abstract: 'Although the concept of social equity seems to be ubiquitous in most

  mobility plans of major Latin American cities, when evaluating transport

  projects for financing and prioritisation there are no specific or solid

  indicators to measure how they can contribute to promoting better access

  to opportunities, particularly for the most vulnerable segments of the

  population. In response, we designed a methodology that uses the

  concepts of accessibility and affordability as a complementary means for

  evaluating public transport investment, and identifying transport

  disadvantages and priorities for project generation. This is based on

  the calculation of accessibility levels to the labour market for

  different zones of a given city, by introducing a function of impedance

  composed by travel time budget and the percentage of income spent on

  transportation.

  The characteristics of time and percentage of income spent for accessing

  work obtained from transportation surveys define the ``real

  accessibility{''''} to employment for all the zones of a city. Then, a

  stated preference survey was applied in order to determine the desired

  expenditure in both variables, and the accessibility to jobs in this new

  situation was subsequently calculated. We calculated a third type of

  accessibility, using ``standard{''''} values of travel time and

  expenditure budget.

  This methodology is therefore used to evaluate different policies in

  Bogota, corresponding to changes in the fare structure of the existing

  public transport system, by proposing the development of cross

  subsidies, and carrying out an appraised on the impact of the

  development of a new Bus Rapid Transit line. The results show that

  depending on the population, its location and purchasing power, the

  impact of a redistributive fare with respect to accessibility to the

  labour market can be greater than the expansion and improvement of the

  public transport network. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Bocarejo, SJP (Corresponding Author), Univ Los Andes, Grp Estudios Sostenibilidad
  Urbana \& Reg, Carrera 1 Este 19A-40,Edificio Mario Laserna, Bogota, Colombia.

  Pablo Bocarejo, Juan S.; Ricardo Oviedo, Daniel H., Univ Los Andes, Grp Estudios
  Sostenibilidad Urbana \& Reg, Bogota, Colombia.'
author: Pablo Bocarejo, Juan S. and Ricardo Oviedo, Daniel H.
author-email: 'jbocarej@uniandes.edu.co

  dan-ovie@unian-des.edu.co'
author_list:
- family: Pablo Bocarejo
  given: Juan S.
- family: Ricardo Oviedo
  given: Daniel H.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.12.004
eissn: 1873-1236
files: []
issn: 0966-6923
journal: JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
keywords: 'Accessibility; Social exclusion; Social equity; Urban transport;

  Developing countries'
keywords-plus: SPACE-TIME
language: English
month: SEP
number-of-cited-references: '56'
orcid-numbers: 'Oviedo Hernandez, Daniel/0000-0002-5692-6633

  Bocarejo, Juan Pablo/0000-0003-3806-2189'
pages: 142-154
papis_id: 1868d3ddfa5097f7f8d990b72af6248f
ref: Pablobocarejo2012transportaccessibili
researcherid-numbers: 'Oviedo Hernandez, Daniel/AGJ-6328-2022

  '
times-cited: '227'
title: 'Transport accessibility and social inequities: a tool for identification of
  mobility needs and evaluation of transport investments'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000309493500013
usage-count-last-180-days: '10'
usage-count-since-2013: '249'
volume: '24'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Geography; Transportation
year: '2012'