Willingness to pay for COVID-19 mitigation measures in public transport and paratransit in low-income countries.

ABSTRACT: In order to combat the spread of COVID-19, various measures were taken in most countries to make public transit and paratransit safer. These additional measures, which include restrictions on number of passengers, provision of hand sanitisers and face coverings, and more frequent cleaning, add to the costs of operations or reduce profitability. The resulting financial pressure on the transport operators raises an important question on who pays for these additional measures. In most countries, this has been covered by one-time government bailouts to operators or strategies to increase fare, the latter of which directly affects the users. However, even without these interventions, there could be a demand and as such willingness to pay (WTP) for some of these intervention measures from the co

SUBMITTER: Bwambale A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742211 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature