Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries
The analysis reported here was prompted by a realization that there was little reliable and consistent information on what proportion of household income is spent on urban public transport. The information available uses inconsistent definitions of...
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ACCESS TO JOBS ACCESSIBILITY INDEX AFFORDABILITY INDEX AFFORDABILITY OF FARES AIR CONDITIONED BUSES AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE BUS FARE AVERAGE DAILY EXPENDITURE ON BUS TRAVEL AVERAGE EXPENDITURE ON TRAVEL AVERAGE FARES BOTTLENECKS BUS BUS INDUSTRY BUS OPERATIONS BUS PASS SCHEMES BUS PASSENGERS BUS SERVICES BUS STATIONS BUS STOP BUS SYSTEMS BUSES CAR OWNERSHIP CITY SIZE COMMUTING CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING COST PER TRIP CYCLE TRIPS CYCLING DAILY RETURN TRIP ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT DISPOSABLE INCOME DRIVERS DRIVING DRIVING STYLE EAST EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXPENDITURE ON TRAVEL EXTERNALITIES FARE EVASION FARE LEVELS FARE REGULATIONS FARE SYSTEMS FIXED FARE SYSTEM FREIGHT RAILWAYS FUEL HIGH WALKING PERCENTAGE HOUSEHOLD MOBILITY HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEY HOUSING INCOME DISTRIBUTION JOURNEY JOURNEY LENGTH JOURNEY TO WORK LABOR MOBILITY LAND SPECULATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG DISTANCES LOW FARES LOW INCOME PASSENGERS LOW INCOMES LOW MOBILITY LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS LOWER INCOME GROUP MASS MOBILITY MINIBUSES MODAL SHARE MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR CYCLE MOTOR TAXI MOTORWAYS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NOT MUCH MORE PASSENGER SUBSIDY PASSENGERS MILLION PERIPHERAL AREA PERSONAL SECURITY ON BUSES PREFERENTIAL PASSES PREFERENTIAL PASSES BETWEEN INCOME GROUPS PRIVATE OPERATORS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENTERPRISE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN CITIES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAVEL PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES PUBLIC UTILITIES ROAD SPACE ROAD USE ROUTES SHARING SOCIAL SERVICES SOUTH AMERICA STRUCTURES TOTAL TRIPS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ARTERY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES TRAINS TRANSIT FARES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TO WORK TRIP DISTANCE TRIPS BY PUBLIC TRIPS PER MONTH TUNNELS UNDERGROUND RAILWAY URBAN BUS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PASSENGER URBAN PASSENGER TRANSPORT URBAN PLANNERS URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW URBAN TRANSPORT SERVICES URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGIES URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY URBAN TRAVEL VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VIADUCTS WALK TRIPS WALKING WALKING DISTANCE WORK PATTERNS WORK TRAVEL WORK TRIP WORK TRIPS WORKING POOR |
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ACCESS TO JOBS ACCESSIBILITY INDEX AFFORDABILITY INDEX AFFORDABILITY OF FARES AIR CONDITIONED BUSES AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE BUS FARE AVERAGE DAILY EXPENDITURE ON BUS TRAVEL AVERAGE EXPENDITURE ON TRAVEL AVERAGE FARES BOTTLENECKS BUS BUS INDUSTRY BUS OPERATIONS BUS PASS SCHEMES BUS PASSENGERS BUS SERVICES BUS STATIONS BUS STOP BUS SYSTEMS BUSES CAR OWNERSHIP CITY SIZE COMMUTING CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING COST PER TRIP CYCLE TRIPS CYCLING DAILY RETURN TRIP ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT DISPOSABLE INCOME DRIVERS DRIVING DRIVING STYLE EAST EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXPENDITURE ON TRAVEL EXTERNALITIES FARE EVASION FARE LEVELS FARE REGULATIONS FARE SYSTEMS FIXED FARE SYSTEM FREIGHT RAILWAYS FUEL HIGH WALKING PERCENTAGE HOUSEHOLD MOBILITY HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEY HOUSING INCOME DISTRIBUTION JOURNEY JOURNEY LENGTH JOURNEY TO WORK LABOR MOBILITY LAND SPECULATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG DISTANCES LOW FARES LOW INCOME PASSENGERS LOW INCOMES LOW MOBILITY LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS LOWER INCOME GROUP MASS MOBILITY MINIBUSES MODAL SHARE MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR CYCLE MOTOR TAXI MOTORWAYS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NOT MUCH MORE PASSENGER SUBSIDY PASSENGERS MILLION PERIPHERAL AREA PERSONAL SECURITY ON BUSES PREFERENTIAL PASSES PREFERENTIAL PASSES BETWEEN INCOME GROUPS PRIVATE OPERATORS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENTERPRISE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN CITIES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAVEL PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES PUBLIC UTILITIES ROAD SPACE ROAD USE ROUTES SHARING SOCIAL SERVICES SOUTH AMERICA STRUCTURES TOTAL TRIPS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ARTERY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES TRAINS TRANSIT FARES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TO WORK TRIP DISTANCE TRIPS BY PUBLIC TRIPS PER MONTH TUNNELS UNDERGROUND RAILWAY URBAN BUS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PASSENGER URBAN PASSENGER TRANSPORT URBAN PLANNERS URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW URBAN TRANSPORT SERVICES URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGIES URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY URBAN TRAVEL VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VIADUCTS WALK TRIPS WALKING WALKING DISTANCE WORK PATTERNS WORK TRAVEL WORK TRIP WORK TRIPS WORKING POOR Carruthers, Robin Dick, Malise Saurkar, Anuja Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries |
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Transport Papers series;no. TP-3 |
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The analysis reported here was prompted
by a realization that there was little reliable and
consistent information on what proportion of household
income is spent on urban public transport. The information
available uses inconsistent definitions of what costs are
included and how income is measured, making comparisons
between cities difficult. The authors report here on about a
dozen studies that have addressed the issue of
affordability. Though different measures are used in
different countries, making it difficult to compare the
results between cities, from the studies in South America,
South Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, East Asia
and Australasia summarized here, the authors make clear that
