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http://dx.doi.org/10.15266/KEREA.2021.30.2.207

The Impact of Air Quality on Traveling Time by Transportation Mode  

Jo, Eunjung (Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Hyunchul (Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Environmental and Resource Economics Review / v.30, no.2, 2021 , pp. 207-235 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of ambient air pollution by ozone and particulate matter on traveling by mode of transport. We estimate the SUR model of travel time by different modes of transportation using individual level data of travel diaries. We find that, as air pollution levels rises, traveling by privately-owned vehicles increases but traveling by bus decreases. Our results also show that, when an air quality alert is issued, bus traveling increases in an effort to reduce pollution levels, but traveling by own car does not change and traveling by train declines. This suggests that alert programs may not be highly effective in reducing air pollution emissions from vehicles because voluntary switching to public transportation induced by air quality alerts is outweighed by individual effort of avoiding exposure to pollution.
Keywords
Voluntary programs; Public information; Ozone; Particulate matter;
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