Does a short journey get me to the food bank? An empirical study on fare-based public transport accessibility and its implications for social equity

Christoph Aberle and Carsten Gertz

Journal of Transport Geography, 2025, vol. 128, issue C

Abstract: Fares are a critical barrier for low-income earners towards using public transport (PT). While most literature focuses only on travel time and distance, we introduce the novel indicator of ‘fare accessibility’.

Keywords: Accessibility; Transit; Fares; Equity; Affordability; MAUP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104348

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