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

Table 6

Travel characteristics of passengers using different tickets with the same discount (2019/01/01–2019/06/30).

Index	Smart card tickets		E-Tickets
	Group with discount	Group without discount	Group with discount	Group without discount
Ratio of passengers	7.57%	92.43%	19.79%	80.21%
Ratio of travels	32.43%	67.57%	65.41%	34.59%
Ratio of travels in the peak-hours	45.97%	30.14%	55.07%	32.12%
Average trips per month (average travel days per month)	15.99 (9.83)	2.71 (2.03)	31.28 (17.14)	4.02 (2.92)
Average trips per day	1.57	1.33	1.79	1.37
Stations per travel	7.25	7.54	7.54	7.89
Cost per month (original cost without 50% discount per month), unit: RMB/month	40.26 (59.66)	9.08 (10.10)	80.30 (119.41)	13.83 (15.37)
Cost per trip, unit: RMB/trip	2.51	3.34	2.57	3.44