PRICING STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Pricing of most public transportation services in urban areas is the responsibility of local governments, acting either individually or jointly through metropolitan agencies. To date, local government decisions on public transportation fare typically have been shaped primarily by short-term political, fiscal, and administrative expediency. Recently, however, growing transit deficits and stringency in public subsidy budgets have demanded a more comprehensive view of public transportation pricing. This article reviews the public policy objectives commonly stated for public transportation programs, and uses them to formulate some general guidelines for pricing. The article then discusses some pricing strategies which appear from recent research and experimentation to have promise for responding to the challenges currently faced by public transportation systems.

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  American Planning Association

  1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Kirby, R F
• Publication Date: 1982-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 327-334
• Serial:
  • Journal of the American Planning Association
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Planning Association
  • ISSN: 0194-4363
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpa20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Deficits; Fares; Guidelines; Local government; Policy making; Pricing; Public transit; Ridership; Strategic planning; Subsidies
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00368202
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1982 12:00AM