 Tools for addressing transport inequality: A novel variant of accessibility measurementTom Cohen Journal of Transport Geography, 2020, vol. 88, issue C Abstract: Accessibility is widely thought the most appropriate reference point when assessing transport inequality, a fundamental consideration of the liveable city. But definitions of accessibility vary and often either trivialise or overcomplicate the concept, with the result that decision makers lack a representation of it that is sufficiently accurate and at the same time sufficiently straightforward. A response is offered in this paper: the Index of Personal Travel Impact (IPTI). IPTI is an estimate at the individual level of the relative impact of desired travel, reflecting the time taken and real financial effect, and is expressed as an amount per unit distance. It is calculated using the journeys an individual would like to make (as opposed to those they actually make or those that an authority might assume “important”) and reflects the specific characteristics of the individual (e.g. car availability or mobility impairment) and of the journey (e.g. the need to arrive by a given time). It therefore serves as a good individual-level representation of the relative ease/difficulty of travelling. Keywords: Justice; Fairness; Accessibility; Quality of life; Liveability; Social sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:88:y:2020:i:c:s0966692320309406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102863 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Transport Geography is currently edited by Frank Witlox More articles in Journal of Transport Geography from Elsevier |
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