Modelling the Geographic Component of Mass Transit Subsidies

1 May 1981

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Vol. 13 (5) , 581-599
https://doi.org/10.1068/a130581

Abstract

A framework is developed for evaluating the distributive effects of mass transit subsidies that explicitly considers the inherent spatial interdependences of a transit system, particularly with regard to the nature of cities, and the politically and legally ‘fair’ distribution of scarce public resources. The methodology is demonstrated by means of a simulated urban mass transit system, and a review is presented of previous models and approaches to the question of subsidies at all levels of scale.

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