@article{ref1,
title="Exploring public transport equity between separate disadvantaged cohorts: a case study in Perth, Australia",
journal="Journal of transport geography",
year="2015",
author="Ricciardi, Anthony Michael and Xia, Jianhong(Cecilia) and Currie, Graham",
volume="43",
number="",
pages="111-122",
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). <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0966-6923",
doi="10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.011"
}