TITLE:
Review of Social Equity and Environment in Urban Transportation
AUTHORS:
Ardeshir Faghri, Patrick Boyle, Danielle Lee
KEYWORDS:
Social Equity, Environmental Justice, Disadvantaged Groups, Transportation Environment, Health Equity
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.10 No.4,
November
15,
2022
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to present an overview of the literature
regarding the current state of knowledge and practice regarding social equity
and environment in the realm of urban transportation. Consisting of two sections, section 1—Transportation and the Disadvantaged explains how age,
disability, economic inequity, gender identity, population density, and race
affect one’s ability to have access and use the transportation system. The
second section—Transportation and Environmental Health covers how smog and air pollution, greenhouse gases,
noise and vibration, as well as safety and security in transportation affect
the disadvantaged groups explained in section 1. It is concluded that the
planners, designers, engineers and policy makers need to take the needs and
concerns of all citizens into consideration before a project is started.