The equity impacts of bus rapid transit: A review of the evidence and implications for sustainable transport

C Venter, G Jennings, D Hidalgo… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The paper offers an analysis of empirical evidence on the equity impacts of operational Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in the Global South. The focus is on vertical equity, ie whether …

[HTML][HTML] Food availability/convenience and obesity

P Gordon-Larsen - Advances in nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
Neighborhood environments have received considerable attention in recent local, state, and
national obesity prevention initiatives, with a particular focus on food deserts, or areas with …

Assessing equity in transport accessibility to work and study: The Bogotá region

LA Guzman, D Oviedo, C Rivera - Journal of Transport Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
This research was aimed at exploring levels of equity in accessibility to employment and
education in the city-region of Bogotá, Colombia's capital city. Building on consolidated …

[HTML][HTML] Resolving the accessibility dilemma: Comparing cumulative and gravity-based measures of accessibility in eight Canadian cities

B Kapatsila, MS Palacios, E Grisé… - Journal of Transport …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a lack of agreement regarding the theoretical framework that practitioners should
use for accessibility assessment–a measure of transport and land-use systems performance …

Equity of transit accessibility across Chicago

A Ermagun, N Tilahun - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article studies the equity of transit accessibility in the City of Chicago. We measure the
accessibility of different cohorts including minority and low-income populations, the elderly …

Tracking job and housing dynamics with smartcard data

J Huang, D Levinson, J Wang, J Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
Residential locations, the jobs–housing relationship, and commuting patterns are key
elements to understand urban spatial structure and how city dwellers live. Their successive …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling travel time in urban networks: comparable measures for private car and public transport

M Salonen, T Toivonen - Journal of transport Geography, 2013 - Elsevier
Analysing the accessibility disparity between different travel modes is recognised as an
efficient way to assess the environmental and social sustainability of transport and land use …

Gender and individual access to urban opportunities: a study using space–time measures

MP Kwan - The Professional Geographer, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional accessibility measures based on the notion of locational proximity ignore the
role of complex travel behavior and space–time constraints in determining individual …

The walkability premium in commercial real estate investments

G Pivo, JD Fisher - Real estate economics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines the effects of walkability on property values and investment returns.
Walkability is the degree to which an area within walking distance of a property encourages …

Measuring the accessibility and spatial equity of urban services under competition using the cumulative opportunities measure

K Kelobonye, H Zhou, G McCarney, JC **a - Journal of Transport …, 2020 - Elsevier
As accessibility becomes an increasingly relevant concept in the analysis of sustainable
transport and urban development, the accuracy of accessibility measures becomes …