Behavioural responses to vehicle emissions charging

Road pricing as an economic construct is not a new phenomenon in transportation research. Whilst fuel taxing and toll roads are common in Australia, these initiatives are primarily aimed at road infrastructure financing. Worldwide there has been growing interest in pricing structures designed to aid in congestion management and, more particularly, an increasing focus on generating reductions in carbon emissions from vehicle usage. This paper presents a stated choice experiment conducted in response to the increasing interest in the environmental externalities of travel behaviour. The aim of this experiment, via an array of incentives, is to identify the potential to switch to automobiles emitting lower emissions to determine the willingness to pay for more fuel efficient cars under differing scenarios. Preliminary results indicate that annual and variable emissions surcharging has some scope in modifying the behaviour of vehicle purchasers. The study also outlines the construction of the experiment and the resulting richness of the data which will facilitate detailed research in a broad range of issues in the field of stated choice analysis including the formation of group preferences via different negotiation processes, the role of attribute processing and the changing nature of these processes between individual and group decisions, and the role this has on decision formulation.

• Authors:
  • Beck, M J
  • Rose, J
  • Hensher, D
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, 12th, 2009, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
• Publication Date: 2009-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 24p (paper 304)
• Monograph Title: 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, December 13-18, 2009

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Environment; Fuel consumption; Stated preferences; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Planning and Environment; Willingness to pay
• ATRI Terms: Emissions control; Environment; Fuel consumption; Stated preference; Travel behaviour; Willingness to pay
• Subject Areas: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01382092
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 1:01PM