Public Transit Access and Income Segregation
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International Economic Review, Volume 66, issue 4, pp. 1525-1560
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What are the implications of mass transit improvements for residential income segregation within cities? I observe large income differences in households' usage of and residential proximity to “fast” versus “slow” transit (e.g., subways vs. buses on shared lanes). Consistent with these observations, I propose a theoretical framework to characterize the relationship between income segregation and the spatial distribution of transit speeds and travel mode choices within cities. I find that transit improvements that would maximize transit ridership tend to reduce income segregation when improving “slow” transit but increase income segregation when improving “fast” transit.Description
Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). International Economic Review published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association.
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Akbar, P A 2025, 'Public Transit Access and Income Segregation', International Economic Review, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 1525-1560. https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.70008