Transport and the spatial location of population and activities have been important themes of study in engineering, social sciences and urban and regional planning for many decades. However, an integrated approach to the modelling of transport and land use has been rarely made, and common practice has been to model both phenomena independently. This book presents an introduction to the modelling of land use and transport interaction (LUTI), with a theoretical basis and a presentation of the broad state of the art. It also sets out the steps for building an operational LUTI model to provide a concrete application. The authors bring extensive experience in this cross-disciplinary field, primarily for an academic audience and for professionals seeking a thorough introduction.

This paper explores the concept of transportation equity and suggests better ways to incorporate fairness into transportation decisions. It describes three major types of equity: horizontal equity, verical equity with respect to income, and vertical equity with respect to need and ability. How transportation is defined and measured often determined how equity is evaluated. Current transportation equity issues are discussed, and examples are used to explore equity implications of specific decisions. Case studies include automobile user charges, transit funding, and traffic management.

This guide was written as a quick primer for transportation professionals and analysts who assess the impacts of proposed transportation actions on communities. It outlines the community impact assessment process, highlights critical areas that must be examined, identifies basic tools and information sources, and stimulates the thought-process related to individual projects. In the past, the consequences of transportation investments on communities have often been ignored or introduced near the end of a planning process, reducing them to reactive considerations at best. The goals of this primer are to increase awareness of the effects of transportation actions on the human environment and emphasize that community impacts deserve serious attention in project planning and development-attention comparable to that given the natural environment. Finally, this guide is intended to provide some tips for facilitating public involvement in the decision making process.

Measuring Transport Equity provides a methodology with the potential to shape the transportation decision-making processes, thus allowing for the adoption of more equitable transport solutions. Focusing on numerous applied methodological approaches to transport equity assessment, the book formalizes the disciplinary practice, definitions and methodologies for transport equity. In addition, it recognizes the different types of equity and acknowledges that each requires their own assessment methodologies. Bringing together the most up-to-date perspectives and practical approaches for assessing transportation accessibility, environmental impacts, health and wellbeing, the book sets standards for researchers, policymakers and practitioners for conducting social impact analyses. Written by a collection of top researchers in the transport field Shows how to apply transport equity measurement ideas in the real-world through case study examples Covers emerging transport topics, including the use of the Gini index for measuring inequality Includes learning aids, such as methodology, application, policy relevance and further reading

Transit accessibility is evaluated against theories of equity and social justice. Legal and ideological justifications are used to establish a baseline of "who matters" in equity analyses. A generalizable methodology for calculating accessibility using the general transit feed specification (GTFS) is established and demonstrated. The analysis finds that aggregating various socio-economic and demographic factors into a single index masks relationships between accessibility and each individual factor. For transit services operated by King County Metro in Washington State, a strong, positive relationship is found between accessibility and decreasing income. No significant relationship is found between accessibility and minority populations. A strong, negative relationship is found between accessibility and disabled populations. It is argued that Metro's policies governing the allocation of fixed-route transit service should account for people with disabilities. Drawing upon various theories of equity, a framework for evaluating the equity of disparities in accessibility between groups is proposed.