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40. Powering the transition: Public charging stations and electric vehicle adoption in Montreal, Canada.

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Renaud-Blondeau, Penelope, Boisjoly, Genevieve, Dagdougui, Hanane, and He, Sylvia Y.

Subjects
ELECTRIC vehicle charging stations, ELECTRIC vehicles, ELECTRIC vehicle industry, INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics)
Abstract

With an increasing interest for electric vehicles (EV) and the associated charging needs, understanding how public charging infrastructure networks impact the adoption of such vehicles is central for planners and policymakers. While most studies are conducted at the regional or national scales, urban contexts present specificities for the deployment of these networks, given the scarcity of private parking spaces and the strong competition for land. Using data from a survey (n = 642) conducted in Montreal, Canada, this work investigates the influence of public charging infrastructure accessibility on EV adoption in an urban context. Three measures of accessibility are analyzed: 1) objective (number of charging stations near home), 2) perceived (perceptions about the current public charging network), and 3) prospective (expectations on the public charging network in five years). The findings reveal the importance of perceived and prospective accessibility measures as opposed to objective ones, and thus demonstrate that the deployment of public charging networks is an issue tied by perceptions. We also find that non-EV owners underestimate their accessibility to public chargers, thereby illustrating how perceptions may vary across individuals. The results suggest that, in addition to expanding the public charging network, efforts aiming at better informing citizens on the presence and the locations of these charging facilities could contribute to increasing EV adoption. This study highlights the importance of perceptions and expectations and provides a nuanced understanding of how integrating accessibility-based policies into electrification plans might speed up EV adoption in metropolitan areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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44. Mass Transit Railway, transit-oriented development and spatial justice: the competition for prime residential locations in Hong Kong since the 1980s

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He, Sylvia Y., Tao, Sui, Hou, Yuting, and Jiang, Wenhua

Subjects
Hong Kong -- Buildings and facilities -- History, MTR Corporation Ltd. -- Buildings and facilities -- Investments, Railroads -- Buildings and facilities -- Investments -- Location, Housing rehabilitation -- Forecasts and trends -- Analysis, Residential real estate -- Prices and rates -- Forecasts and trends, Real estate development -- Case studies -- History, Market trend/market analysis, Company investment, Company pricing policy, Architecture and design industries, Business, Business, international
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Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system has been widely acclaimed for its unique 'rail-plus-property' (R+P) model of operation. However, MTR projects, like other transit-oriented development (TOD) projects, have been under scrutiny as a catalyst for land-price appreciation and gentrification. In this study, we aim to examine the impact of new MTR lines on the spatial distribution of public and private housing estates across Hong Kong since the 1980s. Drawing on housing, transport and census data, we reveal that local improvement in accessibility due to the expansion of the MTR network has attracted private residential developments. This implies that low-income households might have been gradually squeezed out of such prime locations. Based on our findings, we propose recommendations on urban development under the TOD model, with a view to making Hong Kong and other transit cities more socially and spatially just. Keywords: accessibility, Hong Kong, private development, public housing, residential location, spatial justice, transit-oriented development, urban rail, Introduction It has been argued that investment in transport infrastructure has a multitude of neighbourhood impacts (Geurs et al., 2009; Won et al., 2015). Among these, the ability of transport [...]

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2018
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