Fare strategies in public transport: a theoretical evaluation

Public transportation provides the city dwellers with mobility, cleaner cities and it enables them to construct a sustainable infrastructure as well as to reach educational and employment-related facilities. Therefore, its efficient provision is extremely vital to exploit all the above advantages. T...

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Published inEkonomi bilimleri dergisi Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 131 - 138
Main Authors Benk, Serkan, Akdemir, Tekin
Format Journal Article
LanguageTurkish
Published 01.01.2010
Subjects
Cost-benefit analysis
Cost-effectiveness
Economic efficiency
Price planning
Pricing
Public transport
Turkey
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Summary:Public transportation provides the city dwellers with mobility, cleaner cities and it enables them to construct a sustainable infrastructure as well as to reach educational and employment-related facilities. Therefore, its efficient provision is extremely vital to exploit all the above advantages. This paper aims at finding a suitable fare strategy in public transportation provision. To this end, after presenting information about the current fare strategies, these strategies are evaluated in terms of their potential of meeting actual costs, their fairness and their economic and financial efficiency.
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ISSN:1309-8020