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Sustainability 2009, 1, 960-977; doi:10.3390/su1040960 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Article Resource Allocation for Sustainable Urban Transit from a Transport Diversity Perspective Cheng-Min Feng* and Cheng-Hsien Hsieh Institute of Traffic Transportation, National Chiao Tung University / 4F, 118, Sec. 1, Chung-Hsiao W. Rd., Taipei 10044, Taiwan; E-Mail: blueinn.hsieh@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed ; E-Mail: cmfeng@.tw; Tel.: +886-2-2349-4966; Fax: +886-2-2349-4965. Received: 31 August 2009 / Accepted: 28 October 2009 / Published: 2 November 2009 Abstract: Different transport stakeholders have different needs for transport infrastructure and services. Meeting the needs of all stakeholders implies a trade-off of benefits and costs between supply and demand and creates transport diversity issues. However, the literature has largely ignored these issues. Transport diversity can assess the level to which important needs are satisfied equitably, and monitor whether transportation systems are moving towards sustainability by confirming the targets and basic level of quality of life. Based on the concept of transport diversity, this study utilizes fuzzy multi-objective programming to solve non-linear multi-objective problems involving urban public transit systems to determine the impact of resource allocation on needs satisfaction in relation to stakeholder behaviors. The proposed approach avoids problems of inefficient and inequitable