Regular $2, for you $3: when a discounted transfer is not a discount
Often, there are discounts when transferring between transit vehicles. But in some cases, using a discounted transfer could cost you more.
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About me
I’m an assistant professor of City and Regional Planning and a quantitative methods consultant in the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My research focuses on computational methods in transportation, and in particular on public transport.
I hold an MA and PhD in Geography from Arizona State University.
From 2014 until 2017, I was as a Project Manager and Software Developer at Conveyal, a transportation consulting firm, where I worked on accessibility planning.
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How transit fares affect accessibility
Accessibility metrics are increasingly being used for planning, with planning agencies measuring what opportunities the transportation network connects residents to. A common accessibility metric is the “cumulative opportunities” metric, which measures how many opportunities can be reached within a given travel time budget—these opportunities could be jobs, grocery stores, or even abstract space. Furthermore, accessibility is frequently invoked in discussions of just transportation systems. Karel Martens and Rafael H.M. Pereira both argue that just transport systems should provide a baseline level of access to all individuals.
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