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Air Pollution 3: Regulation and Enforcement Location: B005 Session Chair: Mirko Giagnorio, Sapienza University of Rome | |
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Willingness to pay for public bus electrification and its determinants 1: Systems Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States; 2: Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 3: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States This study provides an assessment of individuals’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the electrification of urban bus services, reflecting environmental and service-quality improvements such as reduced emissions, lower noise, and better waiting conditions. We also examine how this WTP changes when electrification is bundled with increases in bus frequency, which deliver travel time and crowding reductions. Beyond estimating the existence and magnitude of these “pure” and “bundled” WTP components, we investigate the underlying determinants of preference heterogeneity, including: (i) utility-based determinants, such as environmental and externality-related motivations, public transport (PT) usage and commuting habits, current satisfaction with PT performance, and awareness and experience with e-buses; (ii) psychological determinants, such as personal norms and perceived social norms toward both transport electrification and public transport. Finally, by leveraging responses to two policy scenarios, we distinguish real service-improvement WTP from pollution/congestion-oriented WTP or potentially symbolic WTP, thus offering clearer interpretation of consumer support for PT electrification policies. | |