[sustran] Info on Pricing Policies & their (negative) impact on bike use

Allie Thomas allietberkeley at gmail.com
Mon May 9 17:08:24 JST 2011


I'm looking for any research that focuses on how pricing policies have
negatively impacted bike use. Currently, with low public transit fares in
Beijing, fewer people are biking. I'm not suggesting this is the only reason
for the decrease, but many Chinese officials feel that the government's
decision to slash subway and bus fares has definitely made an impact. Bus
prices have been reduced from 1 or 2 rmb to 0.40 rmb for all buses. Subway
fares are 2 rmb anywhere in the city (no graduated fares like in Shanghai).

Any information on this would be great.

Also, if anyone knows of any journal articles, etc on how low public transit
fares negatively impact quality of service as well as safety would be great.
The subway in Beijing is getting overcrowded esp. during rush hour and
they've had to restrict the number of people entering certain subway stops.
Buses are just as overcrowded as well.

cheers,

Allie Thomas
Doctoral candidate
Dept of City & Regional Planning
UC Berkeley


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