Border Zone Mass Transit Demand in Brownsville and Laredo
2017
Fullerton, Thomas M. Jr | Walke, Adam G.
This study examines whether economic conditions in Mexico influence public transportationridership levels in the border cities of Brownsville and Laredo, Texas. Besides the standardvariables generally utilized to model bus ridership, additional indicators included in the empiricalanalysis are northbound pedestrian traffic and the real exchange rate index. Seemingly unrelatedregression parameter estimates suggest that the volume of pedestrian border crossings in both citiesis positively related to changes in ridership. The real exchange rate index in Laredo is negativelyrelated to fluctuations in ridership, implying that peso appreciation increases transit utilization inthis border city.
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