Transit justice as spatial justice: learning from activists
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2019
Subject Area
place - north america, place - urban, policy - equity, mode - mass transit
Keywords
Mass urban transit, transport justice, spatial justice, black lives matter, Toronto, San Francisco, free transit
Abstract
The provision of mass urban transit is frequently tied to agendas of social justice and equity. Yet there are persistent challenges to locating justice within urban mobility regimes. Drawing on two cases of transit activism – Free Transit Toronto and Black Lives Matter in the San Francisco Bay Area – this paper identifies three limitations to transport justice scholarship and practice, namely the theorization of mobility, space, and justice. These activist struggles demonstrate that justice cannot be adequately defined through an abstract accounting of how harms and benefits are distributed, but also concerns the contextual and conflictual processes of producing space and subjects.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Enright, T. (2019). Transit justice as spatial justice: learning from activists. Mobilities, Vol. 14, pp. 665-680.
