Usage-based road pricing and potential equity issues: A study of commuters in South East Queensland, Australia

Sen, Suman; Charles, Michael B.; Harrison, Jennifer L

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.01.006

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“…Travelers aged 25-55 years old are less likely to give up automobile travel modes when subjected to congestion pricing than those aged 18-24 years old, and the probability of shifting to sustainable travel modes gradually increases with an increase in age. These results are somewhat consistent with studies conducted in developed countries (reports from different regions) [36][37][38][39]. This may be attributed to the fact that travelers aged 25-55 years old, who have relatively more stable jobs and incomes, are more able to bear the potential penalty and financial burden.…”

Section: The Effect Of Persuasive Information On Pricing Strategies P...supporting

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Joint Impacts of Pricing Strategies and Persuasive Information on Habitual Automobile Commuters’ Travel Mode Shift Responses

Liu²,

Zhang³

2023

Sustainability

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Persuasive information developed by smartphone applications is a potential tool that can be utilized in order to increase the effectiveness of the impact of pricing strategies on triggering sustainable travel mode choice behavior. In order to address the joint impacts of pricing strategies and persuasive information on habitual automobile commuters’ travel mode shift responses, a stated-preference survey was conducted in Beijing’s inner district, from which over 1000 responses were collected. Four separate multivariable multilevel logistic regression models were estimated for more and less habitual automobile commuters when subjected to congestion pricing and reward strategies. The model estimation results showed that the influence of persuasive information was more effective in promoting travel mode shifts among more habitual automobile commuters with regard to reward strategies compared to congestion pricing. The results also showed that the impact of sociodemographic characteristics, commuter travel characteristics, the amount of congestion pricing or monetary award, and types of persuasive information on travel mode shift decisions under these strategies were deemed to be significantly different between more and less habitual automobile commuters. These findings suggest that more effective reward strategies can be explored by providing personalized and differentiated travel feedback information (e.g., pollution emission information and physical activity information), particularly for less habitual automobile commuters. This study also provides some degree of insight regarding the question as to how to design future congestion pricing, i.e., with respect to formulating differentiated charge rates according to the travel characteristics of habitual automobile commuters, as well as in developing complementary persuasive information that focuses on addressing public acceptability and fairness rather than travel feedback information.

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confidence: 90%

Joint Impacts of Pricing Strategies and Persuasive Information on Habitual Automobile Commuters’ Travel Mode Shift Responses

Liu²,

Zhang³

2023

Sustainability

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“…Thus, although geographical market equity will be reduced, fare policy will be limited to improve sustainability. Recent studies analyzed equity in terms of total benefits through indicators related to the total discounted amount [17], public transportation usage rate [18], access time [19][20][21][22][23], and mobility [24] according to travel behavior. In particular, the importance of accessibility, such as accessibility to work areas [19][20][21], accessibility to medical facilities [22], and average access time [23], has been pointed out in various studies.…”

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“…Recent studies analyzed equity in terms of total benefits through indicators related to the total discounted amount [17], public transportation usage rate [18], access time [19][20][21][22][23], and mobility [24] according to travel behavior. In particular, the importance of accessibility, such as accessibility to work areas [19][20][21], accessibility to medical facilities [22], and average access time [23], has been pointed out in various studies. On the other hand, the preference of the policy target group for public transportation modes was not significantly identified.…”

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Strategies for Improving the Sustainability of Fare-Free Policy for the Elderly through Preferences by Travel Modes

Yun

2023

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As Korea provides a fare-free policy for subways only, there are objections to geographical equity, and the need to expand it to the entire public transportation system is being discussed. However, expanding policy scope in line with an aging society will soon pose sustainability problems. Hence, policy changes, similar to that of countries that provide fare-discount policies for the elderly or apply different discount rates for each travel mode, are needed. However, providing the same policies for all cities may differ from the benefits the target group wants. Thus, this study investigated the preference of the elderly living in major cities in South Korea for discount policies by travel mode. The study aims to provide a strategy for choosing the travel mode that should provide discount policies by combining regional and individual attributes. The latent class model is employed to classify stated preference data collected from the survey. The estimation results show a significant preference heterogeneity depending on the level of subway supply by region, and a policy focused on subways would be more reasonable in cities with sufficient subway infrastructure. In addition, providing additional bus discount policies only for trunk lines will help improve sustainability.

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“…The proposed JSTA measure can be used to help policymakers to evaluate transit network development and land use planning in urban areas. Sen et al (2022) analyzed a hypothetical usage-based pricing scheme together with 2009-2012 Household Travel Survey data of commuters residing in South East Queensland (SEQ), Australia. The results indicate that usage-based road pricing will lead to both horizontal and vertical inequity for some commuters.…”

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Special issue on housing and transportation: Affordability, accessibility, and equity

2022

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Usage-based road pricing and potential equity issues: A study of commuters in South East Queensland, Australia

Cited by 6 publications

References 60 publications

Joint Impacts of Pricing Strategies and Persuasive Information on Habitual Automobile Commuters’ Travel Mode Shift Responses

Joint Impacts of Pricing Strategies and Persuasive Information on Habitual Automobile Commuters’ Travel Mode Shift Responses

Strategies for Improving the Sustainability of Fare-Free Policy for the Elderly through Preferences by Travel Modes

Special issue on housing and transportation: Affordability, accessibility, and equity

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