Subsidising Urban and Sub-Urban Transport – Distributional Impacts

Abstract

Background and methods: This paper studies distributional effects of public transport (PT) subsidies focusing on the Greater Oslo region.We identify how different PT markets enjoy different levels of subsidies.We describe how subsidies are distributed along PT modes and their respective patronage.This is done by document studies and travel surveys, supplemented by expert inquiries.Results: We find that high-income groups, served by regional trains and high-speed crafts, receive large per passenger and per passenger-kilometre subsidy, while lower-income areas, typically served by local and regional buses, metros and local trains, receive lower subsidies per passenger.Peak traffic receives higher subsidies than offpeak traffic.The overall distributional profile is, however, found to be moderately progressive, in particular because of the socio-economic profile of the average PT passenger relative to the population as a whole.

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