University of London Centre for Transport Studies Working Paper
The Transport Contract
Abstract
This paper argues that mobility should be available to all. Mobility involves
both movement and accessibility components and it is important to achieve
the correct balance between these when designing transport systems. The
base system for design purposes is the public transport system as this
should be available to everyone. Design of the public transport system
should be set on the basis of peoples' transport needs: what they need
from the transport system in order to achieve their mobility objectives.
Such an approach to the design of public transport systems has a number
of implications for society, and so it is useful to consider how these
might be expressed in the form of a "pact" between the transport system
and the people. Rousseau (in his pamphlet of 1762, "The Social Contract"),
saw the need for a contract between the members of society in order to
achieve what he saw as equitable government. This paper discusses the possibilities
for a "Transport Contract" which would seek to ensure that equitable mobility
objectives could be sought and achieved.
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