Meeting Multiple Sustainability Goals: Non-Motorized Access and Non-Work Trip Usage on Public Transit
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2012
Subject Area
place - north america, policy - sustainable, policy - equity
Keywords
non-motorized access, non-work trips, public transit, sustainability
Abstract
Transit designed to serve multiple trip types accessed without vehicles can meet social and environmental sustainability goals simultaneously. Seventeen representative U.S. cities are used to examine transit systems with high non-motorized access and use for non-work trips. Non-parametric tests are used to determine correlations with indicators of social and environmental sustainability. The median income of riders is significant and negative for both variables. Higher non-work usage and non-motorized access does not imply that social and environmental goals are met. Higher-income riders are needed to meet both goals, but having high-income riders does not ensure social goals are met.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor & Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Paget-Seekins, L. (2012). Meeting multiple sustainability goals: Non-motorised access and non-work trip usage on public transit. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Vol. 6, (3), pp. 174-194.
