Equity Analysis of Personal Transportation System Benefits

Abstract

:This article examines the distribution of transportation service benefits within the Atlanta, Georgia, urbanized area. The capitalized value of highway and public transit accessibility into owner-occupied residential property value is used as an indicator of transportation system benefits. These benefits are then compared to household income, race, and locational characteristics. The results of this analysis suggest that net personal transportation system benefits are not significantly biased toward particular income or racial groups. As might be expected, the results indicate that there is a positive relationship between urban location and access to transportation facilities. The analysis of the distributional equity of transportation services presented in this article represents a departure from previous research efforts. Such efforts have tended to measure equity as a function of outputs from service provision activities rather than outcomes, which are the social and economic changes resulting from service provision. These findings have important policy implications for transportation impact analysis, especially in the area of social impact analysis.

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