A justice-theoretic approach to the distribution of transportation benefits: Implications for transportation planning practice in the United States

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 684-695

  Martens, Karel ^a   Golub, Aaron ^b   Robinson, Glenn ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center of Excellence for Tactical and Advanced Communications Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Equity; Justice; Rawls; Walzer

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESS; EQUITY; JUSTICE; RAWLS; WALZER;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ACCESSIBILITY; PLANNING PRACTICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856575919     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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