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Goods movement, road safety, and spatial inequity: Evaluating freight-related crashes in low-income or minority neighborhoods

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  • Yuan, Quan
  • Wang, Jueyu

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The significant growth in freight traffic and relevant crashes has aroused increasing concerns about road safety threats in local communities. We use data from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area and examine the spatial relationship between freight-related crashes and neighborhoods with low-income and minority populations. We find that both household income and percentage of minority population are significantly correlated with the density of both freight-related crashes and freight-related crashes causing severe injuries and fatalities. The results indicate that freight-related crashes are subject to a spatial inequity problem. The findings underscore the importance of incorporating freight-related safety improvement within these low-income and minority neighborhoods.

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  • Yuan, Quan & Wang, Jueyu, 2021. "Goods movement, road safety, and spatial inequity: Evaluating freight-related crashes in low-income or minority neighborhoods," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:96:y:2021:i:c:s0966692321002398
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103186
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