This paper is concerned with taxi travel affordability for people with disabilities. It shows that the money costs of travel for people with disabilities are significantly higher than those faced by public transport users without disabilities .

This paper is the first in a series addressing public transport subsidy, with a special focus on a particular argument for subsidy known as the User Economies of Scale (UES) subsidy argument, using teh bus system in metropo litain Adelaide, South Australia, as a case study.

The current public transport policy focus in Adelaide is on the introduction of competitive tendering to improve productive efficiency, improve financial performance and reduce fiscal stress. Beyong this initiative, the question of public transport subsidy is also an issue of critical policy...