Highlights In the context of two big Australian cities, public acceptability of congestion charge has been investigated. Stated preference experiments were conducted. Random-effects ordered logit models were developed to accommodate the resulting heterogeneity and correlation of the panel data. Costs, benefits, perceptions, and sociodemographics are significant factors. City differences were observed, and explained.

    Abstract Public acceptance is consistently listed as having an enormous impact on the implementation and success of a congestion charge scheme. This paper investigates public acceptance of such a scheme in Australia. Surveys were conducted in Brisbane and Melbourne, the two fastest growing Australian cities. Using an ordered logit modeling approach, the survey data including stated preferences were analyzed to pinpoint the important factors influencing people’s attitudes to a congestion charge and, in turn, to their transport mode choices. To accommodate the nature of, and to account for the resulting heterogeneity of the panel data, random effects were considered in the models. As expected, this study found that the amount of the congestion charge and the financial benefits of implementing it have a significant influence on respondents’ support for the charge and on the likelihood of their taking a bus to city areas. However, respondents’ current primary transport mode for travelling to the city areas has a more pronounced impact. Meanwhile, respondents’ perceptions of the congestion charge’s role in protecting the environment by reducing vehicle emissions, and of the extent to which the charge would mean that they travelled less frequently to the city for shopping or entertainment, also have a significant impact on their level of support for its implementation. We also found and explained notable differences across two cities. Finally, findings from this study have been fully discussed in relation to the literature.


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    Titel :

    Understanding public response to a congestion charge: A random-effects ordered logit approach


    Beteiligte:
    Zheng, Zuduo (Autor:in) / Liu, Zhiyuan (Autor:in) / Liu, Chuanli (Autor:in) / Shiwakoti, Nirajan (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-10-20


    Format / Umfang :

    18 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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