TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Exploring public transport equity between separate disadvantaged cohorts: a case study in Perth, Australia
JO  - Journal of transport geography
A1  - Ricciardi, Anthony Michael
A1  - Xia, Jianhong(Cecilia)
A1  - Currie, Graham
SP  - 111
EP  - 122
VL  - 43
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0966-6923
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.011
ID  - ref1
ER  -