How just are public transport networks? Mixed method research on mobility justice in the city of Utrecht
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2022-06-19
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As one of the fastest-growing urban regions in the Netherlands, Utrecht’s public transport system will service new places and new inhabitants. In this growing trend, it is important that the public transport network and its development is just. This research aims to evaluate the current public transport network accessibility and identify what challenges there are for the future network. To analyze the network, a triangulation of methods is used. First, Geo-Information Science is used to identify whether some neighborhoods have lower accessibility to public transport. Secondly, a survey will be conducted to analyze whether inhabitants experience inaccessibility. Lastly, a content analysis is used to research how policy-makers in local- and regional governments and transport companies integrate justice principles into their policies. Results show that the public transport network is relatively just. The towns and neighborhoods with lower accessibility insured inhabitants against this lower accessibility with other mobility formats. Furthermore, no differences were found in how inhabitants of neighborhoods experience public transport. Policy documents still had an emphasis on economics but took justice principles into account to a certain extent. This thesis concludes by stating that the public transport network is relatively just, though future challenges do exist.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen