Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems

Although public transport has undergone a series of changes over the last few decades, fares are still strongly affecting the budget of low-income families. This is despite the fact that, with very few exceptions, public transport fares are one of the few prices still fixed by the government author...

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spelling oai-11362-362912020-11-19T01:58:04Z Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems GASTOS FAMILIARES SISTEMAS DE TRANSPORTE TRANSPORTE TRANSPORTE PUBLICO HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT Although public transport has undergone a series of changes over the last few decades, fares are still strongly affecting the budget of low-income families. This is despite the fact that, with very few exceptions, public transport fares are one of the few prices still fixed by the government authorities. The introduction of integrated networks made up of trunk lines and feeder services is not guaranteed to reduce the cost for users. It would be possible to reduce fares if free transport provided by the authorities to various groups of citizens were financed by the authorities themselves, and not by other groups of passengers. 2014-03-20T01:31:32Z 2014-03-20T01:31:32Z 2004-06 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/36291 en FAL Bulletin 214 application/pdf AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ECLAC
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collection Cepal
language English
topic GASTOS FAMILIARES
SISTEMAS DE TRANSPORTE
TRANSPORTE
TRANSPORTE PUBLICO
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
spellingShingle GASTOS FAMILIARES
SISTEMAS DE TRANSPORTE
TRANSPORTE
TRANSPORTE PUBLICO
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems
description Although public transport has undergone a series of changes over the last few decades, fares are still strongly affecting the budget of low-income families. This is despite the fact that, with very few exceptions, public transport fares are one of the few prices still fixed by the government authorities. The introduction of integrated networks made up of trunk lines and feeder services is not guaranteed to reduce the cost for users. It would be possible to reduce fares if free transport provided by the authorities to various groups of citizens were financed by the authorities themselves, and not by other groups of passengers.
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title Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems
title_short Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems
title_full Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems
title_fullStr Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems
title_full_unstemmed Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems
title_sort public transport fares in latin american cities: systems, values and problems
publisher ECLAC
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/36291
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