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Abstract: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that pedestrian
public rights-of-way, where provided, be accessible to people with disabilities. Yet the
cost of making the existing pedestrian network accessible is too high to undertake all at
once. Local governments must prioritize their efforts, which necessarily involves decisions
about what distribution of resources is equitable ... read moreand fair. Various traditions of thinking
about disability and the sidewalk influence decisions by providing preconceived ideas of
equity. I propose a taxonomy of equity conceptions that are relevant to prioritizing
accessibility in the pedestrian network, which I use to analyze the results of a survey
given to officials in cities and counties throughout the United States. I find that local
governments' prioritization strategies are most strongly influenced by the principle of
adequacy, by the principles of proportionality to population, advocacy, and preferences,
and to a slightly lesser extent by the principle of equal opportunity.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and
Planning.
Advisor: Robert Russell.
Committee: Christine Cousineau.
Keywords: Urban planning, Public policy, and Ethics.read less
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