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Changes in transit ridership behavior in response to the elimination of off-peak transit fares are examined. Empirically, the analysis is based on data collected for a one-year free-fare demonstration sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration in Trenton, New Jersey. Fare elasticity of demand is used as the measure of behavioral response. Important to the analysis is the clarification of distinctions among different measures of fare elasticity. In order to both illustrate the differences among types of elasticity and demonstrate the separate impact attributable to the choice of estimating technique, several techniques are applied and their results compared. It is concluded that the demand response to fare elimination is inelastic and that variations among individuals in the extent of response cannot be associated with differences in socioeconomic characteristics. Free fare is therefore judged not to be a direct means of fulfilling the transportation needs of socio-economically defined population groups. (Author)

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1980

Transportation Research Record

59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Demonstration projects; Elasticity (Mechanics); Fares; Free fares; Off peak periods; Public transit; Ridership; Socioeconomic factors

Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB

Oct 28 1982 12:00AM

• ALLOCATION OF BUS TRANSIT SERVICE
• AUTOMATION IN PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS. ABRIDGMENT
• CONCEPT OF TRANSPORTATION NEED REVISITED
• EFFECTS OF SMALL-SCALE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS ON SAVING ENERGY
• EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT ROUTING CONFIGURATIONS IN A HYPOTHETICAL LOW-DENSITY AREA. ABRIDGMENT
• EVALUATION OF THE BARNSTABLE COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
• FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE LOCAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT EXPENDITURES. ABRIDGMENT
• INTEGRATED TRANSIT-NETWORK MODEL (INET): A NEW URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SYSTEM PROGRAM
• NEAR-SIDE OR FAR-SIDE BUS STOPS: A TRANSIT POINT OF VIEW
• ORGANIZATION THEORY AND THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF TRANSIT AGENCIES. ABRIDGMENT
• STRATIFICATION APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF URBAN TRANSIT PERFORMANCE
• THE RUNAROUND: USER-SIDE SUBSIDIES FOR FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT IN DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
• TIME STABILITY OF ATTITUDES TOWARD TRANSIT USE IN THE ORLANDO, FLORIDA, URBANIZED AREA. ABRIDGMENT
• VALUE OF URBAN TRANSIT OPERATING-COST MODELS AS FORECASTING TOOLS