Urban travel behaviour and household income in times of economic crisis: Challenges and perspectives for sustainable mobility

Papagiannakis, Apostolos; Baraklianos, Ioannis; Spyridonidou, Alexia

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.12.006

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“…Young people, singles, low-income groups, low educated and professionally insecure individuals (unemployed or part-time employed, students) were those who claimed lower prices, indicating that the economic crisis does not have the same impact on all citizens. This finding is in line with the results of [27], that found that mobility behaviour changes during the economic crisis are income dependent.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…These studies report an overall reduction in the mobility of travellers, due to the income reduction and the increase in unemployment level [26]. Concerning the transport mode used, a decrease in the market share of the most expensive transport modes, such as private cars [27] and taxis [28] has been observed, whereas there has been an increase in the public transport mode share [26].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The case study in the present work is the island of Crete, the questionnaire is addressed to its inhabitants and as travels are considered, the travels from Crete to the mainland. Particularly an off-Crete trip refers to the trip made by ship or airplane from Crete to anywhere on the Moreover, an increase in the demand for sustainable transport modes (bicycle, walking), mainly due to the economic crisis and the respective income reduction has been reported [27]. However, all the aforementioned studies focus on the impact of the economic crisis on the mobility in an urban environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Impact of Economic Crisis on Passenger Transportation – Case of Travelling to the Greek Mainland from Crete

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The Greek economic crisis of 2009 onwards has affected all aspects of social and economic life of the country, including transportation. The present study focuses on the impact of economic crisis on the long distance transportation between the island of Crete in Greece, the largest Greek island and one of the largest in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Greek mainland. A questionnaire survey was used to investigate the opinions of the Cretans on the way the economic crisis influenced their transportation to the Greek mainland. The results of the survey show that the frequency of the Cretans’ travels was significantly limited, owing to the increased direct or indirect associated cost, due to the economic crisis. Especially for those who struggled to make ends meet, the transportation to the mainland dropped to the bare essentials. Furthermore, the respondents deemed that the deregulation of the Greek maritime and airline markets was also to blame for the high fares, thus they favoured a regulated public transport sector and were against privatization. Inevitably, financially vulnerable individuals were the most preoccupied with these issues. A feeling of isolation and exclusion was revealed by the sample on occasions when the scheduled trips were cancelled by the operators due to exogenous parameters.

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Impact of Economic Crisis on Passenger Transportation – Case of Travelling to the Greek Mainland from Crete

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“…Existing research has shown that cities where the modal share of private vehicles is above 75% produce 2.5 t more CO 2 per passenger per year, or more than four times more than cities where the combined share of public transport, cycling and walking is more than 55% [20]. The major factors affecting transport mode choices are divided into two interrelated categories of built environment and personal factors [22]. Extensive literature has explored the impact of built environment attributes, including street design, population density, land use diversity, destination accessibility, and distance to transit on individuals' travel behaviors [23][24][25][26][27].…”

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What Influences the Choice Between Private Car and Public Transport for Shopping Trips? Impact of Socio-economic and Built Environment Factors

Guo

2018

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Shifting toward sustainable daily travel will play a significant role in the future of sustainable development and the lowering of carbon emissions. This study provides an in-depth comparison of transport mode choice and corresponding CO 2 emissions between private cars and public transport used for shopping trips based on individual data from a travel survey conducted in Shenyang, China. The analysis found that bus travel accounted for the majority of motorized transportation. Public transport users were closely distributed along the bus or metro lines, and aggregated private car users were mainly clustered within the second circumferential road. Furthermore, average per trip emissions for private car travel were 8-fold that of public transport. Binary logistic regression modeling was employed to examine factors that were related to the choice between private car and public transport, and the results indicated that car ownership and gender were the most important factors in explaining the preference of car driving. Age and per capita monthly income were negatively correlated with car driving. In addition, there were also negative impacts associated to the built environment factors of access to the closest metro stations and the number of bus stops near the residence on car driving. This study is vital to formulate more effective transportation policy measures in the future development for a sustainable low-carbon city.

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“…Verny [8], using time series data, investigated the relation between freight transport and the distances covered, with economic growth. In regards to Greece, many studies have investigated the effects of the economic recession to health, to the healthcare system [9,10], to unemployment [11], to the income [12], to the Greek airports [13], and to urban travel behavior [14]; nonetheless, there is limited research to the effects of the current economic crisis to Greek vehicle market.…”

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Measuring the Impact of Economic Crisis to the Greek Vehicle Market

Nanaki

2018

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Abstract:The fallout of the global economic crisis has impacted Greece severely as the austerity measures that were implemented since 2009 have had a devastating effect on poverty and the level of living. The financial agreement of the Greek government with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave rise to a deep recession phase in the Greek market that started in early 2008. The automobile industry is among the sectors that have been severely affected by the economic crisis. Given that the demand for cars fell sharply and that the Greek car market is facing serious problems, mapping and understanding them can provide useful input to the Greek vehicle market. Regression analysis is being employed, and the interrelations of different variables, such as net disposable income, unemployment rate, fuel prices, the Greek crisis, loans directed to the vehicle market, as well as the inflation rate for the period of 2000-2016, are investigated. Analyzing the factors affecting car sales can provide policy-makers with knowledge in order to take legislative and economic measures, so as to boost sales of new environmental friendly vehicles not only in Greece, but in all EU states.

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Urban travel behaviour and household income in times of economic crisis: Challenges and perspectives for sustainable mobility

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References 8 publications

Impact of Economic Crisis on Passenger Transportation – Case of Travelling to the Greek Mainland from Crete

Impact of Economic Crisis on Passenger Transportation – Case of Travelling to the Greek Mainland from Crete

What Influences the Choice Between Private Car and Public Transport for Shopping Trips? Impact of Socio-economic and Built Environment Factors

Measuring the Impact of Economic Crisis to the Greek Vehicle Market

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