BART Impact Program: Implications of BART's Impacts for the Transportation Disadvantaged

摘要

Three special population groups are the focus of analysis -- ethnic minorities, the elderly and handicapped. These groups are of special concern for transportation planning and policy because of either low-income status or mobility related impairments. This report integrates the study of BART's impacts on the transportation disadvantaged in each of four major impact areas examined in previous interim project reports -- environmental, mobility, economic and land use. Findings are reported from the investigation of twenty-three issues related to the entire range of BART's impacts on the transportation disadvantaged. Evaluation of these findings is made in the context of the level, nature, and degree of equity in the incidence of BART's economic impacts. Based on the findings of the study, implications for the transportation disadvantaged of a regional rapid rail transit investment are presented in terms of both effectiveness and policy considerations for other areas where similar systems may be considered.