Evaluating Transportation Equity Guidance For Incorporating Distributional Impacts in Transportation Planning

This paper defines and describes the concept of transportation equity. Transportation gives people the opportunity to access goods, activities and services that provide benefits, and also helps determine where people can live, work, shop, or go to school. Transportation is about opportunity, and opportunity affects equity. Three types of equity are described: horizontal equity (fairness); vertical equity with regard to social class and income; and vertical equity with regard to mobility need and ability. Ways that fairness can be better incorporated into transportation decisions are suggested. Automobile user charges, transit funding and traffic management are discussed in reference to how specific decisions can have equity implications.

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