Abstract This study investigates the effect of price and travel mode fairness and spatial equity in transit provision on the perceived transit service quality, willingness to pay, and habitual frequency of use. Based on the theory of planned behavior, we developed a web-based questionnaire for revealed preferences data collection. The survey was administered among young people in Copenhagen and Lisbon to explore the transit perceptions and use under different economic and transit provision conditions. The survey yielded 499 questionnaires, analyzed by means of structural equation models. Results show that higher perceived fairness relates positively to higher perceived quality of transit service and higher perceived ease of paying for transit use. Higher perceived spatial equity in service provision is associated with higher perceived service quality. Higher perceived service quality relates to higher perceived ease of payment, which links to higher frequency of transit use.
Highlights The effect of price/mode fairness and spatial equity on transit use is explored. Higher perceived price/mode fairness increases perceived transit service quality. Higher perceived price fairness increases ease of paying for transit. Higher perceived transit service spatial equity increases perceived service quality. Higher price/mode fairness and spatial equity are related to higher transit use.
The relationship between young people׳s transit use and their perceptions of equity concepts in transit service provision
Transport Policy ; 36 ; 79-87
2014-01-01
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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