Exploring public transport equity between separate disadvantaged cohorts: a case study in Perth,Australia |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Ghent University, Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;2. Department of Geography, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;3. Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, Canada |
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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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Keywords: | Inequity Gini coefficient Lorenz curve Elderly Low income Car ownership |
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