Article
Economics
Daniel Straub, Wojciech Keblowski, Monika Maciejewska
Summary: This article explores the recent and rapid development of fare-free public transport (FFPT) in Poland, where 93 municipalities have implemented fare-free programs since 2007. The study provides an inquiry into the temporal and spatial dynamics of FFPT in Poland, identifies main characteristics of fare-free localities, and reveals that such programs are more likely to emerge in areas with stable or increasing population and high electoral support for liberal-right and left-wing political parties. The research contributes to advancing knowledge on FFPT and offers a framework for future large-scale explorations of this controversial policy.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Denis Sipus, Borna Abramovic, Martina Jakovcic
Summary: Research on fare system models in public transport is important as they directly impact passenger behavior, cost coverage, and the sustainability of public passenger transport. However, the existing fare systems are not equitable and need to be changed to provide fairness to disadvantaged participants.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION
(2022)
Article
Economics
Diego Da Silva, Willem Klumpenhouwer, Alex Karner, Mitchell Robinson, Rick Liu, Amer Shalaby
Summary: This paper introduces a flexible and scalable fare calculator that can estimate the fare cost from origin to destination. It examines how fares impact access and equity in seven major urban areas in the United States.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Anders Bondemark, Henrik Andersson, Anders Wretstrand, Karin Brundell-Freij
Summary: The study reveals a positive relationship between income and possession of public transport travelcards among low-income earners, indicating that low-income individuals pay more for public transport compared to more affluent individuals. This has important policy implications for improving the accessibility of low-income groups.
Article
Geography
Kevin Keenan, Mahbubur Meenar
Summary: This paper situates itself in the field of policy geography and employs the principles of Planning to define policy analysis as a form of communication. By integrating geographical concepts, the authors introduce the notion of place ontology, recognizing that policymakers are influenced by their local environment in making professional decisions. Through in-depth interviews with 15 non-profit/community stakeholders in an impoverished and environmentally distressed community in Philadelphia (USA), the authors shed light on a subset of the policy-making community and advance the understanding of policy analysis. This paper demonstrates the neglect of an important aspect of analysis (place ontology) in the current public policy process, especially when studying distressed communities, and also provides guidance on addressing this deficiency.
Article
Economics
Owen Bull, Juan Carlos Munoz, Hugo E. Silva
Summary: The study found that fare-free public transportation significantly increased overall travel, particularly during off-peak periods, with equal contributions from both public transport and non-motorized modes. The increase in off-peak travel was mainly driven by a 28% increase in public transport trips, with no evidence of mode or period substitution.
REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Danijel Hojski, David Hazemali, Marjan Lep
Summary: The traditional approach in public transport planning involves collecting long-term travel demand data and creating timetables accordingly. However, short-term and midterm changes in travel demand pose challenges. One potential solution is introducing a free tariff system for specific populations to stimulate travel demand changes. Slovenia implemented free public transport for citizens aged over 65, and by analyzing the travel behavior of retirees using ticketing data, they were able to improve planning and management effectively.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
A. J. Pesola, P. Hakala, P. Berg, S. Ramezani, K. Villanueva, T. Rinne
Summary: Compared to children living in a city without a free-fare public transport system, children in a Finnish city with the system cycle less but walk more to bus stops, resulting in a similar total duration of active travel. Walking to public transport is identified as a significant source of active travel and the free-fare policy can facilitate this behavior.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Yaroslav Kholodov, Erik Jenelius, Oded Cats, Niels van Oort, Niek Mouter, Matej Cebecauer, Alex Vermeulen
Summary: This research develops a method to analyse the elasticity of travel demand to public transport fares, utilizing smartcard data to collect disaggregate population data and considering fare change directionality. The introduction of a flat-fare policy by the regional administration of Stockholm County has proven attractive, with metro users demonstrating the lowest sensitivity and low socioeconomic groups being less sensitive.
Article
Economics
Paul Basnak, Ricardo Giesen
Summary: Many cities in Europe have made progress in providing free-fare public transport, which can help reduce car use and minimize negative externalities. Using cost minimization models and linear regression, optimal fares for bus services were estimated for 33 small and medium-sized cities in Chile. Recommendations are provided for selecting the best cities for a test of free-fare public transport in Chile, considering factors such as population, income level, student proportion, and natural boundaries.
RESEARCH IN TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Siqin Wang, Yan Liu, Jonathan Corcoran
Summary: This paper examines the impact of fare policy reforms on fare equity in a major metropolitan region in Australia using smartcard data, finding that the reforms led to more equitable fares but the impact varied based on factors such as number of zones traveled, passenger residential location, weekly journey frequency, and applicable incentives. A prototype dashboard is proposed to help public transit agencies map, measure and monitor the relationship between ridership and fare equity.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Urban Studies
Krystyna Kurowska, Daria Adamska-Kmiec, Cezary Kowalczyk, Przemyslaw Len
Summary: The main objective of the study was to determine the communication value of urban space by defining the concept of public transport communication value and developing a method to determine it. The results of the study indicated that the proposed method supports the identification of areas with high communication value and areas where public transport needs improvement.
Article
Transportation
Zdenek Tomes, Hana Fitzova, Vilem Paril, Vaclav Rederer, Zuzana Kordova, Marek Kasa
Summary: Free fare transport schemes are increasingly used worldwide. Slovakia and the Czech Republic have introduced generous fare discount policies for long-distance transport, resulting in significant increases in ridership and modal share for railways, but they also have high costs and some undesirable side effects.
