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#IMFGtalks
Accessibility, Transportation
Planning and Fairness (May 12, 2016)
Karel Martens Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Enid Slack
Munk School of Global Affairs
Steven FarberUniversity of Toronto Scarborough
Monica CampbellToronto Public Health
Linda WeichelCivicAction
Thanks to our volunteers Wafic El-Assi, Kathryn Grond and James Lamers
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Justice and
the transport system
Karel Martens
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, IL
Radboud University, NL
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Goals of transportation planning
• Economic development
• Activity participation
• Environmental quality
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Goals of transportation planning
• Economic development
• Activity participation
• Environmental quality
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Relation between accessibility and activity participation
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Lower border
Relation between accessibility and activity participation
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Lower border Upper border
Relation between accessibility and activity participation
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Lower border Upper border
Relation between accessibility and activity participation
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Accessibility Fairness Index
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Depth of accessibility shortfalls
P1
P2
P3
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Prevalence of accessibility shortfalls
G1
G2
G3
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How fair is the
transportation system
of Amsterdam?
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Sufficiency thresholds
Average
accessibility
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Sufficiency thresholds
Average
accessibility
50%
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Sufficiency thresholds
Average
accessibility
40%
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Sufficiency thresholds
Average
accessibility
30%
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Level of accessibility
Level of activity
participation
Sufficiency thresholds
Average
accessibility
20%
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Sufficiency threshold of 50%
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Sufficiency threshold of 40%
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Sufficiency threshold of 30%
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Sufficiency threshold of 20%
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Urban or rural phenomenon?
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High Low
Urbanization level
Contribution by urbanization level
50% threshold
40% threshold
30% threshold
20% threshold
1 2 3 4 50%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
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How fair is the
public transport reform
in Tel Aviv?
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Spatial pattern of accessibility deficiency
Before After
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Change in population below sufficiency threshold
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Conclusions
• Transportation planning should guarantee sufficient
accessibility
• Transportation planning should start from people
• Government’s first responsibility lies with persons below
sufficiency threshold
• Costs of improvements should be carried by all
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Accessibility, Transportation Planning and Fairness: The Toronto Context
Dr. Steven Farber
Panelist Remarks
May 12, 2016
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Fairness and Toronto Transportation
Planning Issue Equity Type
Fare Integration Pay for Use
DVP/Gardner Tolls Pay for Use
Fare Equity Policy Framework Vertical Equity (Income)
UP Express Vertical Equity (Workers vs. Travelers)
Scarborough Options Spatial Equity
Bloor Bike Lanes Right to the City (Local/Global)
Uber Consumer Rights
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Access to Destinations
Counting reachable destinations is a way to quantify transportation benefits
Often used in comparisons
– Healthy versus unhealthy food (destinations)
– Public transit versus automobile (mode)
– High income versus low income (vertical)
– Downtown versus suburbs (spatial)
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Conclusions
The automobile dominates the jobs accessibility landscape
Planned transit expansions have moderate impact on “transit poverty”
Sprawling employment and poverty must be given equal attention
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Acknowledgements
Maria Grandez
Jeff Allen
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Next Stop Health:
Transit Affordability in Toronto
Rita Paul Sengupta and Monica Campbell
Healthy Public Policy
Photo Credit: Mike Szilagyi
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Source: Community View Collaboration, Health Status Reporting, June 2014
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Commuting to Work
Percent of Labour Force Using Public Transit to Commute to Work by
Employment Income, Aged 15+, Toronto, 2006
42.8
37.2
32.6
28.4 27.4
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20
30
40
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Less than $20,000
$20,000 to $39,999
$40,000 to $59,999
$60,000 to $79,999
$80,000 and over
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Employment Income
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Canada (CANSIM Table: 97-561-XCB2006015.IVT)58
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Cost of Monthly Transit Pass as Percent of Monthly Minimum Wage Income:
Select Canadian Cities/ Municipalities, 2009
7.57.1 6.8 6.8
6.35.8 5.6 5.5
5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9
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Source: Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Quality of Life Reporting
System. Ottawa, Ontario
Transit Affordability for Low Income Workers
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Metro Pass Affordability – Income Left Over After
Paying for Rent, Food and a Metro Pass (2012)
60
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works
Minimum Wage
Median Income
works
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Total Income Cost of Rent & Food Cost of Metro Pass Remaining Family Type
$6360 $2151 $129 $4080
$2639 $2151 $129 $359
$2032 $2151 $129 -$248
$1855 $1741 $129 -$14
$1115 $1265 $129 -$278
$642 $1064 $129 -$550
Disability Support Program
Source: Adapted from the May 2012 Nutritious Food Basket Scenarios, Toronto Employment & Social Services. Note: Numbers are
rounded. For more information http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-49920.pdf
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Transit and Health
Transit enables people to access
employment, education, health
and social services, food, and
recreation, which contribute to
health.
It is particularly important for
people on a low income who are
often dependent on transit.
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More Information
Toronto Public Health reports
on transit affordability
available at:
http://www.toronto.ca/health
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Linda Weichel, Vice President, Initiatives
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#IMFGtalks
Panel Discussion:
Accessibility, Transportation
Planning and Fairness
Karel Martens
Steven Farber
Monica Campbell
Linda Weichel
Enid Slack