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  2. The effect of an area-wide price reduction in public transport: lessons from Geneva The effect of an area-wide price reduction in public transport: lessons from Geneva

The effect of an area-wide price reduction in public transport: lessons from Geneva

Do price reductions lead to a transport mode shift towards public transport? We estimate the effect of a price reduction in Geneva using econometric methods.

Brief information

School:

Business

Status:

Completed

Period:

18.05.2021 - 30.06.2022

Overview

Car usage leads to greater levels of negative externalities than public transport. Therefore, a transport mode shift towards public transport could help to reduce negative externalities caused by the transport sector. Price reductions to achieve this mode shift have been intensively discussed in recent years. However, estimates of price reductions for public transport usage (in Switzerland) are mainly based on Stated Preference surveys. Analyzing real world cases using econometric methods could give researchers and practitioners important insights for the implementation of future policies. To provide these insights, we estimate the effect of a price reduction in Geneva, caused by an adopted initiative, on public transport demand. For doing so, we use the synthetic control method to estimate the effect's magnitude. In addition, we show how the COVID-19 outbreak influenced the effect.

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Type of project

Forschung

Internal organisations involved
  • CC Mobility
External project funder
  • SBB Forschungsfonds
Funding
  • Private / Stiftungen
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Links

  • SBB Forschungsfonds

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Persons involved: internal

Project manager
  • Widar von Arx
Member of project team
  • Kevin Blättler
  • Sebastian Imhof
  • Hannes Wallimann
  • Philipp Wegelin
  • Lucienne Wyss
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Persons involved: external

External Project Co-Head
  • Michael Steinle
External member of project team
  • Helen Conradin

Publications

  • Article, review; not peer reviewed (1)

    • Blättler, Kevin; von Arx, Widar & Wallimann, Hannes (2022). Preissenkungen im öffentlichen Verkehr: Wirkungen, Erfolgsfaktoren und Risiken – eine wissenschaftliche Perspektive. Internationales Verkehrswesen, 74(3), 14-16.

  • Report/working paper (2)

    • Wallimann, Hannes; Blättler, Kevin & von Arx, Widar (2022). Do price reductions attract customers in urban public transport? A synthetic control approach (arXiv Working Paper).

    • von Arx, Widar; Blättler, Kevin; Wallimann, Hannes; Conradin, Helen & Steinle, Michael (2022). The Demand Effects of Price Reductions in Urban Public Transport (Bericht).

  • Other publication formats (1)

    • Wallimann, Hannes & Blättler, Kevin (2022). Was Preissenkungen im öffentlichen Verkehr mit natürlichen Experimenten zu tun haben und wie sie wirken. https://hub.hslu.ch/business-psychology/was-preissenkungen-im-oeffentlichen-verkehr-mit-natuerlichen-experimenten-zu-tun-haben-und-wie-sie-wirken%ef%bf%bc/

  • Presentation (conference/report/lectures) (1)

    • Blättler, Kevin; von Arx, Widar & Wallimann, Hannes (24.08.2022). Do price reductions attract customers in urban public transport? A synthetic control approach. International Conference on Tourism and Business ICTB, Luzern.

Brief information

School:

Business

Status:

Completed

Period:

05/18/2021 - 06/30/2022

Project Head

Prof. Dr. Widar von Arx

Head of the Competence Center for Mobility

+41 41 228 42 88

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