Over the past decades, transport researchers and policy-makers have devoted increasing attention to questions about justice and equity. Nonetheless, there is still little engagement with theories in political philosophy to frame what justice means in the context of transport policies. This paper reviews key theories of justice and critically evaluates the insights they generate when applied to transport. A combination of Rawlsian and Capability Approaches is proposed to address distributive justice in transport, focusing on accessibility as a human capability.
Context and quantification
About the policy
Area
Justice, Equality
Instrument
Equity Regulations
Intervention
Transportation Equity
Cost
None
Funding
None
Institutional arrangement
None
Impacts
Stakeholders involved
Government agencies
Stakeholders impacted
Urban populations
Wellbeing
Civic Engagement
Justice consideration
Distributional
Metadata
| Lead author name | Pereira |
|---|---|
| Lead author gender | Unknown |
| Lead author institution | None |
| Lead author institution location | None |
| Peer reviewed? | true |
| Grey literature? | false |
| Type of paper | Research article |
| Volume | None |
| Publication year | 2017 |
| URL / DOI | None |
| Sufficiency mentioned? | false |