Walkable and Safe Route to Transit for Pedestrians in Greater Montréal: An Environmental Justice Approach

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2024

Subject Area

place - north america, place - urban, infrastructure - stop, planning - personal safety/crime, planning - safety/accidents, land use - impacts

Keywords

pedestrians, bicycles, human factors, equity (justice), safety, walkability

Abstract

The experience of walking to transit stops plays a critical role in the use of public transportation. Having a safe and walkable environment for this part of the trip is even more important for vulnerable population groups, who depend more heavily on public transportation. The aim of this paper was to evaluate first mile/last mile walkability and road risks in the Montréal metropolitan area using an environmental justice approach. Using a spatially sound method, we determined that areas where more people identify as visible minorities are disadvantaged as far as walking-to-transit routes are concerned and that areas with higher proportions of people on low incomes and people aged 65 and over have more walkable environments but also have to deal with more road risk.

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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by SAGE © The Author(s) 2024.

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