Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction 1. Transport and space and social equity impacts / Robin Hickman, Beatriz Mella Lira, Moshe Givoni and Karst Geurs -- Part II: Transport and spatial impacts -- 2. Understanding the relationship between changes in accessibility to jobs, income and unemployment in Toronto / Robbin Deboosere, Geneviève Boisjoly and Ahmed El-Geneidy -- 3. Reducing social spatial inequity with public transport in Melbourne, Australia / Jan Scheurer and Carey Curtis -- 4. Exploring the travel mode choice of rail transit with geographically weighted regression: evidence from Chongqing / Lixun Liu -- 5. Considering the impacts of HSR on China's east coast region / Qiyan Wu, Anthony Perl, Jingwei Sun, Taotao Deng and Haoyu Hu -- 6. Automobile peripheries: travel to school in suburban London through the lens of social practice / Emilia Smeds -- 7. The impact of transport connectivity on housing prices / Imogen Thompson -- Part III: Transport and social equity impacts / 8. Equity aspects of transportation in a multi-network world: a societal perspective / Eran Feitelson -- 9. Urban public transport investment and socio-spatial development: the case of the Copenhagen metro / Kristian Bothe and Christine Benna Skytt-Larsen -- 10. Assessing transport equity or healthcare in metro / Manila Neil Stephen Lopez and Jose Bienvenido Manuel Biona -- 11. Working women and unequal mobilities in the urban periphery / Eda Beyazit and Ceyda Sungur -- 12. Planning transport to meet the needs of children and young people / Janet Stanley, John Stanley and Brendan Gleeson -- 13. Social assessment of transport projects in global south cities using community perceptions of needs / Karen Lucas, Nihan Akyelken and Janet Stanley -- Part IV: Emerging approaches to socio-spatial equity analysis -- 14. From minimum to reasonable travel time / David Banister, Yannick Cornet, Moshe Givoni and Glenn Lyons -- 15. Reasonable travel time -- the traveller's perspective / Mengqiu Cao, Yongping Zhang, Yuerong Zhang, Shengxiao Li and Robin Hickman -- 16. Why the capability approach can offer an alternative to transport project assessment / Beatriz Mella Lira -- 17. Assessing utility, feasibility and equity with competence-based multi criteria analysis / Geert Te Boveldt, Imre Keseru and Cathy Macharis -- 18. Using behavioural economics to inform more effective planning and delivery of cycling projects / Matt Higgins -- 19. Operationalising motility for transport policy / Rebecca Shliselberg and Moshe Givoni -- 20. Exploring the links between mobility capital and human flourishing in Buenos Aires / Florencia Rodriguez Touron -- Part V: Conclusions -- 21. What next? Reflections for research and practice / Karst Geurs, Moshe Givoni, Beatriz Mella Lira and Robin Hickman -- Index.

"With social inequity in urban spaces becoming an increasing concern in our modern world, A Companion to Transport, Space and Equity explores the relationships between transport and social equity. Transport systems and infrastructure investment can lead to inequitable travel behaviours, with certain socio-demographic groups using particular parts of the transport system and accessing particular activities and opportunities. Employing international case studies to scrutinise the spatial and social equity impacts of transport systems and infrastructure, the contributors bring together wide-ranging empirical research to fill in the lacunae on social equity. This nuanced and comprehensive Companion examines transport investments, and related changes in accessibility, urban form and development, house prices and gentrification to better understand the complex relationships between transport and social equity. Drawing together competing perspectives, this book highlights the range and dimensions of the debate, the complexity and tensions, and the progression of the argument over time. Provocative and comprehensive, this book will serve as an impressive guide for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as offering a detailed reference point for researchers and academics working on urban social equity. Consultants and policy makers overseeing transport infrastructure, city planning and wider public policy will also benefit from this book's rigorous empirical approach to transport impacts"-- Provided by publisher.