Social equity is increasingly becoming an important objective in transport planning and
project evaluation. This paper provides a framework and an empirical investigation in the …

It is well known that faster and less-expensive transit systems with shorter walking distances,
as well as less transfers, are associated with transit use. In this regard, recent studies have …

Millions of Canadians rely on public transportation to conduct daily activities and participate
in the labour force. However, many low-income households are disadvantaged because …

Cities worldwide are pursuing policies to reduce car use and prioritise public transit (PT) as
a means to tackle congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. The increase of …

The absence of effective access to opportunities and services is a key contributor to poor
socio-economic and health outcomes in underserved neighborhoods in many cities. The city …

Geographic accessibility of health services is one of the key dimensions affecting health
care access, utilisation and may impact population health. We analysed countrywide space …

This paper integrates and extends many of the concepts of accessibility deriving from
Hansen's (1959) seminal paper, and develops a theory of access that generalizes from the …

The benefits and burdens of public transit service changes can be quantified using many
different metrics. In the United States, the Federal Transit Administration requires transit …

In recent years there has been a significant increase of temporally variable analyses of
accessibility by public transport as a result of the increased availability of open and …

There is an on-going interest in measuring land use accessibility in urban areas. The
transport geography and land use planning literature often tend to focus on job accessibility …