Congestion pricing practices and public acceptance: A review of evidence

Gu, Ziyuan; Liu, Zhiyuan; Cheng, Qixiu; Saberi, Meead

doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2018.01.004

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“…Much research has been conducted measuring peoples' attitudes to existing policies (i.e., acceptance), but in order to implement new policies, research has to be able to provide decision makers with an understanding of how and why citizens are likely to respond to these implementations, that is, attitudes prior to implementation. Previous reviews on attitudes toward environmental policy have either focused exclusively on a single environmental domain, like climate or congestion policies [3][4][5], or focused on a specific set of determinants, like political factors [6]. In this narrative review, we aim to describe the effects of a range of individual level factors, such as sociodemographic variables, personal factors and policy-specific beliefs, over a range of environmental policy domains, to serve as a resource for both researchers and policymakers.…”

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Individual Factors Influencing Acceptability for Environmental Policies: A Review and Research Agenda

Ejelöv

Nilsson

2020

Sustainability

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To facilitate an understanding of why some environmental policies are acceptable to private citizens and why some are not, we review individual factors that influence the acceptability of environmental policy measures. The factors are categorized in demographic factors, such as age and gender, personal factors such as values and ideology, and policy specific beliefs such as perceptions of how fair or effective a policy is. The reviewed studies indicate that demographic factors generally have small effects on acceptability, that ideology seems to be a consistent predictor among personal factors, and that policy specific beliefs may be effective in explaining acceptability but that the relative importance of the specific beliefs may vary between policy contexts. However, we note methodological concerns in the field of environmental policy acceptability that limit the conclusions that can be drawn from reviews or meta-analyses. We end by giving suggestions for how this field can move forward to provide policy makers with more detailed tools on how to design acceptable environmental policies, for example by introducing more experimental designs, and the standardization of targeting factors, as well as acceptability measures and the improved categorizations of policy tools.

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Individual Factors Influencing Acceptability for Environmental Policies: A Review and Research Agenda

Ejelöv

Nilsson

2020

Sustainability

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“…Following Singapore's success, several other pricing schemes have been implemented worldwide, such as in London, Stockholm, and Milan. See Gu et al (2018) for a comprehensive overview. More recently, instead of looking into cordon and zonal schemes, a number of advanced pricing schemes have been proposed and implemented thanks to the development of various pricing technologies.…”

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Optimal distance- and time-dependent area-based pricing with the Network Fundamental Diagram

Shafiei

Liu

et al. 2018

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

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Given the efficiency and equity concerns of a cordon toll, this paper proposes a few alternative distance-dependent area-based pricing models for a large-scale dynamic traffic network. We use the Network Fundamental Diagram (NFD) to monitor the network traffic state over time and consider different trip lengths in the toll calculation. The first model is a distance toll that is linearly related to the distance traveled within the cordon. The second model is an improved joint distance and time toll (JDTT) whereby users are charged jointly in proportion to the distance traveled and time spent within the cordon. The third model is a further improved joint distance and delay toll (JDDT) which replaces the time toll in the JDTT with a delay toll component. To solve the optimal toll level problem, we develop a simulation-based optimization (SBO) framework. Specifically, we propose a simultaneous approach and a sequential approach, respectively, based on the proportional-integral (PI) feedback controller to iteratively adjust the JDTT and JDDT, and use a calibrated large-scale simulation-based dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) model of Melbourne, Australia to evaluate the network performance under different pricing scenarios. While the framework is developed for static pricing, we show that it can be easily extended to solve time-dependent pricing by using multiple PI controllers. Results show that although the distance toll keeps the network from entering the congested regime of the NFD, it naturally drives users into the shortest paths within the cordon resulting in an uneven distribution of congestion. This is reflected by a large clockwise hysteresis loop in the NFD. In contrast, both the JDTT and JDDT reduce the size of the hysteresis loop while achieving the same control objective. We further conduct multiple simulation runs with different random seed numbers to demonstrate the effectiveness of different pricing models against simulation stochasticity. However, we postulate that the feedback control is not applicable with guaranteed convergence if the periphery of the cordon area becomes highly congested or gridlocked.

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“…Perceived fairness in distribution of revenue and personal freedom were found to be strong determinants of acceptability, while sociodemographic fators had low association. Gu, Liu, Cheng, & Saberi (2018) reviewed nine area-based congestion pricing schemes to analyze public acceptance using a qualitative case study approach. They identified privacy, equity, complexity and uncertainty as critical factors determining congestion and proposed a three-step interaction-oriented approach for improvement of public acceptance toward congestion pricing.…”

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A Study on Awareness and Effectiveness of Congestion Management Through Parking Pricing for Patna, India

Bandyopadhyaya¹,

Bandyopadhyaya²,

Prashad³

2018

Proceedings of the 40th International Academic Conference, Stockholm

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Road traffic congestion is a major problem with rapid urbanization, increased travel demand and use of personal vehicles. In old cities of developing nations, with narrow roads and unmanaged raodside parkings, congestion problems require special attention. Parking management and pricing, including penalty for illegal parking, can go a long way in reducing congestion of the city. This paper attempts to understand the underlying factors determining level of awareness of people about congestion and its effects, their willingness to take responsibility, their perception about parking management and pricing and its effectiveness through study of perception of people of Patna, Bihar, India using structured questionnaire. Factor Analysis is done to identify the factors which can be modeled with willingness to pay.

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Congestion pricing practices and public acceptance: A review of evidence

Cited by 130 publications

References 52 publications

Individual Factors Influencing Acceptability for Environmental Policies: A Review and Research Agenda

Individual Factors Influencing Acceptability for Environmental Policies: A Review and Research Agenda

Optimal distance- and time-dependent area-based pricing with the Network Fundamental Diagram

A Study on Awareness and Effectiveness of Congestion Management Through Parking Pricing for Patna, India

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