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Why experience changes attitudes to congestion pricing: the case of Gothenburg

Börjesson, Maria; Eliasson, Jonas; Hamilton, Carl - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

assess the relative importance of these explanations. We study attitudes to congestion pricing in Gothenburg before and after … congestion charges were introduced in January 2013. Attitudes to the charges did indeed become more positive after the … processes, and changes in related attitudes such as attitudes to environment, equity, taxation and pricing measures in general …

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Determinants of congestion pricing acceptability

Hamilton, Carl J.; Eliasson, Jonas; Brundell-Freij, Karin; … - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

We explore what variables influence public attitudes towards congestion charges using a survey carried out in Stockholm … variation in attitudes. The rest is explained by differences in respondents’ attitudes to environment, trust in public agencies …

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The Stockholm congestion charges – five years on. Effects, acceptability and lessons learnt

Börjesson, Maria; Eliasson, Jonas; Hugosson, Muriel; … - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012

increased the sales of such vehicles. We discuss public and political acceptability, synthesizing recent research and Swedish … political attitudes, formed the basis of the strong public support, while institutional reforms and resolution of power issues …

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The Stockholm congestion charges: an overview

Eliasson, Jonas - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

Congestion charges were introduced in Stockholm in 2006 as a seven-month trial, followed by a referendum where a majority voted in favour of the charges. This led to the reintroduction of congestion charges in August 2007, and they have been operational since then. The system has attracted...

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Accuracy of congestion pricing forecasts

Eliasson, Jonas; Amelsfort, Dirk van; Börjesson, Maria; … - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012

This paper compares forecasted effects of the Stockholm congestion charges with actual outcomes. The most important concerns during the design of the congestion charging scheme were the traffic reduction in bottlenecks, the increase in public transport ridership, the decrease of vehicle...

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Congestion charges and labour market imperfections: “Wider economic benefits” or “losses”?

Anderstig, Christer; Berglund, Svante; Eliasson, Jonas; … - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012

The presence of distortive taxation and agglomeration benefits in the labour market means that there are benefits and losses not captured by standard cost-benefit analyses of transport policy measures. Recent theoretical analyses have raised concerns that the labour market effects of congestion...

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Race to the top in traffic calming

Proost, Stef; Westin, Jonas - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

We study the competition of two suburbs that are facing transit traffic flows. We show that in the absence of toll measures, the Nash equilibrium leads to a race to the top in traffic calming, except for the measures that do not affect the generalized cost of traffic. The Nash equilibrium is...

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Estimating welfare effects of congestion charges in real world settings

Börjesson, Maria; Kristoffersson, Ida - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012

According to the standard textbook analysis, drivers as a group will be worse off with congestion charging if not compensated by revenues. This result is confirmed by an analysis of the Stockholm congestion charging scheme using a static model with homogeneous users. However, both this static...

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Public attitudes towards motorcyclists’ safety: a qualitative study from the United Kingdom

Musselwhite, Charles B.A.; Avineri, Erel; Susilo, Yusak O. - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2013

examine the link between attitudes, empathy and skill in motorcycle safety behaviour. Motorcyclists were perceived by the …

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The Gothenburg congestion charge: effects, design and politics

Börjesson, Maria; Kristoffersson, Ida - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

This paper summarizes the traffic effects of the Gothenburg congestion charges introduced in 2013. The system is similar to the system introduced in Stockholm in 2006; both are designed as time-of-day dependent cordon pricing systems. We find that many effects and adaptation strategies are similar...

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