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    Exploring public transport equity between separate disadvantaged cohorts: A case study in Perth, Australia

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    Authors
    Ricciardi, A.
    Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia)
    Currie, G.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Ricciardi, A. and Xia, J. and Currie, G. 2015. Exploring public transport equity between separate disadvantaged cohorts: A case study in Perth, Australia. Journal of Transport Geography. 43: pp. 111-122.
    Source Title
    Journal of Transport Geography
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.011
    ISSN
    0966-6923
    School
    Department of Spatial Sciences
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21379
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    Abstract

    This paper explores the equity distribution of public transport for three separate disadvantaged cohorts including elderly residents, low-income households and no-car households for Perth, Western Australia. It also undertakes a city-wide equity analysis of Perth and compares this with a published analysis for Melbourne. Overall the public transport distribution of the three socially disadvantaged groups was identified to be less equitable when compared to the population as a whole. The elderly had the most inequitable distribution of population relative to other cohorts. Perth's population exhibits a 0.52 Gini coefficient suggesting a relatively unequal spatial distribution of services to the population. However, this is much better than Melbourne (at 0.68). Results imply that 70% of Perth's population have only 33% of services supplied, whilst in Melbourne this figure was 19%. Policy implications and areas for future research in this field were identified.

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