Citation

Ricciardi AM, Xia JC, Currie G. J. Transp. Geogr. 2015; 43: 111-122.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.011

PMID

unavailable

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.

Language: en