Justice, Exclusion, and Equity: An Analysis of 48 U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Chelsey Palmateer and David Levinson

No 164, Working Papers from University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group

Abstract: Injustice in transportation services experienced by disadvantaged demographic groups account for much of these groups’ social exclusion. Unfortunately, there is little agreement in the field about what theoretical foundation should be the basis of measures of the justice of transportation services, limiting the ability of transportation professionals to remedy the issues. Accordingly, there is a need for an improved measure of the justice of the distribution of transportation services, which relates to the effectiveness of transportation services for all members of disadvantaged groups rather than for only segregated members of these disadvantaged groups. To this end potential measures of distributive justice, based on the accessibility to jobs provided by various modes, are evaluated in 48 of the top 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. The purpose of the study is to inform recommendations for appropriate use of each measure.

Keywords: Distributive Justice; Equity; Accessibility; Transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 Q56 R12 R14 R41 R48 R52 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in Applications of Access (2021), editor David Levinson and Alireza Ermagun. Chapter 3, pp. 23-44

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DOI: 10.25910/Z07C-KX08

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