Fare's fair? Concessionary travel policy and social justice. (29th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Houston, Donald; Tilleyed, Sara
• Is Part Of: Journal of poverty and social justice. Volume 24:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 187
• Page End: 207
• Publication Date: 2016-06-29
• Subjects: OLDER PEOPLE -- TRANSPORT POLICY -- MOBILITY -- SOCIAL JUSTICE; Poverty -- Periodicals; Social security -- Periodicals; Exclusion, social -- Periodicals; 361.6
• DOI: 10.1332/175982715X14418059634901
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-8273

Abstract

Abstract : This paper argues that transport has an important influence on individuals' welfare and therefore transport policy can be readily analysed from social justice and welfare policy perspectives – yet only rarely ever is. The paper develops a justice framework in which to assess the 'fairness' of the eligibility criteria used in concessionary fare policies – specifically the justice principles of need, desert, equality, option choices and affordability. The paper examines a concessionary bus fares policy from a social justice perspective, including an empirical assessment of who in practice benefits most from it and how these findings measure against justice principles.