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Article: Paying for Travel Distance and Time Saving: Transit Fare and Benefit Mismatch and Its Justice Implications

TitlePaying for Travel Distance and Time Saving: Transit Fare and Benefit Mismatch and Its Justice Implications
Authors
Issue Date2021
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/up.html
Citation
Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 2021, v. 147 n. 3, article no. 04021040 How to Cite?
AbstractTransit fares affect not only whether people are not overburdened with their expenditure on transit services but also whether people can get reasonable benefits from transit services for what they pay. Prevalence of various simplified fare systems and highly differentiated service quality point to a plausible prima facie concern that transit riders suffer from transit fare and benefit mismatch (TFBM), evoking justice concerns and potential impacts on transit usage. This article enriches our understanding of justice implications of transit fares by proposing new metrics and testing them empirically in Hong Kong, where transit dependence is high, that is, a considerable proportion of transit traffic is captive. By considering travel distance and time savings as primary benefits, two indexes are proposed to quantify TFBM. The distributional effects of TFBM on different neighborhood segments are compared and the relationships between spatial or socioeconomic vulnerability, TFBM, and transit usage are explored. Our findings suggest that the transit use ratio of neighborhoods in the peripheral areas of the city is significantly influenced by TFBM, while socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods are less sensitive to TFBM. Owing to the lack of available alternatives of motorized mode choice, socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods face a higher risk of being impaired by TFBM.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/305137
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.506
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dc.contributor.authorXiao, L-
dc.contributor.authorLo, S-
dc.contributor.authorLIU, J-
dc.contributor.authorZhou, J-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T02:40:15Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-05T02:40:15Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Urban Planning and Development, 2021, v. 147 n. 3, article no. 04021040-
dc.identifier.issn0733-9488-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/305137-
dc.description.abstractTransit fares affect not only whether people are not overburdened with their expenditure on transit services but also whether people can get reasonable benefits from transit services for what they pay. Prevalence of various simplified fare systems and highly differentiated service quality point to a plausible prima facie concern that transit riders suffer from transit fare and benefit mismatch (TFBM), evoking justice concerns and potential impacts on transit usage. This article enriches our understanding of justice implications of transit fares by proposing new metrics and testing them empirically in Hong Kong, where transit dependence is high, that is, a considerable proportion of transit traffic is captive. By considering travel distance and time savings as primary benefits, two indexes are proposed to quantify TFBM. The distributional effects of TFBM on different neighborhood segments are compared and the relationships between spatial or socioeconomic vulnerability, TFBM, and transit usage are explored. Our findings suggest that the transit use ratio of neighborhoods in the peripheral areas of the city is significantly influenced by TFBM, while socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods are less sensitive to TFBM. Owing to the lack of available alternatives of motorized mode choice, socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods face a higher risk of being impaired by TFBM.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/up.html-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Urban Planning and Development-
dc.rightsJournal of Urban Planning and Development. Copyright © American Society of Civil Engineers.-
dc.rightsThis material may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This material may be found at https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000738-
dc.titlePaying for Travel Distance and Time Saving: Transit Fare and Benefit Mismatch and Its Justice Implications-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailZhou, J: zhoujp@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityZhou, J=rp02236-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000738-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85107468320-
dc.identifier.hkuros326019-
dc.identifier.volume147-
dc.identifier.issue3-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 04021040-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 04021040-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000672313600033-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-

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