Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the Netherlands

Abstract

Abstract:Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the concept of tradable driving credits (TDC) as an alternative to road pricing and driving restriction measures. However, empirical research into drivers' responses to a TDC measure is limited and even lacking for the Chinese context where the concept of TDC has attracted considerable attention. This paper reports the results of a survey that was the first to investigate drivers' willingness to change car use under a hypothetical distance-based TDC measure in China (Beijing) and aimed to compare these results with the results of a comparative Dutch survey. We observed that willingness to change was considerably higher in Beijing than in the Netherlands and that a substantial share of Beijing car owners indicated an increase in car use. In both contexts, higher education and higher car use intensity had a positive effect on the willingness to change, whereas higher income had a negative effect. We found mixed results for household size, respondents' car attitudes, and TDC scenario characteristics.

Willingness to change car use to commute to the UPTC main campus, Colombia: A hybrid discrete choice modeling approach

“…In the choice model, we can observe that proenvironmental attitudes significantly influence carpoolers choice, as stronger attitudes increase utility and likelihood to change car use. These findings are in line with those of Dogterom, Bao, Xu, and Ettema (2018) who found that higher education has a positive effect on the willingness to change, whereas higher income has a negative effect. It is clear to us that there may be a correlation between higher education and being a teacher, as well as between a higher income and owning a car with an above average price.…”