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To investigate the influence of transport pricing policy on energy consumption, this study shows a microeconomic quantitative analysis scheme to simulate the energy consumption from a microeconomic viewpoint. Nine policy scenarios are set based on strategies of gasoline tax adding and mass transit fare reduction singly or combined. Energy consumption is estimated based on individual consumption behaviors of non-mobility goods and mobility goods. Simulation results suggest that pricing policy has effect on the demand of goods. Gasoline tax adding has strong influence on the number of car trips. Scenarios with high gasoline tax adding show less car trips and least energy consumption. Mass transit fare alone has limited effect on the demand of trips and energy consumption. Mass transit fare reduction introduces more mass transit trips but stable number of car trips. There is no significant difference between results of energy consumption in scenarios with different mass transit fare reduction. As a whole, the integrated policy that combines gasoline tax adding and mass transit fare reduction is more influential to the demand of goods and energy consumption than single strategy policy.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC70 Transportation Energy. Alternate title: Impact of Transport Pricing Policy on Individual Energy Consumption: Simulation Case Study in Kumamoto, Japan.

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14-0669

English

13p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Demand; Energy consumption; Freight traffic; Fuel taxes; Mobility; Policy analysis; Pricing; Simulation

Japan

Economics; Energy; Highways; Public Transportation; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-0669

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 2:18PM