Policy packages for modal shift and CO₂ reduction in Lille, France

This paper proposes different policy scenarios to cut CO₂ emissions caused by the urban mobility of passengers. More precisely, the authors compare the effects of the ‘direct tool’ of carbon tax, to a combination of ‘indirect tools’ – not originally aimed at reducing CO₂ (i.e. congestion charging, parking charges and a reduction in public transport travel time) in terms of CO₂ impacts through a change in the modal split. In the authors' model, modal choices depend on individual characteristics, trip features (including the effects of policy tools), and land use at origin and destination zones. Personal “CO₂ emissions budgets” resulting from the trips observed in the metropolitan area of Lille (France) in 2006 are calculated and compared to the situation related to the different policy scenarios. The authors find that an increase of 50% in parking charges combined with a cordon toll of €1.20 and a 10% travel time decrease in public transport services (made after recycling toll-revenues) is the winning scenario. The combined effects of all the policy scenarios are superior to their separate effects.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2015.04.008
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920915000401
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Hammadou, Hakim
  • Papaix, Claire
• Publication Date: 2015-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 105-116
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon dioxide; Carbon taxes; Congestion pricing; Fuel taxes; Modal shift; Mode choice; Policy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cordon tolling
• Geographic Terms: Lille (France)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01570005
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 20 2015 3:46PM