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The London Congestion Charge (LCC) represents a transport policy with a precise spatial footprint which will likely generate a certain area of effect in terms of the influence it has over the transport system. This paper focuses on the spatial features of the LCC and evaluates if the exemption of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) from the LCC had an appreciable impact on the registration rates of these vehicles in Greater London and the surrounding areas. The evaluation utilises data which notes the quantity of HEVs registered across the lower tier local authorities of the United Kingdom. This data is assessed using exploratory spatial analysis to determine the degree of spatial variation in HEV registrations with relation to nearness to the LCC alongside spatial regression models in order to consider if nearness to the LCC has an appreciable impact on HEV registrations once the effect of other area characteristics are accounted for. The results of the analysis indicate that as nearness to and interaction with the LCC increases, so too does the level of HEV registrations. This effect remain having accounted for the impact of socioeconomic, household and transport system features.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC70 Standing Committee on Transportation Energy. Alternate title: Exploring the Effect of Local Transport Policies over Adoption of Low-Emission Vehicles: Evidence from Exemption of Hybrid Electric Vehicles from London Congestion Charge.

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17-06859

English

14p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Congestion pricing; Hybrid vehicles; Pollutants; Registrations; Regression analysis; Spatial analysis; Transportation policy

London (England)

Highways; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-06859

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 12:49PM