Accessibility, Transportation Planning, and Fairness

IMFG was pleased to co-host this event, organized by the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute (UTTRI). Please visit UTTRI’s website for more information.

On May 12, Professor Karel Martens discussed the consequences of “the accessibility turn” – arguing, first, that the assessment of accessibility is not merely an option, but a moral obligation for transportation authorities, and second, that the focus on accessibility inevitably requires these authorities to explicitly address questions of fairness. He was joined by three panelists who shared their experience and perspectives on the importance and status of accessibility in the GTA.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Professor Martens is the Leona Chanin Career Development Chair at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and also holds an appointment at the Institute for Management Research at Raboud University in the Netherlands.

PANELISTS

• Linda Weichel, Vice President, Initiatives, Civic Action
• Monica Campbell, Director, Healthy Public Policy, Toronto Public Health
• Steven Farber, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough

MODERATOR

Enid Slack, Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG), Munk School of Global Affairs