CASE STUDIES ON TRANSPORT POLICY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Jingchen Dai, Zhiyong Liu, Ruimin Li
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted transportation, leading to the implementation of fare-free policies in Chinese cities like Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Xiamen to attract passengers back to public transport. While the free-ride policies had varying effects on subway ridership, they alone were not sufficient to bring ridership back to pre-pandemic levels. This study suggests that a combination of approaches is needed to increase subway attraction during the recovery phase of the pandemic.
Article
Environmental Studies
Wojciech Keblowski
Summary: Degrowth provides a robust critique of growth-driven configurations of space, society, and economy. This article focuses on the role of transport in the context of degrowth and examines the policy of fare-free public transport as a means to challenge growth-driven capitalism and promote socio-spatial justice. Through empirical evidence from FFPT programs in Aubagne (France), Tallinn (Estonia), and Chengdu (China), the article demonstrates how fare abolition can contribute to the principles of degrowth by addressing political-economic questions and avoiding de-politicized and technocratic notions in urban agendas.
Article
Economics
Wojciech Keblowski, Frederic Dobruszkes, Kobe Boussauw
Summary: This article introduces a virtual special issue on critical research of urban transport. It suggests viewing urban transport as socially constructed and contested, and explores its relationship with power dynamics, class relations, gender and patriarchy, ethnicity and race. The article discusses theoretical and methodological frameworks, offers empirical analyses of policies and practices, and outlines directions for further critical research.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Geography
Lela Rekhviashvili, Wojciech Keblowski, Claudio Sopranzetti, Tim Schwanen
Summary: This editorial introduces and contextualises the Special Issue on informalities in urban transport and mobility in cities across the Global South, East and North. It identifies a mutual misrecognition between the urban studies literature on informality and research on transport and mobilities, and proposes that urban mobility be understood as a critical site of contestations over (in)formalisation processes. The editorial suggests that the articles gathered in the Special Issue diversify and extend understandings of informality in both the transport and urban studies literatures. It outlines three specific contributions that the articles make. Drawing on conceptualisations of informality from across the social sciences and by offering empirical studies of informalities in urban mobility in the Global East and North, the articles confront the habit of dualistic thinking in relation to informalities in urban mobility. They move beyond the formal/informal binary and challenging the North/South division which associates informality predominantly with the South. The papers in the Special Issue also highlight how 'informal transport' is a highly dynamic sector at the vanguard of innovation, digitalisation and platform urbanism. Finally, the articles demonstrate that informalities in urban mobility offer a useful analytical lens onto questions of labour struggles and subject formation within ongoing urban transformations.
Article
Geography
Wojciech Kezblowski
Summary: This paper examines fare-free public transport as an alternative urban policy and explores its implementation in two cities. The study finds that although these alternative policies may seem opposed to entrepreneurialism, they actually align with local power structures and strengthen local elites. The adaptability of these alternatives explains their resilience.
Article
Geography
Wojciech Keblowski, Lela Rekhviashvili
Summary: This article examines the case of informal van services in Brussels and highlights the conflicts and issues surrounding informal transport practices in Northern cities.
Article
Transportation
Louise Strauli, Tauri Tuvikene, Tonio Weicker, Wojciech K. Eblowski, Wladimir Sgibnev, Peter Timko, Marcus Finbom
Summary: The study shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed both the users of public transport and their experiences of journeys, challenging the narrative that portrays public transport as a place of fear. Promoting resilient public transport requires policies that address the needs of passengers relying on public transport services.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Article
Economics
Daniel Straub, Wojciech Keblowski, Monika Maciejewska
Summary: This article explores the recent and rapid development of fare-free public transport (FFPT) in Poland, where 93 municipalities have implemented fare-free programs since 2007. The study provides an inquiry into the temporal and spatial dynamics of FFPT in Poland, identifies main characteristics of fare-free localities, and reveals that such programs are more likely to emerge in areas with stable or increasing population and high electoral support for liberal-right and left-wing political parties. The research contributes to advancing knowledge on FFPT and offers a framework for future large-scale explorations of this controversial policy.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Transportation
Monika Maciejewska, Kobe Boussauw, Wojciech Keblowskia, Veronique Van Acker
Summary: This study assesses the impact of public transport service attributes on user loyalty using logistic regression models. The findings highlight the importance and differences of these attributes in influencing user loyalty. The insights provided can aid transportation agencies and policymakers in developing strategies and policies to improve public transport services.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
(2023)
Article
Economics
Astrid Wood, Wojciech Keblowski, Tauri Tuvikene
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2020)
Article
Geography
David Bassens, Wojciech Keblowski, Deborah Lambert
Article
Management
Wojciech Keblowski, Deborah Lambert, David Bassens
CULTURE AND ORGANIZATION
(2020)
Article
Environmental Studies
Wojciech Keblowski, Tauri Tuvikene, Tarmo Pikner, Jussi S. Jauhiainen
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-POLITICS AND SPACE
(2019)
Article
Economics
Wojciech Keblowski, Mathieu Van Criekingen, David Bassens
Review
Geography
Wojciech Keblowski, David Bassens