the affordability of urban transport is considered an issue
of importance throughout the developing world. There is also
evidence that the high cost of urban transport is having a
negative impact on the lives of the urban poor - either
through restricting their access to jobs that are within
feasible walking or cycling distance, by consuming an
unsustainable proportion of their income, or by dramatically
curtailing the number of journeys that they make. The
problem is possibly most grave in Africa, the continent for
which there is the least documentation. To address the need
for easily available and comprehensive comparative
information on affordability of public transport fares, the
authors developed an Affordability Index to be used as a
first indication of the affordability of fares in a
particular city. The second half of this report describes
the construction of this Affordability Index and then
describes the results from applying this Index to 27 cities. |
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Carruthers, Robin Dick, Malise Saurkar, Anuja |
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Carruthers, Robin Dick, Malise Saurkar, Anuja |
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Carruthers, Robin |
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Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries |
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Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries |
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Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries |
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Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries |
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Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries |
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affordability of public transport in developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-174082021-04-23T14:03:36Z Affordability of Public Transport in Developing Countries Carruthers, Robin Dick, Malise Saurkar, Anuja ACCESS TO JOBS ACCESSIBILITY INDEX AFFORDABILITY INDEX AFFORDABILITY OF FARES AIR CONDITIONED BUSES AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE BUS FARE AVERAGE DAILY EXPENDITURE ON BUS TRAVEL AVERAGE EXPENDITURE ON TRAVEL AVERAGE FARES BOTTLENECKS BUS BUS INDUSTRY BUS OPERATIONS BUS PASS SCHEMES BUS PASSENGERS BUS SERVICES BUS STATIONS BUS STOP BUS SYSTEMS BUSES CAR OWNERSHIP CITY SIZE COMMUTING CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING COST PER TRIP CYCLE TRIPS CYCLING DAILY RETURN TRIP ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT DISPOSABLE INCOME DRIVERS DRIVING DRIVING STYLE EAST EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXPENDITURE ON TRAVEL EXTERNALITIES FARE EVASION FARE LEVELS FARE REGULATIONS FARE SYSTEMS FIXED FARE SYSTEM FREIGHT RAILWAYS FUEL HIGH WALKING PERCENTAGE HOUSEHOLD MOBILITY HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEY HOUSING INCOME DISTRIBUTION JOURNEY JOURNEY LENGTH JOURNEY TO WORK LABOR MOBILITY LAND SPECULATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG DISTANCES LOW FARES LOW INCOME PASSENGERS LOW INCOMES LOW MOBILITY LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS LOWER INCOME GROUP MASS MOBILITY MINIBUSES MODAL SHARE MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR CYCLE MOTOR TAXI MOTORWAYS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NOT MUCH MORE PASSENGER SUBSIDY PASSENGERS MILLION PERIPHERAL AREA PERSONAL SECURITY ON BUSES PREFERENTIAL PASSES PREFERENTIAL PASSES BETWEEN INCOME GROUPS PRIVATE OPERATORS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENTERPRISE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN CITIES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAVEL PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES PUBLIC UTILITIES ROAD SPACE ROAD USE ROUTES SHARING SOCIAL SERVICES SOUTH AMERICA STRUCTURES TOTAL TRIPS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ARTERY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES TRAINS TRANSIT FARES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TO WORK TRIP DISTANCE TRIPS BY PUBLIC TRIPS PER MONTH TUNNELS UNDERGROUND RAILWAY URBAN BUS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PASSENGER URBAN PASSENGER TRANSPORT URBAN PLANNERS URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW URBAN TRANSPORT SERVICES URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGIES URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY URBAN TRAVEL VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VIADUCTS WALK TRIPS WALKING WALKING DISTANCE WORK PATTERNS WORK TRAVEL WORK TRIP WORK TRIPS WORKING POOR The analysis reported here was prompted by a realization that there was little reliable and consistent information on what proportion of household income is spent on urban public transport. The information available uses inconsistent definitions of what costs are included and how income is measured, making comparisons between cities difficult. The authors report here on about a dozen studies that have addressed the issue of affordability. Though different measures are used in different countries, making it difficult to compare the results between cities, from the studies in South America, South Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, East Asia and Australasia summarized here, the authors make clear that the affordability of urban transport is considered an issue of importance throughout the developing world. There is also evidence that the high cost of urban transport is having a negative impact on the lives of the urban poor - either through restricting their access to jobs that are within feasible walking or cycling distance, by consuming an unsustainable proportion of their income, or by dramatically curtailing the number of journeys that they make. The problem is possibly most grave in Africa, the continent for which there is the least documentation. To address the need for easily available and comprehensive comparative information on affordability of public transport fares, the authors developed an Affordability Index to be used as a first indication of the affordability of fares in a particular city. The second half of this report describes the construction of this Affordability Index and then describes the results from applying this Index to 27 cities. 2014-03-26T18:04:36Z 2014-03-26T18:04:36Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6364342/affordability-public-transport-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17408 English en_US Transport Papers series;no. TP-3 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |