Mobility as a public service : integrating civil rights laws in partnerships between transit agencies and ride-hailing companies

Recently, a number of public transportation agencies have formed partnerships with Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft. Proponents of these collaborations emphasize their potential to expand the reach of public transportation systems, while skeptics caution that transit agencies should not divert resources from core bus and rail networks, and should not rely upon drivers who lack basic health and employment benefits. This thesis contributes to the growing body of research around TNC partnerships by focusing on one important dimension: the degree to which these partnerships meet the standards of federal civil rights law. Laws such as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 require transit agencies to ensure that the benefits and burdens of their services are distributed equally. And yet despite the importance of these laws, little is known about how transit agencies are meeting their civil rights obligations in the context of partnerships with TNCs.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Damrosch, Peter(Peter Leopold)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Justin Steil.

• Urban Studies and Planning.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129872

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