Reconciling Accessibility Benefits with User Benefits

This paper asks whether transport policy assessments should use accessibility benefits as a key measure instead of user benefits. It argues that both measures are equivalent if accessibility measures are based on transport users' own preferences and if the same principle is used to aggregate be...

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Main Author: Eliasson, Jonas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2020
Series:International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper asks whether transport policy assessments should use accessibility benefits as a key measure instead of user benefits. It argues that both measures are equivalent if accessibility measures are based on transport users' own preferences and if the same principle is used to aggregate benefits. The paper also addresses how distributional questions can be addressed within this approach
Physical Description:15 p