摘要: |
Redistributive effects of transportation networks are difficult to appreciate with traditional models. Specifically, in a geopolitical context, such as the Montreal case in which the transit fare deficits are absorbed by local municipalities, there is a substantial disparity between funding allocations based on where riders live versus where they use the transit system. The actual research project suggests a new methodology articulated on processing origin and destination survey data with a totally disaggregate approach. The method calculates, for every transit line and bus route, transit consumption in terms of passenger kilometers traveled by respective municipality residents. A spreadsheet is then developed for allocation of costs and revenues against a suitable measure of direct benefits within a multinetwork, multimodal, and multi-institutional framework. In the Montreal context, economic distortions (typically, suburban riders being subsidized by the core city residents) have been observed with the studied (1987) fare-subsidy structure. |