The traditional approach to the road network design problem focuses on the optimization of network efficiency under a given budget. Generally, this leads to the improvement of roads next to the largest population centers, where travel demand is higher. Such results are not consistent with sustainable development principles, since the dissimilarities between the welfare of large and small centers will tend to increase. Nevertheless, equity issues were rarely taken into account in road network design. Moreover, all existing studies rely on a single equity measure. In this paper equity concerns in transportation planning are reviewed briefly, and a comparison of alternative equity measures is presented. Three equity measures were selected and incorporated into an accessibility-maximization road network design model. The three equity measures reflect different perspectives on equity: accessibility to low-accessibility centers, the dispersion of accessibility values across all centers (Gini coefficient), and the dispersion of accessibility values across all centers and across centers in the same region (Theil index). The implications of adopting each of these equity measures are illustrated through application of the optimization model to three random networks.
Integrating Equity Objectives in a Road Network Design Model
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2089 , 1 ; 35-42
2008-01-01
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Integrating Equity Objectives in a Road Network Design Model
Online Contents | 2008
|Matching Funding, Mobility, and Spatial Equity Objectives in a Networkwide Road Pricing Model
Transportation Research Record | 2017
|Matching Funding, Mobility, and Spatial Equity Objectives in a Networkwide Road Pricing Model
Online Contents | 2017
|Implications of link-based equity objectives on transportation network design problem
Online Contents | 2018
|Implications of link-based equity objectives on transportation network design problem
Online Contents | 2018
|