Using principles of justice to assess the modal equity of regional transportation plans

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-20

  Golub, Aaron ^a   Martens, Karel ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Equity; Justice; Regional transportation plans

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EQUITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; CAR USE; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

EID: 84906505280     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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