Impacts of the economic crisis on household transport expenditure and public transport policy: Evidence from the Spanish case

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to assess the impacts of the economic crisis in Spain on the transport expenditure of households from 2006 to 2014 and how transport authorities reacted to cope with the decreasing public resources and transport demand. The approach is based on quantitative and qualitative sources of information: the Spanish Household Budget Survey and in-depth interviews with public transport policy makers from six metropolitan areas.Highlights 1. Household expenditure on transport fell from 15.9% of total expenditure to 13.2%.2. Only the poorest households increased their share of budget on transport.3. The purchase of new cars decreased notably from the very beginning of the crisis. 4. Public transport authorities tried to reduce costs and increase revenues.5. Adaptation to the crisis was easier for the wealthiest households and PT networks.

Household transport costs, economic stress and energy vulnerability

“…The descriptive findings show a reduction in travel expenses during the crisis, which is more pronounced among the lowest income group. This result contrasts findings presented by Cascajo et al (2017), though the difference may be explained by the survey focus on a dense urban area. Papagiannakis et al also find a significant shift from car use to alternative modes of transport, and a reduction in 'discretionary' trips, which may have been partly offset by increased trip frequency for work.…”

“…Based on annual household budget survey data for the period 2006-2014, Cascajo, Diaz Olvera, Monzon, Plat and Ray (2017) show that spending on transport has reduced during the crisis in Spain, both in absolute terms and relative to income. This is in contrast with housing, whose share of household budget sky-rocket during the crisis.…”

Impact of Economic Crisis on Passenger Transportation – Case of Travelling to the Greek Mainland from Crete

“…The above sample leads to a confidence level of 5.4%, in a 95% confidence interval. Additionally, the sample's origination is relative to the resident Moreover, some works studied the impact of economic crisis on the transport sector, such as the impact of the crisis on the airline transport demand [12], on household transport expenditure [13], and on fuel demand [14].…”

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“…In addition, many regulatory policies affecting taxi fares and the wages of taxi drivers have been implemented or investigated. Examples include the incremental discount policy used in Japan [54]; the fare reduction policy of Haifa, Israel [55]; the fare policy of New York [56]; government regulations [57]; the pricing policy used to manage transportation demand in Tehran [58]; the transport policy act implemented in 1989 in Sweden that deregulated the Swedish taxicab industry [59]; the sustainability-oriented transport policy used in Spain [60] to reduce the supply of transport that increased fares and implemented subsidization and privatization policies on the wages of taxi drivers [61]; taxi licensing policies [62,63]; and the deregulation of the taxi sector in Ireland [64].…”