Assessing the equity impact of cycling infrastructure allocation: Implications for planning practice

Isabel Cunha and Cecília Silva

Transport Policy, 2023, vol. 133, issue C, 15-26

Abstract: Despite the general political efforts to normalise bicycle use in cities, empirical evidence indicates that cycling investments tend to prioritise central and wealthy neighbourhoods rather than economically disadvantaged and peripheral areas. Among the potential causes, scholars claim that the lack of awareness about the social impacts of cycling and the general absence of equity-oriented appraisal methods during planning and decision-making processes may perpetuate the uneven distribution of bicycle-related investments.

Keywords: Bicycle planning; Equity; Accessibility; Planning support systems; Spatial analysis; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.12.021

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