Abstract
The congestion charging scheme is regarded as a successful measure to reduce traffic-related problems. However, low general acceptability of the public for implementing such a scheme is a barrier against its success. In this research, an online pre-designed survey was conducted in five capitals (Budapest, Tunis, Amman, Ulaanbaatar, and Damascus) to define the factors that affect congestion charging acceptability the most. The results of relationships between the studied factors like travel behavior and acceptance of the congestion charging scheme show an irregular pattern in each city. It indicates that the identity of each city and its general policy implications determine which factors significantly affect the public acceptability of congestion charging scheme. In Amman and Budapest, most of the predictors have no statistical effect on the schemes’ public acceptability. Consistent with previous researches, on the other hand, the results demonstrate that the schemes’ effectiveness is crucial and affects the acceptability significantly in all cities. At the same time, it shows that the “prior scheme knowledge” factor has a significant direct effect on the acceptability level in three cities (Damascus, Tunis, and Ulaanbaatar).
Highlights
Several economists and specialists in transportation consider congestion charging as a measure that can be used successfully to reduce congestion and its related problems [1]
The literature shows that congestion charging is considered a successful strategy to solve many traffic related problems like pollution, noise annoyance caused by traffic, delay in travel time, congestion and road accidents, etc. [45,46,47,48]
Many researchers examined the factors that affect the acceptability of congestion charging schemes, including socio-economic characteristics or other variables that affect travel behavior, and the way to improve acceptability
Summary
Several economists and specialists in transportation consider congestion charging as a measure that can be used successfully to reduce congestion and its related problems [1]. The low level of acceptability can be raised if the authorities properly introduce the congestion charging scheme by providing enough alternatives, considering fairness and using of revenues properly, as in the case of Stockholm and Milan [8]. Gender Male Female Age *** 20–30 31–40 41+ Employment Status *** Working Student Other Income *** Lowest Low Middle Highest Mobility *** Car Public Transportation Foot/Bike Owning a car *** Driving license *** Scheme Knowledge Knowledge *** Scheme Acceptance Acceptability average (on a 1–4 scale) *** Total number of responses. There were different blocks of questions concerning: (1) the “Sensing of the traffic-related problems”, “Travelling behavior and attitude”, and “Ascription of the responsibility”; and (2) the proposed congestion charging scheme and “Knowledge”, “Effectiveness of the scheme”, “Social norms concerning pricing measures”, and the usage of the revenues.
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