Making equity work : implementing socially-targeted urban transport policies

Abstract

Lower income and other socially vulnerable groups are more prone to be negatively affected by urban transport decision making. Recent initiatives from governments and international development agencies at different scales have attempted to redress social inequalities associated with urban transport. Despite this being a recurrent phenomenon in most parts of the global north and south there is a gap in the literature regarding the management, finance and policy considerations in making progressive transport policies a reality. Although there is a wide range of literature documenting emerging socially-targeted urban transport plans, policies and projects, there is little debate and reflection in academic circles around the administrative, governance and financial considerations for the implementation and sustainability of such policies.