Modelling the Impact of Transit Fare Change on Passengers’ Accessibility 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Zhenyuan (Eric) Ma 11 zhenyuan.ma@alumni.ubc.ca 12 13 Abdul Rahman Masoud, M.A.Sc., EIT 14 amasoud@outlook.com 15 16 Ahmed O. Idris*, Ph.D., P.Eng. 17 ahmed.idris@ubc.ca 18 19 School of Engineering, University of British Columbia 20 EME 4242 - 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada 21 Tel: (250) 807-9809, Fax: (250) 807-9850 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Word Count: Abstract (174), Paper (5,900) + 6 × Figures/tables (7,574)= words. 32 33 34 Date of submission: July 31 st , 2016 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Paper submitted for consideration of presentation at the 96 th Transportation Research Board 44 (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 8 th -12 th , 2017 Washington, D.C. and subsequent publication in the 45 Transportation Research Record (TRR), Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 46 * Corresponding author