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Quantifying responses to changes in the jurisdiction of a congestion charge: A study of the London western extension
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0253881 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- This paper quantifies behavioural responses to changes in the jurisdiction of a congestion charge, with a successive focus on (i) an extension and (ii) a reduction in the size of the charging zone. We exploit the unanticipated nature of both the implementation and removal of London’s Western Expansion Zone (WEZ) as quasi-natural experiments to test whether individual responses to policies are asymmetric. We use the UK Department of Transport Annual Average Daily Flow (AADF) data, which records traffic flows for seven transport modes (including cars, buses, bicycles, heavy and light goods vehicles). Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that the introduction of the WEZ led to a 4.9% decline in road traffic flows in the new congestion charge area. These results are robust to different model specifications. HGVs traffic did not significantly change post-WEZ, which indicates that their road demand is price inelastic. The removal of the WEZ led to no significant variations in traffic. This result indicates asymmetry in behaviour with persistent changes in post-intervention traffic demand levels.
- Subjects :
- Traffic-Related Pollution
Economics
Environmental Policies
Road Pricing
Social Sciences
Transportation
Congestion pricing
Habits
London
Resource Management
Medicine and Health Sciences
Econometrics
Psychology
050207 economics
Materials
Road traffic
Vehicle Emissions
Multidisciplinary
05 social sciences
Accidents, Traffic
Transportation Infrastructure
Traffic flow
Pollution
Physical Sciences
Externalities
Medicine
Engineering and Technology
Research Article
Environmental Monitoring
Exploit
General Science & Technology
Science
Materials Science
Flow (psychology)
Fuels
Welfare Economics
Civil Engineering
Health Economics
Air Pollution
0502 economics and business
Traffic
Annual average daily traffic
Environmental quality
Behavior
050210 logistics & transportation
Jurisdiction
Urbanization
Biology and Life Sciences
Price Controls
Roads
Energy and Power
Health Care
Congestion Charge
Traffic congestion
Automotive Engineering
Environmental science
Finance
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....590e41778e069a0b8204170270aff6d6