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10.18235/0001530

How Affordable is Transportation in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Flag for IGO Inter-American Development Bank on July 25th 2019
Suárez-Alemán, Ancor, Serebrisky, Tomás and Rivas, María Eugenia
Understanding and recognizing the different transportation conditions and mobility behavior of low-income groups is extremely important for developing and delivering sustainable transportation systems (Lucas et al. 2016). Herein we deepen the understanding of transportation affordability in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with a focus on urban public transportation. The analysis of household expenditure on transportation by income quintile shows that rich households in LAC spent a larger percentage of their expenditure on transportation (17.1 percent) than poorer households (7.7 percent) (Gandelman, Serebrisky, and Suárez-Alemán 2018). Also, as total expenditure increases, expenditure on private transportation increases. Measurement of transportation expenditure may not capture the transportation affordability problem of low-income groups, because fare evasion is higher in deprived areas and poor people may avoid some motorized trips because they are too expensive. We build a transportation affordabili

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SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities ...
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Target 11.2

Provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons

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