TY - JOUR
T1 - Benefits and Risks of the Driving Restriction Policy
T2 - A Case Study of Xi'an, China
AU - Ma, Zhuanglin
AU - Cui, Shanshan
AU - Chien, Steven I.Jy
AU - Xiong, Ying
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Humanities and Social Science Research Project of the Ministry of Education under Grant 18YJCZH130 and Grant 17YJCZH125, in part by the National Social Science Foundation of China under Grant 18BGL258, and in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Chang’an University, under Grant 300102228202 and Grant 300102229666.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - With the deterioration of air pollution and traffic congestion especially in urban areas, the policy restricting cars operating on the road is deemed as an effective strategy to mitigate the negative impacts. After implementing the driving restriction policy (DRP), some benefits were yielded albeit a few problems appeared. It is desirable to assess the benefits and risks of the DRP and thus propose measures to maintain the benefits. A revealed preference (RP) survey was conducted in the field and via the internet. There are 585 valid samples collected, which were classified by socioeconomic factors, and the corresponding reactions were analyzed and compared. The correlation analysis was used to identify significant and independent demographic/characteristic variables. The results show that most travelers perceive benefits from reducing car ownership and have positive views on DRP. However, others would negatively react to the DRP, which is mainly manifested by buying another car, driving during non-restricted hours and traveling against regulations. Furthermore, socio-demographic characteristics show a relatively high correlation with travel mode choice. Automobile is favorable to middle-aged travelers with upper-middle income. Family characteristics (i.e. household structure, pick up children and cars ownership) are also important inducing travelers to use private cars. These findings will be helpful for formulating the DRP to yield greater benefits after implementation.
AB - With the deterioration of air pollution and traffic congestion especially in urban areas, the policy restricting cars operating on the road is deemed as an effective strategy to mitigate the negative impacts. After implementing the driving restriction policy (DRP), some benefits were yielded albeit a few problems appeared. It is desirable to assess the benefits and risks of the DRP and thus propose measures to maintain the benefits. A revealed preference (RP) survey was conducted in the field and via the internet. There are 585 valid samples collected, which were classified by socioeconomic factors, and the corresponding reactions were analyzed and compared. The correlation analysis was used to identify significant and independent demographic/characteristic variables. The results show that most travelers perceive benefits from reducing car ownership and have positive views on DRP. However, others would negatively react to the DRP, which is mainly manifested by buying another car, driving during non-restricted hours and traveling against regulations. Furthermore, socio-demographic characteristics show a relatively high correlation with travel mode choice. Automobile is favorable to middle-aged travelers with upper-middle income. Family characteristics (i.e. household structure, pick up children and cars ownership) are also important inducing travelers to use private cars. These findings will be helpful for formulating the DRP to yield greater benefits after implementation.
KW - Driving restriction policy
KW - benefits
KW - correlation analysis
KW - descriptive statistical analysis
KW - mode choice
KW - risks
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U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2994375
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2994375
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086306350
SN - 2169-3536
VL - 8
SP - 99470
EP - 99484
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
M1 - 9093017
ER -