Is the public willing to pay for hydrogen buses? A comparative study of preferences in four cities

Willingness to Pay and Public Acceptance for Hydrogen Buses: A Case Study of Perugia

“…We notice that this result is consistent with other surveys, such as O'Garra et al [12] and Heo and Yoo [17]. Both surveys showed that in most cities, more than 50% of respondents are likely to avoid using their private cars for environmental reasons.…”

“…This crucial point has been deeply discussed in the literature focusing on the link between knowledge and acceptability. Previous studies have underlined that a favorable public opinion can depend on whether the available information on H2 is commonly positive [12] and rather generally refers to fuel use [14]. Indeed, Hemmes et al [21] obtained a reduced acceptability by also providing negative information to their respondents, and the same reduction characterizes studies on infrastructure rather than specific applications [14].…”

“…Concerning attitudes, many scholars have found largely positive attitudes towards H2B [8,12,18,20]. This crucial point has been deeply discussed in the literature focusing on the link between knowledge and acceptability.…”

“…Indeed, some authors, such as Altmann and Graesel [3], Heo and Yoo [17] and Maack et al [18], surveyed residents, including bus users and non-bus users. In other studies, respondents were only bus users, such as in O'Garra et al [12], O'Garra and Mourato [13], and O'Garra, [19]. Finally, Haraldson et al [20] interviewed not only bus users but also bus drivers.…”

“…Zacharian-Wolff and Hemmes [7] analyzed acceptance of both H2 technology and its different applications in the Netherlands, and O'Garra et al [8] investigated the awareness determinants of H2. However, to the best of our knowledge, only a few studies [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] have attempted to analyze preferences for and acceptability of H2B irrespective of WTP assessment. These studies were mainly focused on major cities, such as Berlin, London or Perth, but studies on medium towns, such as Stockholm, or on small towns, such as Luxembourg or Knoxville, also exist.…”