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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Main Authors:	Carruthers, Robin, Dick, Malise, Saurkar, Anuja
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6364342/affordability-public-transport-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17408