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How just is transportation justice theory? The issues of paternalism and production

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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).
Journal: Transportation research : part A : policy and practice
ISSN: 0965-8564
Volume: 122
Pages: 112 - 119
Publication year:2019
Keywords:A1 Journal article
BOF-keylabel:yes
BOF-publication weight:3
CSS-citation score:2
Authors from:Higher Education
Accessibility:Open