use and transportation planning agencies. This research seeks to determine whether people residing in socially disadvantaged areas in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Canada, experience the same levels of transit accessibility as those living in other areas over the course of a day. Comparisons are presented in terms of regional accessibility, trends by social decile, spatial distribution of accessibility during the day, and travel time impacts. Findings suggest that residents in socially disadvantaged areas have equitable if not better transit accessibility to jobs than socially advantaged groups, and this is reflected in shorter travel times. However, the degree and impact of this advantage varies over the course of the day. Findings from this research can be of interest to transportation planners, engineers, and policy makers as it highlights deficiencies with current equity assessment practices that do not take into account variation in transit services over a 24-h time period.
KW - competitive accessibility
KW - Equity
KW - low-wage jobs
KW - transit accessibility
KW - travel time
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84967158511&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0265813515617659
DO - 10.1177/0265813515617659
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84967158511
SN - 0265-8135
VL - 43
SP - 540
EP - 560
JO - Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
JF - Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
IS - 3
ER -