Using social research to measure, understand and predict behavioral responses to road pricing in the UK

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-312

  O'Grady, Aoife ^a   Millington, Anya ^a   Bacon, Jo ^a   Bullock, Helen ^a   Taylor, Louise ^a   Viner, Kate ^a  

^a Social Research and Evaluation Department for Transport   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Distributional impact; Policy; Public acceptability; Road pricing; Social research

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ACCESS; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949515510     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568310903145196     Document Type: Article

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