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The socio-cognitive links between road pricing acceptability and changes in travel-behavior
Cools, Mario; Brijs, Kris; Tormans, Hans et al.
2011In Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 45 (8), p. 779-788
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Abstract :
[en] The objective of this study is to examine the effect of road pricing on people’s tendency to adapt their current travel behavior. To this end, the relationship between changes in activity-travel behavior on the one hand and public acceptability and its most important determinants on the other are investigated by means of a stated adaptation experiment. Using a two-stage hierarchical model, it was found that behavioral changes themselves are not dependent on the perceived acceptability of road pricing itself, and that only a small amount of the variability in the behavioral changes were explained by socio-cognitive factors. The lesson for policy makers is that road pricing charges must surpass a minimum threshold in order to entice changes in activity-travel behavior and that the benefits of road pricing should be clearly communicated, taking into account the needs and abilities of different types of travelers. Secondly, earlier findings concerning the acceptability of push measures were validated, supporting transferability of results. In line with other studies, effectiveness, fairness and personal norm all had a significant direct impact on perceived acceptability. Finally, the relevance of using latent factors rather than aggregate indicators was underlined.
Research center :
Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège
LEMA - Local Environment Management and Analysis
Disciplines :
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Cools, Mario  ;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Brijs, Kris;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Tormans, Hans;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Moons, Elke;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Janssens, Davy;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Wets, Geert;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Language :
English
Title :
The socio-cognitive links between road pricing acceptability and changes in travel-behavior
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice
ISSN :
0965-8564
eISSN :
1879-2375
Publisher :
Elsevier, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
45
Issue :
8
Pages :
779-788
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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