Transportation Policy Effects on Urban Fuel Consumption and Energy Reduction

This study establishes a simplified system dynamics model with a time frame from 1995 to 2025 to simulate the effects of urban transportation management polices and to explore their potential to reduce vehicular fuel consumption and mitigate CO₂ emissions. Kaohsiung City was selected as a case study because it is the second largest metropolis in Taiwan and an important industrial center. Results of the simulation indicate that a fuel-tax policy will reduce by 13.2% the number of motor vehicles driven in the city, and by 11.0% the amount of gasoline required for their use. A parking-management policy will reduce both vehicles and fuel consumption by 21.7% and 6.0%, respectively. Finally, an extensively implemented free bus service will reduce both by only 2.3% and 0.8%, respectively. Therefore, both the fuel tax and parking management policies are suggested as potentially the most effective methods for restraining the growth of the number of private vehicles, the amount of fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions. The information herein proves useful for urban transportation management managers and policy makers of city government.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC70 Transportation Energy.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Lu, I J
  • Chang, Yu-Hern
  • Cheng, Yung-Hsiang
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 26p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Energy conservation; Environmental impacts; Fuel consumption; Policy analysis; Traffic restraint; Urban transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01506515
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-2638
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 4 2014 9:13AM