Users reaction to toll user charges: elasticities and attitudes combined

This paper presents the results of a study conducted to explore elasticities and users' attitudes with respect to tolls. The Data set comprises of a number of projects spread over the country. A great variation was found in elasticities with respect to tolls in the interval -0.3 to -0.8. Elasticities are smaller in cities where there are cordon tolls compared with the rest of the sample. These results conform to previous international findings. On users attitudes, this study has identified a remarkable change in attitudes after tolls have been implemented. People tend to be more positive once tolls are implemented compared with before implementation. The connection between elasticities and user attitudes is also considered to be able to pinpoint the properties of the transport system and the travel patterns that may cause certain undesirable combinations of elasticities and attitudes. For the covering abstract see ITRD E126595.

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• Authors:
  • BRATHER, S
  • KJERKREIT, S
  • ODECK, J
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15pp
• Monograph Title: Risk aversion and route choice decisions
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE (ETC) 2003 HELD 8-10 OCTOBER 2003, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
  • Publisher: Association for European Transport (AET)
  • ISSN: 1474-9122

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Before and after studies; Conferences; Elasticity (Mechanics); Road pricing; Travelers; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Norway
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9148: Before and after study; 8525: Conference; 5912: Elasticity; 8084: Norway; 240: Road pricing; 1755: Road user; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01013044
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-342-9
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 22 2005 8:24AM