The implementation of road user charging and the lessons learnt: the case of Valletta, Malta

Attard, Maria; Ison, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.05.009

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“…By 2004, 32,128 car owners had the V-licence, excluding some 5000 residents that were exempt and with only 3000 legal parking spaces available in the City, it was evident that most car owners paid the V-licence for occasional use. Despite this its contribution to the Government Consolidated Fund was considerable (s1.4 m in 2004) (Attard and Ison, 2010).…”

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“…As identified by Attard and Ison (2010), the Controlled Vehicular Access system has a number of advantages, amongst which are that it: discriminates against commuters and encourages shorter visits for shopping and entertainment (Delia, 2007); increases parking turnover in the area closest to the city's commercial centre; allows for changes to the system to be activated easily through technology (Mamo and Dalli, 2007); allows for a fairer system of assigning residency (Delia, 2007); allows customer interaction for viewing and paying the charge (Mamo and Dalli, 2007); and allows and encourages visitors to the city during low demand. Fig.…”

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The effects of road user charges in the context of weak parking policies: The case of Malta

Attard

Ison

2015

Case Studies on Transport Policy

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The effects of road user charges in the context of weak parking policies: The case of Malta

Attard

Ison

2015

Case Studies on Transport Policy

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“…Much attention among previous studies has focused on the effects of road pricing and driving restrictions, the results of which are contradictory in various cities [5][6][7][42][43][44]. Johansson-Stenman [45] reviewed the theory of congestion pricing for roads and suggests that improved public transport or frequent use of public transport are potentially important policy complements to road pricing.…”

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Do Urban Subway Openings Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations? Evidence from China

Hong-you

Zhu

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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With the fast-growing consumption of automobiles in China, vehicle fumes appear to be one of the major contributors to PM 2.5 (fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 µm or less) emissions. As a type of green transportation, Chinese urban subway transit has developed rapidly in recent years. This paper estimates the effect of urban subway openings on PM 2.5 concentrations in Chinese cities. Using daily air quality data for 29 Chinese cities from 2013 to 2018, and using regression discontinuity design, we find that new subway openings reduce PM 2.5 concentrations by an average of 18 µg/m 3 . The potential mechanism for this emission reduction is due to the offset in on-road transportation, and the use of cleaner energy. Also, central heating in winter, population scale, and city tier play crucial roles in the emission-reducing effect of subway openings. A series of robustness tests are conducted to support the fundamental empirical results. Targeted policy implications, such as optimizing the planning of urban subway construction and road network, fostering awareness of green travel, and promoting the innovation of emission-reducing technologies, are suggested for sustainable development in Chinese cities.

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“…One of the main uses of ANPR is for monitoring and control of transport systems and infrastructure such as those used for bus lane enforcement (i.e. to penalise those not entitled to use them), for checking vehicle speeds or for road charging (Leape, 2006;Attard and Ison, 2010;Velaga and Pangbourne, 2014). Another common use by local authorities is for sampling of journey times along key links in the network for transport planning or management purposes or for dissemination to the public (Kuroiwa et al, 2006;Hounsell et al, 2009;Hasan et al, 2011;Li et al, 2013).…”

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Using automatic number plate recognition data to investigate the regularity of vehicle arrivals

McLeod

Cherrett

Box

et al. 2017

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

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This paper uses automatically-recorded vehicle number plate data from a network of 22 cameras in Dorset, UK, to investigate the extent to which regular trip making can be determined using the regularity of individual vehicle arrival times across the same sites and time intervals over extended periods of several months and illustrates how a cohort of recognised regular vehicles may provide indicative evidence of traffic delays. Regularity was defined based on minimum numbers of observations over a given period and with specified maximum values of standard deviation in arrival time, with sensitivity to different values being tested. It was found that around one-fifth of all vehicles were regular during the morning peak where the definition required at least 30 observations out of 210 working days and with a standard deviation in arrival time of no more than ten minutes; significantly fewer vehicles were found to be regular in the afternoon peak. The turnover, or churn, of regular vehicles was found to be considerable, with only one-tenth of defined regular vehicles being continuously regular throughout the period and with identified pools of regular drivers halving in size every three months, as vehicles ceased to be regular and where the pool was not updated. This suggests that any database of regular drivers should be updated at least quarterly to ensure that new regular vehicles are included and that old ones are discarded. These findings may have inferences for traffic information systems tailored for different driver groups according to assumed levels of network knowledge.

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The implementation of road user charging and the lessons learnt: the case of Valletta, Malta

Cited by 31 publications

References 16 publications

The effects of road user charges in the context of weak parking policies: The case of Malta

The effects of road user charges in the context of weak parking policies: The case of Malta

Do Urban Subway Openings Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations? Evidence from China

Using automatic number plate recognition data to investigate the regularity of vehicle arrivals

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