Summary
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the Nigeria's transport system, to determine the extent, to which the system enhances social equity in Nigeria, and provide guidance to transport stakeholders on effective ways to make progress towards social sustainable transportation in Nigeria. Survey research method was employed and analysis revealed that overall mean score, was 2.22, which was lower than the expected value of 3.00 on 5-point Likert scale. The result of the one sample Z test at 5 percent level of significance indicated that calculated Z was - 49.9563 with significant probability of 1.0000, which was greater than 0.05; thus the test was not significantly at 5 percent level of significance. In this light, it was concluded, that the extent to which the Nigeria's transport system enhances social equity in Nigeria, was not significantly above average. Therefore, Environmental Justice concept should be adopted to address, the inequitable scenario.
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Assessing Social Equity of Nigeria's Transport System
1. Introduction
Social sustainability is one of three dimensions of sustainability. It is often referred to as social equity which is concerned with improving the quality of life for all people and promoting equity between societies, groups and generations (The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), n.d.). According to Cato (2006) sustainability is the ability of a society to meet the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Cato, further contends, that in the context of public transportation, sustainability refers to a society's ability to move freely, gain access, communicate and trade without sacrificing other essential human or ecological values, today or in the future.In a similar pattern, social sustainability or equity in transport, is transport that is affordable, accessible, operates efficiently, offers choice of transport mode, and supports, vibrant economy, it also includes customers satisfaction as a key ingrethent in creating a socially sustainable transport system. Social sustainability is significantly affected by psychological factors such as comfort level, personal safety and security , interpretation of one's own social status and convenience which combine to influence transportation behaviour. (Centre for Sustainable Transportation (CST 2006) as cited in Cato, 2006).In addition social sustainable tr...See the full content of this document
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