Understanding the Effects of Fare Discount Schemes to Metro Transit Ridership Based on Structural Change Analysis

Table 5

Travel characteristics of passengers using the same tickets with a different discount (2018/12/01–2018/12/31).

Index	The group with both “2 RMB discount” and “50% discount”	The group with “2 RMB discount” only
Ratio of passengers	23.80%	76.20%
Ratio of travels	69.08%	30.92%
Ratio of travels in the peak-hours	79.05%	20.95%
Average trips per month (average travel days per month)	31.34 (17.52)	4.38 (3.13)
Average trips per day	1.78	1.39
Stations per travel	7.93	7.73
Cost per month (original cost without 50% discount per month), unit: RMB/month	24.53 (87.88)	7.48 (16.82)
Cost per trip, unit: RMB/trip	0.99	1.92