scholarly journals Linking Loyalty Card Data to Public Transport Data to Explore Mobility and Social Exclusion in the Older Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6217
Author(s):  
Ffion Carney
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Older Population ◽  
Activity Spaces ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Table Data ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Loyalty Card

Inequalities in the provision of public transport and the accessibility of both public transport services and key facilities can impact wellbeing and increase social exclusion. This study explores the relationship between the provision of public transport services, mobility and social exclusion by utilising loyalty card transaction data to estimate the activity spaces of the older population in the West Midlands (England) metropolitan area. Bus time table data were used to calculate bus service provision and travel times to retail areas. Regression analyses were then used to quantify the impacts that the provision and efficiency of public transport services have on the area of older cardholders’ activity spaces. The provision of public transport services was found to have a significant impact on the size of these activity spaces, along with several sociodemographic variables, including age, deprivation and health. The results suggested that access to reliable public transport increased the mobility levels of the older population and allowed for a wider range of retail opportunities to be accessed. Inequalities in the provision of public transport could therefore exacerbate the wider social issues that affect some of the most vulnerable groups of the population.

Reorienting World Bank Involvement with Urban Transport in Europe and Central Asia

2003 ◽  
Vol 1846 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Slobodan Mitric
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Publicly Owned ◽  
Public Transport Services

Responding to an acute funding and supply crisis in urban public transport services during the past decade, the World Bank made eight loans benefiting about 20 cities in ex-socialist countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA). The main strategy for the first five projects, now completed, was to make loans for fleet replacement and rehabilitation, conditional on restructuring publicly owned operators, increasing their fare revenue, instilling a greater discipline in subsidy payments, and attempting to bring private capital and skills into the sector. Services provided by publicly owned operators were improved and cost recovery from fares increased, but the funding gap still persists. In the last three projects, approved in the late 1990s, the focus shifted to attracting private operators under a competitive framework, creating markets in road maintenance, and accelerating traffic management. A strategic shift is now warranted, recognizing that increasing motorization and the consequent shifts in the modal split are of primary importance in ECA urban areas. A proposal is presented to extend market principles to the automobile as well, primarily through city-based road use charges. The new strategy continues to emphasize the creation of competitive markets, increased user charges, and sound funding for public transport services, subject to protection mechanisms for low-income and other vulnerable groups. Other building blocks of the strategy (e.g., investment agenda, capacity building, and knowledge-oriented activities) are derived directly from the preferred policy orientations.

scholarly journals Psychosocial Barriers of Public Transport Use and Social Exclusion among Older Adults: Empirical Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahmad Al-Rashid ◽  
Hong Ching Goh ◽  
Yong Adilah Shamsul Harumain ◽  
Zulfiqar Ali ◽  
Tiziana Campisi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Psychosocial Barriers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Transport Services

Transport planning and public health have been intertwined historically. The health impact of public transport services, such as social exclusion, is a widely discussed research topic. Social exclusion is a paramount concern for older adults’ health in the wake of emerging global challenges. However, there remains a significant research gap on how psychosocial barriers faced by older adults in using public transport services influence the social exclusion behavior. The present research provides empirical evidence and shows the impact of certain psychosocial barriers of public transportation on older adults’ social exclusion. A total of 243 Pakistani older adults (aged 60–89 years old) voluntarily participated in this cross-sectional study. The participants provided self-reports on their psychosocial barriers (including perceived norms, attitude, personal ability, habits, neighborhood social constraints, and intention) and the corresponding social exclusion. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized for the data analysis. The structural path model supported the significant associations between psychosocial barriers and social exclusion. Except for perceived descriptive norms, all other psychosocial barriers predicted older adults’ social exclusion. The research portrays the significance of the psychosocial factors to examine social exclusion and offers practical implications for urban and transport planners. The concerned policymakers can use the research findings to develop age-sensitive, socially sustainable, and healthy cities.

scholarly journals Building a Model of Integration of Urban Sharing and Public Transport Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3086
Author(s):  
Marcin Jacek Kłos ◽  
Grzegorz Sierpiński
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Harmful Emissions ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The Given ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Potential Area

The intense growth of cities affects their inhabitants to a considerable extent. The issues facing the traveling population include congestion and growing harmful emissions. Urban transport requires changes towards eco-friendly solutions. However, even though new forms of traveling (sharing services) are being implemented, their integration with public transport remains problematic. On account of the large number of available services combined with the absence of their integration, city inhabitants are faced with the dilemma of choosing between one or several transport modes which would enable them to make the given trip. The main goal of this article is to propose a model for integration of different transport services which could support those who intend to travel in the decision-making process. Therefore, the parameters of a model of urban sharing services were identified and classified. The parameters discussed in the paper with reference to an extensive literature review describe how individual sharing services are functioning. What has also been identified is the location-specific factors as well as those related to the potential area of operation which affect the integration with public transport. In order to take all the relevant parameters into account and find a solution to the problem at hand, a multi-criteria decision-making approach has been proposed. To this end, scores and weights determining their impact on the model have been established. For purposes of the solution in question, the relevant calculations were conducted by referring to an actual need to travel between selected locations.

scholarly journals EVALUATION METHODS OF THE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF SUBURBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (19) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Г. С. ПРОКУДІН ◽  
В. П. КУЗЬМИЧ ◽  
Н. В. КОП’ЯК
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Services

scholarly journals ECONOMIC AND MATHEMATICAL MULTIFACTOR MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF THE CITY

2017 ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Borysova
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
City Council ◽  
Social Effect ◽  
Multifactor Model ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Public Transport Services

Introduction. Such variables as number of employees in marketing of organisation, value of marketing expenses, cost on innovation, the number of marketing staff, the share of marketing efforts which is undertaken in cooperation with the city council and different non-profit organizations, the marketing costs, the level of satisfaction of marketers, level of marketing potential, level of innovation potential are considered in this research. They are marketing factors that can affect the level of social impact of Ukrainian providers of urban public transport services. Purpose. The article aims to obtain the adequate econometric model which can demonstrate the relationship between marketing factors, innovation development and the non-economic effect of business entities which provide the urban public transport services. Method (methodology). The results of evaluation of social effect of Ukrainian providers of urban public transport services are evaluated on the basis of mathematical multifactor model. They are presented in the article. Results. The adequate econometric model has been worked out in this research. This model shows the relationship between controllable marketing factors and social effect has been presented in the article. We have determined the controllable marketing factors. They are number of employees and volunteers in marketing, the average monthly wage of employees in marketing, satisfaction of volunteers, total current assets of an organization, and the level of marketing potential. The model can be used to predict the level of social (ecological) impact of providers of urban public transport services in the Ukrainian society.

scholarly journals FINANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloš POLIAK ◽  
Štefánia SEMANOVÁ ◽  
Michaela MRNÍKOVÁ ◽  
Lenka KOMAČKOVÁ ◽  
Patrícia ŠIMURKOVÁ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Services

scholarly journals KARAKTERISTIK PERGERAKAN PENUMPANG ANGKUTAN UMUM PERDESAAN DI KABUPATEN KUNINGAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Adinda Sekar Tanjung ◽  
Puspita Dirgahayani
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Movement Characteristics ◽  
Transportation Routes ◽  
Public Transport Services

Abstract   The demand for rural public transportation is dominated by people who cannot access private vehicles. In terms of the number of operating routes and the performance of their services, currently rural public transport services tend to decline. The mobility of rural communities to reach social facilities can be hampered if there is no public transportation service, which in turn will reduce the quality of human resources in rural areas. This study focuses on the movement characteristics of rural public transport passengers in Kuningan Regency. Several rural transportation routes were taken as samples, namely route 030 Cilimus-Linggarjati, route 061 Cilimus-Mandirancan, and route 037 Lengkong-Rancakeusik. This study shows that the characteristics of the movement of rural public transport passengers are an integral part in an effort to maintain rural public transport services. These characteristics of passenger movement can be used to improve the performance of public transportation, become input for public transport operators, and become material for local governments to make policies   Keywords: rural public transportation; public transport routes; public transport services; public transport performance.     Abstrak   Permintaan angkutan umum perdesaan didominasi oleh masyarakat yang tidak dapat mengakses kendaraan pribadi. Dari sisi jumlah trayek yang beroperasi dan kinerja layanannya, saat ini layanan angkutan umum perdesaan cenderung semakin menurun. Mobilitas masyarakat perdesaan untuk menjangkau fasilitas sosial dapat terhambat jika tidak ada layanan angkutan umum, yang pada akhirnya akan menurunkan kualitas sumber daya manusia di kawasan perdesaan. Studi ini berfokus pada karakteristik pergerakan penumpang angkutan umum perdesaan di Kabupaten Kuningan. Beberapa trayek angkutan perdesaan diambil sebagai sampel, yaitu trayek 030 Cilimus-Linggarjati, trayek 061 Cilimus-Mandirancan, dan trayek 037 Lengkong-Rancakeusik. Penelitian ini  menunjukkan bahwa karakteristik pergerakan penumpang angkutan umum perdesaan merupakan bagian yang tidak terpisahkan dalam upaya mempertahankan layanan angkutan umum perdesaan. Karakteristik pergerakan penumpang ini dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kinerja angkutan umum, menjadi masukan bagi operator angkutan umum, serta menjadi bahan pemerintah daerah untuk membuat kebijakan.   Kata-kata kunci: angkutan umum perdesaan; trayek angkutan umum; layanan angkutan umum; kinerja angkutan umum.

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