Publications
Why (not) abolish fares? Exploring the global geography of fare‐free public transport Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Examining impacts of time-based pricing strategies in public transportation: A study of Singapore Hasselt University
From Bełchatów to Żory Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article explores the recent and rapid development of fare-free public transport (FFPT) in local public transport networks across Poland. The question of pricing public transport, in particular the idea of abolishing fares, is gathering increased attention among academics, policy-makers and activists. Albeit the literature on FFPT is growing, it usually examines individual cases instead of offering a comparative analysis across large ...
The Making(s) of an Alternative Urban Policy: What Happens When Free Fares Come to Town? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
While many urban policies and practices claim to offer an “alternative” to the “mainstream” of urban entrepreneurialism, they remain under-theorised and prone to alignment with entrepreneurial agendas. In this paper I examine fare-free public transport (FFPT) as a salient example of an alternative urban policy. Looking at Aubagne (France) and Tallinn (Estonia), I explore what happens when an alternative policy “comes to town”. I detect how ...