The Access to Space for Urban Low Income Groups: The Case of Public Transport

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frans J. Schuurman
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Groups

The Role of Active Transport Modes in Enhancing the Mobility of Low-Income People in Latin America and the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Eugenia Rivas ◽  
Tomás Serebrisky
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Active Transport ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Transport Modes

Active transport modes play a key role in developing sustainable transport systems by making cities accessible, safe, inclusive, and green. In Latin America and the Caribbean, walking and cycling represent a large share of total trips, especially for low-income groups. But for them, the decision to travel by using active transport modes, especially walking, is not based on sustainability but affordability. Income disparities in the region are also reflected in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, with poor neighborhoods lacking infrastructure of sufficient quality or size. Despite some successful experiences in the region, there is a lack of integration between transport modes, particularly public transport and cycling, which is crucial for improving the accessibility of low-income people, who usually live in peripheral areas, face long commutes, and require connecting infrastructure and services. The region has the opportunity to improve low-income groups access to livelihood opportunities and key services by developing infrastructure supporting nonmotorized transport, increasing citizen participation in planning, improving planning and regulation, and integrating active transport modes in urban transport systems, especially public transport.

scholarly journals Accessibility, equity, and mode share: an introductory analysis across 11 Canadian metropolitan areas

10.32866/7400 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boer Cui ◽  
Ahmed El-Geneidy
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Mode Share ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
Geographic Regions

Accessibility impacts mode choice and the degree of its impact varies between geographic regions and income groups. This paper presents an introductory analysis of this relationship for low and higher-income groups across 11 Canadian metropolitan areas. In all regions, low-income groups exhibit higher public transport use at the same level of accessibility. Additional differences exist between income groups in different regions when considering the change in mode share with varying accessibility. This study, while demonstrating the link between public transport mode share and accessibility, also begets further research to explain the differences in this relationship between groups in different regions.

scholarly journals Is it expensive to be poor? Public transport in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Bondemark ◽  
Henrik Andersson ◽  
Anders Wretstrand ◽  
Karin Brundell-Freij
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Large Dataset ◽  
Travel Survey ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Important Policy ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
National Travel Survey

Abstract One of the reasons to subsidise public transport is to improve the mobility of low-income groups by providing affordable public transport; however, the literature describes a situation whereby those with a low income are unable to afford the cheapest tickets per trip, i.e. travelcards, as they usually require a considerable up-front cost. In this study, we use a large dataset from the Swedish National Travel Survey to investigate whether, and if so how, income explains monthly travelcard possession among individuals for whom this would have been the least expensive option. We find a robust positive relationship between income and travelcard possession among low-income earners, indicating that those with a low income pay more to use public transport than more affluent individuals. As the accessibility of low-income groups is an important motivation for public transport subsidies, the findings from this study have important policy implications.

Planetary gentrification and urban (re)development

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loretta Lees
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Groups

Abstract Gentrification is no-longer, if it ever was, a small scale process of urban transformation. Gentrification globally is more often practised as large scale urban redevelopment. It is state-led or state-induced. The results are clear – the displacement and disenfranchisement of low income groups in favour of wealthier in-movers. So, why has gentrification come to dominate policy making worldwide and what can be done about it?

New Trends in Interaction of Developed and Developing Countries in Innovation Sphere

2012 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
A. Eroshkin ◽  
M. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
Adaptive Nature

The economic and innovative rise of the developing states stimulated a deep restructuring of the existing system of international relations in science and technology sphere. As the article points, one of the main manifestations of this trend can be seen in the transformation of global innovation strategies of transnational corporations. The world’s largest TNCs, mostly based in the industrial nations, have begun to transfer growing segments and parts of their R&D programs to the developing countries in order to take advantage of their increased research capacity. As a result, the nature of the projects being implemented there by the TNCs is changing. Historically, the TNCs’ local R&D activities were of adaptive nature. Namely, the stress was made on modification of the products and services offered by the TNCS globally to the specifics of local markets. Currently, a growing number of transnational corporations are implementing the large-scale programs in the developing countries aimed at designing new types of products, including those targeted at the low-income groups of consumers that make up the bulk of the population in developing countries.

scholarly journals A 32 Year old Female with Recurrent Chest Infections with Dizziness

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-156
Author(s):  
Sakib Aman ◽  
Palash Kumar Biswas ◽  
Forhad Uddin Hasan Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Septal Defect ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Septal Defect ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Groups

Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is associated with repeated chest infections. Repeated chest infections, in turn, can lead to bronchiectasis and vice versa. In this case a 32 year old female presented to us with repeated chest infections. Upon thorough examination and investigation, she was found to have both ASD along with bronchiectasis. It also shows the devastating consequences of having two serious illnesses can have on a patients life, specially in low income groups. J MEDICINE 2021; 22: 155-156

scholarly journals ZINC NUTRITION IN CHILEAN PREGNAT TEENAGERS OF LOW INCOME GROUPS

1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-823
Author(s):  
Vb Martin ◽  
Cd Castillo ◽  
V Gattás ◽  
F Castillo ◽  
M González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
Zinc Nutrition
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