THE PRICE ELASTICITY STUDY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE HELSINKI METROPOLITA N AREA

The aim of the price elasticity study of public transport in Helsinki Metropolitan Area was to find out the effects of small fare changes on the demand i.e. the number of public transport passengers. The research was limited to include only regular tickets for adults, both regional tickets and the cities' internal tickets. The concessionary tickets were checked up only for to find out if changes in the rights to obtain a concessionary pass had affected the demand of regular tickets.e statistics of tickets sold both by YTV and the cities, ticket prices and general statistics available on factors affecting the demand for public transport. The research period comprised of years 1987... 1997 i.e. since the introduction of the regional tickets.