The Impact of the Rise in Public Transport Tariffs: “the Most Affected Are Always Those Living on the Periphery”

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At five in the morning, when it is still night in Coacalco, in the State of Mexico, about 40 kilometers from the center of the capital, Mireya Santos is already on the street. The 47-year-old woman walks two blocks, raises her hand and settles in the last available seat of a combi, as they call the public transport vans. “Today I was lucky, sometimes I wait up to 20 minutes and I stop all the way,” she says. Less fortunate passengers who travel …