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

Bigerna, Simona; Polinori, Paolo

doi:10.3390/su71013270

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“…Although the contingent valuation method has been criticized for the reliability and validity of the results, yet through the efforts of many scholars, the above problems have been evaded [43]. The method has been applied to assess the value for renewable energy [44], forests [15], wetlands [45], watersheds [17], hydrogen buses [46] and other nonmarket resources [47,48]. The induction modes for willingness to pay include open, repeat bidding, dichotomy, payment card, and so on [49], which are increasingly used to obtain the residents' WTP for environmental protection of the river basin.…”

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Analysis of the Factors Influencing Willingness to Pay and Payout Level for Ecological Environment Improvement of the Ganjiang River Basin

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China has continuously stepped up its efforts to protect the ecological environment of the Ganjiang River Basin. The government has played a leading role, but the residents, who have also played an important role in this issue, are often overlooked. Consequently, it is necessary and urgent to study the willingness of the residents, who are the direct stakeholders, to pay for the protection of the ecological environment of the Ganjiang River Basin. Based on a survey of 773 households, this study examines the downstream residents' willingness to pay (WTP) and their payout levels. Using the payment card (PC) contingent valuation method (CVM), we measure the payment probability of the downstream residents and the amount they are willing to pay. Additionally, Heckman's two-stage model is adopted for exploring the influencing factors of the surveyed residents' WTP and payout levels and avoiding the possible presence of sample selection bias. The results showed that 75.03% of the surveyed residents are willing to pay for ecological compensation in the Ganjiang River Basin. The downstream residents are willing to pay an annual average amount of about $47.62/household for ecological compensation. The factors that significantly influence their WTP include the educational background, work type, residential location, and water quality and quantity. In the case of payout levels, the influencing factors include the education background, work type, household annual disposable income, and water quality and quantity. In addition, the factor of value recognition is marginal and significantly related to WTP and payout levels. The results of this empirical study have important policy implications and recommendations that the government should intensify its propaganda about the ecological value, increase investment in education, and establish a variety of ecological compensation payments, in order to protect and improve the ecological environment of the Ganjiang River Basin.

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Analysis of the Factors Influencing Willingness to Pay and Payout Level for Ecological Environment Improvement of the Ganjiang River Basin

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“…Studies of H 2 FC buses and their relationship with the community have concentrated largely on the acceptance of the technology [23][24][25][26][27], in particular acceptance of the use of hydrogen fuel in public transport and on the willingness of the community to pay for the higher costs of the technology [28][29][30]. The additional research reported in this article examines the views of those responsible for implementing the technology and immediate users in the community and those known to be critical and/or sceptical of the use of H 2 as a transport energy vector.…”

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“…Studies on the social aspects of the introduction of H 2 FC bus technology have focused on acceptance of the use of H 2 as a fuel [23][24][25][26][27] and on the willingness to pay a price premium [28][29][30]. The work of these evaluations is extended in this report by examining the view of those responsible for the implementation of H 2 FC buses, of direct users and of those who are critical and/or sceptical of the technology.…”

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Sustainability Assessment of Fuel Cell Buses in Public Transport

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Hydrogen fuel cell (H 2 FC) buses operating in every day public transport services around Europe are assessed for their sustainability against environmental, economic and social criteria. As part of this assessment the buses are evaluated against diesel buses both in terms of sustainability and in terms of meeting real world requirements with respect to operational performance. The study concludes that H 2 FC buses meet operability and performance criteria and are sustainable environmentally when 'green' hydrogen is used. The economic sustainability of the buses, in terms of affordability, achieves parity with their fossil fuel equivalent by 2030 when the indirect costs to human health and climate change are included. Societal acceptance by those who worked with and used the buses supports the positive findings of earlier studies, although satisfactory operability and performance are shown to be essential to positive attitudes. Influential policy makers expressed positive sentiments only if 'green' hydrogen is used and the affordability issues can be addressed. No "show-stopper" is identified that would prevent future generations from using H 2 FC buses in public transport on a broad scale due to damage to the environment or to other factors that impinge on quality of life.

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“…Furthermore, the spike model also helps with dealing with responses that have negative WTP values [14,28,29]. Additionally, different regression analyses have been used like interval regression method [30], mixed logit model [31,32], autoregressive model [33], multivariate regression [34], and factor analysis [35].…”

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The Combination of a Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process and the Taguchi Method to Evaluate the Malaysian Users’ Willingness to Pay for Public Transportation

2016

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Abstract:This study is an attempt to overcome the lack of reliable estimates on the willingness of Malaysian users to pay for public transportation (particularly buses) through a combined analysis of a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (F-AHP) and the Taguchi method. This is a ground-breaking study in the attempt to evaluate the bus users' satisfaction factors based on the F-AHP, and find the pattern for the users' willingness to pay (WTP) characteristic by reducing the travel time with the Taguchi application. The data were collected from the public transportation users' intentions in Kelang Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The results convinced us that, for complex data, one requires flexible approaches that can adjust their combination methods to the properties of analyzed datasets. This study is interested in initiating the use of a system combination strategy to have a better understanding of the factors that motivate the public transportation users to be willing to pay for the public transportation's fare.

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

Abstract: Sustainability transportation is characterized by a positive externality on the environment, health, social security, land use and social inclusion.

Cited by 23 publications

References 34 publications

Analysis of the Factors Influencing Willingness to Pay and Payout Level for Ecological Environment Improvement of the Ganjiang River Basin

Analysis of the Factors Influencing Willingness to Pay and Payout Level for Ecological Environment Improvement of the Ganjiang River Basin

Sustainability Assessment of Fuel Cell Buses in Public Transport

The Combination of a Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process and the Taguchi Method to Evaluate the Malaysian Users’ Willingness to Pay for Public Transportation

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