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Acceptability of transport pricing

Acceptability of transport pricing. Geertje Schuitema University of Groningen With thanks to: Vanessa Okken en Leander van der Mey. Problem caused by increasing car use. My other car is environmentally friendly. Degradation of the … accessibility (e.g. congestion) environmental quality

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Acceptability of transport pricing

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  1. Acceptability of transport pricing Geertje Schuitema University of Groningen With thanks to: Vanessa Okken en Leander van der Mey

  2. Problem caused by increasing car use My other car is environmentally friendly Degradation of the … • accessibility (e.g. congestion) • environmental quality (e.g. CO2-emissions) • urban quality of life (e.g. reduced traffic safety)

  3. Why study acceptability of policies? • Policies may not be implemented if lack of public support • Policies are less effective if lack of public support: reactance

  4. Acceptability of pricing policies Various features of policies affect acceptability: • Push versus pull • Price level • Degree of variabilisation • Revenue use

  5. Degree of variabilisation • Static pricing; charge: 2 cents per km driven • Variable pricing;charge: 2 cents per km driven for first 10.000 km 5 cents per km driven for > 10.000 km Hypothesis:Variable pricing is more fair and consequently more acceptable than static pricing

  6. Revenu use • Benefit individual car user;decrease road taxes by 50% • Benefit collective;improve health services Hypothesis:Revenues that benefit the individual are more acceptable than revenues that benefit the collective

  7. Questionnaire 4 scenario’s were judged on: • Acceptability • Perceived fairness • Perceived individual benefits  7 point scales; 1 = not…, 7 = very…

  8. Hyp 1: static versus variable pricing

  9. Acceptability: interaction annual kilometrage and variabilisation

  10. Fairness: no interaction annual kilometrage and variabilisation

  11. Individual benefits: interaction annual kilometrage and variabilisation

  12. Hyp 2: halve road taxes versus improve health services

  13. Acceptability: maineffect annual kilometrage

  14. Fairness: main effect annual kilometrage

  15. Individual benefits: main effect annual kilometrage

  16. Conclusions Confirmation hyp 2; Main effect RU RU that benefit individual are more acceptable than RU that benefit the collective

  17. Conclusions No confirmation hyp 1; Main effect degree of variabilisation Static pricing is more acceptable than variable pricing; Interaction effect with annual kilometrage However, people with a annual km find variable pricing especcially not acceptable

  18. Conclusions Two factors affect the acceptability: • Fairness • Individual benefits

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