The role of public transport for feasibility and acceptability of congestion charging ‐ The case of Stockholm

The role of public transport for feasibility and acceptability of congestion charging ‐ The case of Stockholm

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Article ID: iaor201526994
Volume: 43
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 297
End Page Number: 305
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Journal: Transportation Research Part A
Authors: ,
Keywords: marketing
Abstract:

In the Stockholm Trial, congestion charges and the expansion of public transport services were closely linked together in marketing efforts, as well as in political decisions. In this paper, we analyse the role that public transport may have played in increasing acceptability and feasibility of the scheme. We study four aspects of the relationship between charging and public transport provision: (i) the initial modal share, (ii) contribution to modal shift (iii) compensation to losers (iv) revenue hypothecation. Our analyses, based on a combination of primary and secondary data, support the hypothesis that public transport contributed to the successful implementation of congestion charging in Stockholm through all those four mechanisms.

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