scholarly journals The WTP for Facilities at the Amsterdam Zuidas

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 2099-2118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas de Graaff ◽  
Henri L F de Groot ◽  
Caroline A Rodenburg ◽  
Erik T Verhoef
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
Multifunctional Land Use ◽  
Day Care Centres ◽  
Preference Study

This paper reports the results of a stated preference study investigating the willingness-to-pay (WTP) of employees at the Amsterdam Zuidas for the presence of nonshopping and shopping facilities. The Amsterdam Zuidas area, surrounding the current train–metro–tram station Amsterdam Zuid World-Trade-Centre, is the largest multifunctional land-use project currently under development in the Netherlands. For nonshopping facilities, the results show that employees have the highest WTP for the presence of day-care centres and public transport facilities, and the lowest for public and recreation facilities. The average WTP for the presence of nonshopping facilities amounts to approximately €29 per month per employee. The WTP for the presence of shopping facilities is estimated at €25 per month per employee on average, and is in absolute value highest for supermarkets and lowest for flowershops and dry cleaners.

scholarly journals Measuring Customer Reservation Price for Maintenance, Repair and Operations of the Metro Public Transport System in Qatar

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 11023
Author(s):  
Jaime Larumbe
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Reservation Price ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Support Fund

Getting to know the price that users assign to maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) has arisen as an essential consideration in gathering financial sustainability for metro public transport systems. The current research reveals customer reservation price for MRO in the main metro stations in Qatar. The purpose of the present work is to assess the willingness to pay for MRO services in eight metro stations in Doha in order to have a better understanding of user preferences. Qualitative research was carried out employing primary and secondary source of information. Primary data was collected by means of a mixture of data accumulation approaches: key informant meetings and focus-group conversations. Secondary data was collected from the account books, contracts, recordings of trans-actions, statements of work and activity reports given by the local rail committees. A stated preference investigation was applied through open text format questions to more than 1000 customers, and a Poisson regression model was used to evaluate the considerations affecting every higher value. Outputs reveal normal customer reservation prices per month and per train journey. The results also indicate a significant willingness to pay differential among the studied railway stations. The study of the decisive considerations elicits that the degree to which the MRO service can exclude paying consumers, the attending of rail conferences and the possibility of using another rail station are related with the customer reservation price. The outputs of this research are significant for railway public authorities willing to set up reasonable, adequate and realistic fares that support fund competent railway systems in Qatar.

scholarly journals Assessing traveler compliance with the social optimum: A stated preference study

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 177-191
Author(s):  
Guilhem Mariotte ◽  
Ludovic Leclercq ◽  
Humberto Gonzalez Ramirez ◽  
Jean Krug ◽  
Cécile Bécarie
Keyword(s):  
Stated Preference ◽  
Social Optimum ◽  
The Social ◽  
Preference Study

scholarly journals Gender Inequality in Safety and Security Perceptions in Railway Stations

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4007
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Coppola ◽  
Fulvio Silvestri
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Revealed Preference ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Disaggregate Data

Recent studies have shown that gender is the personal aspect that mostly affects mobility patterns and travel behaviors. It has been observed, for instance, that female perception of unsafety and insecurity when traveling using public transport forces them to make unwanted travel choices, such as avoiding traveling at certain times of day and to specific destinations. In order to improve the attractiveness of public transport services, this gender gap must not be overlooked. This paper aims at contributing to research in gendered mobility by investigating differences in safety and security perceptions in railway stations, and by identifying which policies could be effective in bridging any existing gap. The methodology includes the collection of disaggregate data through a mixed Revealed Preference/Stated Preference survey, and the estimation of fixed and random parameters behavioral models. Results from a medium-sized Italian railway station show that female travelers feel safer in the presence of other people; they prefer intermodal infrastructures close to the entrance of the station and commercial activities in the internal premises. Moreover, unlike male travelers, they do not appreciate the presence of hedges and greenery outside stations.

scholarly journals Post-COVID-19 travel behaviour patterns: impact on the willingness to pay of users of public transport and shared mobility services in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Awad-Núñez ◽  
Raky Julio ◽  
Juan Gomez ◽  
Borja Moya-Gómez ◽  
Julián Sastre González
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Revealed Preferences ◽  
Trip Purpose ◽  
Willingness To Adopt ◽  
Shared Mobility ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Willingness To Use

Abstract Background The COVID-19 crisis has meant a significant change in the lifestyle of millions of people worldwide. With a lockdown that lasted almost three months and an impulse to new normality, transport demand has suffered a considerable impact in the Spanish case. It is mandatory to explore the effect of the pandemic on changes in travel behaviour in post-COVID-19 times. Methodology A nationwide survey was carried out during the lockdown in Spring 2020 to overview the recent changes. The survey collected both stated preferences (socio-demographic characteristics and mobility-related attributes), and revealed preferences (individuals’ habits, especially in the frequency of the trips according to the trip purpose, and opinions regarding the willingness and acceptability of these changes, and which actors would have to drive them, and how) of individuals. This paper aims to study and understand the willingness to adopt a set of measures to improve the safety conditions of public transport and shared mobility services against possible contagion from COVID-19 and the willingness to pay for them. Results The results obtained show that some measures, such as the increase of supply and vehicle disinfection, result in a greater willingness to use public transport in post-COVID-19 times. Similarly, the provision of covers for handlebars and steering wheels also significantly increases individuals’ willingness to use sharing services. However, respondents expect that these measures and improvements would be implemented but maintaining the same pre-COVID-19 prices. The results of this research might help operators deploy strategies to adopt their services and retain users.

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