Preferences for policy measures to regulate urban vehicle access for climate change mitigation

Environmental Sciences Europe

Research

Gabriel Ayobami Ogunkunbi¹  Ferenc Meszaros¹ 

[1] Department of Transportation Technology and Economics, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111, Budapest, Hungary;

关键词: Car dependency;    Policy support;    Transport emission;    Congestion charging;    Emission zone;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12302-023-00745-0

 received in 2023-03-04, accepted in 2023-05-19,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

In cognisance of the urgent need to decarbonise the transport sector to limit its impact on climate change and to internalise other negative transport externalities, regulating vehicle access in urban areas is essential. However, urban areas often struggle to implement these regulations due to concerns relating to social acceptability, heterogeneity of citizen preferences, lack of information on preferred measure attributes, and other factors that can boost the acceptance of urban vehicle access regulations. This study explores the acceptability and willingness to support Urban Vehicle Access Regulations (UVAR) in Budapest, Hungary to reduce transportation emissions and promote sustainable urban mobility. Using a structured questionnaire, which includes a choice-based conjoint exercise, the study finds that 42% of respondents were willing to support a car-free policy measure. Results were analysed to elicit preferences for specific UVAR measure attributes, identify population subgroups, and assess factors influencing willingness to support UVAR implementation. Access fee and proportion of revenue earmarked for transport development were the most important attributes to respondents. The study also identified three distinct subgroups of respondents with differing preferences, which could be characterised based on access to passenger cars, age, and employment status. The findings suggest that for effective UVAR, access fees for non-compliant vehicles should be excluded from measure designs, and the attribute preference approach highlights the importance of considering the heterogeneity of residents’ preferences in UVAR measure planning.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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