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Title
How just is transportation justice theory? The issues of paternalism and production
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Abstract
The topic of justice has increasingly attracted attention from transportation scholars, and a variety of perspectives and approaches are employed to study this topic. Arguably the most elaborate and sophisticated theory is put forward by Karel Martens in his 2017 book Transport justice. We start with a critical reading of Karel Martens work which is based on the work of liberal philosophers such as Richard Dworkin. While Martens makes several telling points, we explore how debates in the justice literature apply to the case of transportation, and may question aspects of transportation justice theory. In particular we discuss the issues of (1) the paternalistic treatment of people below the accessibility poverty line, and (2) the production and planning of transportation services. Two cases are used to inform this theoretical discussion, on the one hand, the Transportation Justice movement in California, and on the other, the basic accessibility debate in Flanders (Belgium).
Language
English
Source (journal)
Transportation research : part A : policy and practice. - Oxford, 1992, currens
Publication
Oxford : 2019
ISSN
0965-8564
DOI
10.1016/J.TRA.2019.02.009
Volume/pages
122 (2019) , p. 112-119
ISI
000465061400008
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UAntwerpen
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What do we owe each other in terms of accessibility?
A transportation justice perspective on accessibility poverty in the urban periphery.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 14.01.2025
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