define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: The New Yorker: Income Inequality Visualized along New York’s Subway https://www.cat-bus.com/2013/04/the-new-yorker-income-inequality-visualized-along-new-yorks-subway/ Anton Dubrau's blog about maps, transit ideas and implementations Tue, 14 May 2013 17:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: Peter Laws https://www.cat-bus.com/2013/04/the-new-yorker-income-inequality-visualized-along-new-yorks-subway/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 Tue, 14 May 2013 17:44:07 +0000 http://www.cat-bus.com/?p=247#comment-1631 This is classic bid-rent stuff. Google around for Von Thunen among others.

Flat fares are actually a good way to help with the income inequalities (which I agree are a problem for society and not just NYC).

http://www.answers.com/topic/bid-rent-theory (you can substitute different income groups for the different land uses here – works the same way).\

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