Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the Netherlands

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the concept of tradable driving credits (TDC) as an alternative to road pricing and driving restriction measures. However, empirical research into drivers’ responses to a TDC measure is limited and even lacking for the Chinese context where the concept o...

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Main Authors: Nico Dogterom, Yue Bao, Meng Xu, Dick Ettema
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Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Transport and Land Use
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Online Access:https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1039
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description Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the concept of tradable driving credits (TDC) as an alternative to road pricing and driving restriction measures. However, empirical research into drivers’ responses to a TDC measure is limited and even lacking for the Chinese context where the concept of TDC has attracted considerable attention. This paper reports the results of a survey that was the first to investigate drivers’ willingness to change car use under a hypothetical distance-based TDC measure in China (Beijing) and aimed to compare these results with the results of a comparative Dutch survey. We observed that willingness to change was considerably higher in Beijing than in the Netherlands and that a substantial share of Beijing car owners indicated an increase in car use. In both contexts, higher education and higher car use intensity had a positive effect on the willingness to change, whereas higher income had a negative effect. We found mixed results for household size, respondents’ car attitudes, and TDC scenario characteristics.
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spelling doaj-art-3e2f1544f876453abbd579459af35a5c2025-08-20T02:08:24ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492018-07-0111110.5198/jtlu.2018.1039312Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the NetherlandsNico Dogterom0Yue Bao1Meng Xu2Dick Ettema3Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the NetherlandsSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaFaculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the NetherlandsRecent years have seen a surge of interest in the concept of tradable driving credits (TDC) as an alternative to road pricing and driving restriction measures. However, empirical research into drivers’ responses to a TDC measure is limited and even lacking for the Chinese context where the concept of TDC has attracted considerable attention. This paper reports the results of a survey that was the first to investigate drivers’ willingness to change car use under a hypothetical distance-based TDC measure in China (Beijing) and aimed to compare these results with the results of a comparative Dutch survey. We observed that willingness to change was considerably higher in Beijing than in the Netherlands and that a substantial share of Beijing car owners indicated an increase in car use. In both contexts, higher education and higher car use intensity had a positive effect on the willingness to change, whereas higher income had a negative effect. We found mixed results for household size, respondents’ car attitudes, and TDC scenario characteristics.https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1039tradable driving creditscar usetravel demand managementwillingness to changeBeijingthe Netherlands
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car use
travel demand management
willingness to change
Beijing
the Netherlands
title Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the Netherlands
title_full Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the Netherlands
title_fullStr Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the Netherlands
title_full_unstemmed Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the Netherlands
title_short Willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme: A comparison between Beijing and the Netherlands
title_sort willingness to change car use under a tradable driving credits scheme a comparison between beijing and the netherlands
topic tradable driving credits
car use
travel demand management
willingness to change
Beijing
the Netherlands
url https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1039
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