Article ID: | iaor20117556 |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 8 |
Start Page Number: | 707 |
End Page Number: | 720 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
Journal: | Transportation Research Part A |
Authors: | Kockelman Kara M, Musti Sashank |
Keywords: | automobile industry, gas, vehicle industry |
In today’s world of volatile fuel prices and climate concerns, there is little study on the relationship between vehicle ownership patterns and attitudes toward vehicle cost (including fuel prices and feebates) and vehicle technologies. This work provides new data on ownership decisions and owner preferences under various scenarios, coupled with calibrated models to microsimulate Austin’s personal-fleet evolution.