The influence of (toll-related) travel costs in residential location decisions of households: A stated choice approach

Tillema, Taede; Wee, Bert van; Ettema, Dick

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2010.07.009

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“…Highway accessibility may still be an important factor in the location choice for specific groups of people (e.g. Tillema et al, 2010). That is to say, accessibility may guide the choice for a neighborhood, while other local environmental qualities may determine the final location choice within the neighborhood (Tillema et al, 2012), which may lead to a location choice somewhat further away from the highway.…”

Section: Accessibility Nuisance and Residential Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although in general the importance of accessibility in location choices seems to have decreased (Giuliano, 1989), specific groups of people still factor time and costs related to travel into their location choice (e.g. Tillema et al, 2010;van Ommeren et al, 1999). However, residents are also confronted with the negative externalities being particularly important at the local level, potentially contributing to a reduction in local environment quality (Bateman, Day, Lake and Lovett, 2001).…”

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Residential satisfaction close to highways: The impact of accessibility, nuisances and highway adjustment projects

Hamersma

Tillema

Sussman

et al. 2014

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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In this paper we focus on gaining insight into the residential satisfaction of households near highways, based on survey data collected among 1,225 respondents in the Netherlands living within 1,000 meters from a highway. Ordinal regression was used to study the impact of highway externalities on residential satisfaction. Moreover, we gained first insights into the reactions of people on highway adjustment projects, by studying people's expectations towards residential satisfaction as a consequence of the project with use of a multinomial logistic regression analysis. On average, 85 percent of respondents reported being satisfied with living near a highway. Regarding explanatory characteristics, subjective evaluations of air and noise nuisance and of accessibility are of comparable importance and seem to outperform objective exposure calculations or distance from the highway or access lane in explaining residential satisfaction. Moreover highway interest is directly reflected in a higher satisfaction. However, other factors such as neighborhood design, traffic safety and social cohesion are important as well. People react differently to highway adjustment plans, negative expectations being highly driven by current negative feelings towards nuisance, and positive expectations by personal interest in accessibility and a positive attitude towards cars. An important implication could be the notion that exposure is not the same as perceived nuisance, which may give reason to be cautious when making transportation planning decisions based solely on calculations. In addition, the finding that other (neighborhood) factors are also very important in explaining residential satisfaction is interesting when thinking about compensating for the negative effects of a highway in the neighborhood. Also, the results regarding reactions to an announced highway adjustment project might be used to better adjust the planning process to the characteristics of the residents in the area. Further research is necessary to deepen the results, for example through the addition of other road project locations, interviews and longitudinal data.Keywords: highway infrastructure planning, accessibility, nuisance, residential satisfaction, planned highway adjustment projects. Highlights We studied the impact of negative (nuisance) and positive (accessibility) highway externalities and a highway adjustment project on residential satisfaction near highways.  Perceived nuisance and accessibility influence residential satisfaction, but other neighborhood factors are also important.  Perceptions of accessibility and nuisance outweigh objective measures (exposure levels, distance from highway/accesslane).  Highway users show a higher satisfaction level.  Expectations towards highway adjustment projects are mixed; highway users and people who like driving in particular have more positive expectations, currently hindered people more negative expectations.3

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Section: Accessibility Nuisance and Residential Satisfactionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Residential satisfaction close to highways: The impact of accessibility, nuisances and highway adjustment projects

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Tillema

Sussman

et al. 2014

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…Most of them state that road pricing will lead to high densities, mixed uses and compact development patterns. Although most of these studies are conceptual and theoretical, Tillema et al (2010aTillema et al ( , 2010b) − conducting a stated preference experiment among 564 car-commuting respondents in The Netherlands − indicate that about 5% of the respondents has a reasonably high probability of relocating and about 13.5% has a high probability of changing jobs (in favour of a more nearby job location) in case a road pricing measure were to be implemented. Arentze and Timmermans (2007) − using a stated adaptation experiment among 395 train and car users in the Netherlands − found rather opposite results.…”

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“…These external costs − such as congestion, air and noise pollution − are paid by all tax payers and not only by those people who cause them (especially car users). Therefore, road pricing policies are being considered and even implemented in various urbanised areas around the world (e.g., Eliasson et al, 2009;Santos, 2005;Tillema et al, 2010a, 2010b, Vonk Noordegraaf et al, 2014. Doing so, external travel-related costs such as time loss and air pollution could be internalised (e.g., Rouwendal and Verhoef, 2006).…”

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“…Although often neglected by policy makers, road pricing can also have effects on the long run. In the longer term, car ownership may be affected while people may become encouraged to change their residential location or look for a job closer to home (Arentze and Timmermans, 2007;Banister, 2002;Eliasson and Mattsson, 2001;Tillema et al, 2010aTillema et al, , 2010bvan Ommeren et al, 1999).…”

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Road pricing in a polycentric urban region: Analysing a pilot project in Belgium

Vos

2016

Transport Policy

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In order to cope with growing car use and congestion, academics often suggest road pricing as a way to reduce car use and internalise external costs (such as congestion and air pollution). However, implementations of road pricing schemes are rather limited and mainly focus on large cities (i.e., cordon charges). Recently, the three regional governments of Belgium − a highly urbanised and polycentric country -have commissioned a pilot project of an area-wide, time-and locationdifferentiated road pricing scheme, hence differentiating charges according to the time of the day and the type of road used. Results of this project indicate that kilometres travelled by car mainly reduce in urban areas, while car use on motorways only reduces to a limited degree. Furthermore, results indicate that urban residents adapt their travel behaviour more than suburban and rural residents, probably because urban dwellers have more alternatives to travel than driving personal cars only, especially on the short run. In this paper, we will analyse the preliminary outcomes of the conducted pilot project, look into the limitations of this project and suggest an alternative road pricing scheme.

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The Role of Flexibility at Work on Residential Location: From the Work-Life Balance Perspective

Kim

2020

Population Change and Public Policy

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The influence of (toll-related) travel costs in residential location decisions of households: A stated choice approach

Cited by 33 publications

References 41 publications

Residential satisfaction close to highways: The impact of accessibility, nuisances and highway adjustment projects

Residential satisfaction close to highways: The impact of accessibility, nuisances and highway adjustment projects

Road pricing in a polycentric urban region: Analysing a pilot project in Belgium

The Role of Flexibility at Work on Residential Location: From the Work-Life Balance Perspective

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