Assessment of Public Perception about the

Congestion Pricing System in Urban Areas

By
Under the guidance of A.Shyamsunder
1
Dr. B Raghuram Kadali 191703
Assistant professor
Civil engineering department
Transportation Division
2 Introduction

 Due to the rapid increase of population and car ownership in mega cities, traffic congestion
has become a big problem for the further development of urban mobility and transport
sustainability
 Traffic congestion has largely increased the emission and fuel consumption rate of each
vehicle.
 The efficient tool for congestion mitigation are parking price and congestion price.
 Urban congestion pricing is one of a few instruments for demand management, which can
shift the demand from peak hour to other time.
 It also changes the drivers’ destination choice and route choice and encourages the usage
of public transport.
3 Introduction

 In India from uber study (2018) Traffic congestion costs in four major Indian cities Rs 1.5 lakh crore a
year.
 4 Literature review
Author Name of journal Data technique Methodology Key results

Chuanli Liu Public acceptance survey questionnaire Linear regression • the female are more supportive to
towards congestion (interview) Analysis congestion charge than the male,
charge: a case study congestion charges
• negative impact on the
of brisbane
attractiveness of working in the
city.
• However, the auto users were
more concerned about this
negative impact than the other
groups as they would be forced to
pay more for driving into the city
to work. Meanwhile, the auto
users tended to be more doubtful
 5 Literature review
Author Name of journal Data technique Methodology Key results

Zhiyuan LIU Measuring The survey questionnaire Linear regression • The level of public acceptance
Public Acceptance (interview) Analysis from its current level of 42%
Of Urban as noted in this study.
Congestion-Pricing: • A higher acceptance rate is
A Survey In expected if a congestion
Melbourne pricing scheme is to be
(Australia) implemented.
 6 Literature review
Author Name of journal Data technique Methodology Key results
Xin Li Understanding survey questionnaire multinomial logit • In our study, only 23% of
Public Acceptability (interview) model Beijing residents supported
of Congestion congestion charging
Charging in Beijing

Kexin CHEN Study on survey questionnaire Multi-factor • 5 variables, including age,

Acceptability of (interview) Analysis of gender, annual income, degree
Congestion Pricing Variance(MANOV of education, and frequency
in Shanghai A) and Binomial of getting stuck in traffic
Logistic Model congestion, have significant
impacts on the acceptability
of congestion pricing.
 7 Literature review
Author Name of journal Data technique Methodology Key results

Aikaterini Urban Road Pricing: survey questionnaire Logit Regression • Respondents who traveled to
Rentziou Modeling Public (interview) Multivariate Probit the pricing area by taxi were
Acceptance Model more likely to accept
congestion pricing and
respondents with higher
educational levels,
• while respondents younger
than 44 years old and those
who traveled by car or by
motorcycle were less likely to
accept congestion pricing.
• motorcyclists had a lower
likelihood of accepting
congestion pricing than car
users
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