Incorporating human rights into urban transportation equity conceptualization

Saki Rezwana, Davis Chacon Hurtado, Shareen Hertel, Ashley Benitez Ou and Susan Randolph

Transport Reviews, 2026, vol. 46, issue 4, 623-643

Abstract: Transportation plays a crucial role in promoting social and economic inclusion, shaping regional development and resilience, and influencing environmental quality. It is a key enabler of fundamental human rights including the right to access health, education, and work. This paper applies a human rights-based (HR-based) approach to conceptualising and measuring transportation equity based on five interrelated principles: distributive justice, meaningful participation, accountability, duty-bearer responsibility, and the indivisibility of rights. Together, these principles inform a cohesive definition of transportation equity integral to assessments of the social and legal dimensions of access to mobility, as well as the distribution of transportation benefits and burdens. The transportation equity metric introduced here can guide planners and policymakers to adopt more inclusive and accountable decision-making and to design and operate transportation systems in a manner that respects and fulfills human rights.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2606112

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