Assessing the accessibility and equity of the urban public transport services
So far, the fair distribution (equity) of public transport service has barely/not been considered when appraising new PT lines, although a more equitable system could lead to higher (socio economic) benefits. The reason is that there is little guidance in the measurement of accessibility and the measurement and assessment of the equity of it. Equity is not the same as equality since equity of accessibility is based on the PT demand. In this thesis presentation multiple methods are presented to show the impacts on the accessibility and the equity in the city of Utrecht after implementing the Uithoflijn leading to conclusions about the usefulness of these methods.