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Determinants of the demand for urban transport: results of a case study

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  • Elisabetta Venezia

    (University of Bari - Department of Economic Sciences)

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This paper presents some empirical results stemming from the estimation of a random utility model. With regard to the case study, the main findings are that notwithstanding the existence of a mediocre transport urban service, people would be in favour of using buses in the future. But this shift towards public transport needs to be encouraged through appropriate policies which could culminate in the achievement of a greater sustainability, otherwise we will most certainly have a difficult future characterised by higher car ownership and car usage.

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  • Elisabetta Venezia, 2009. "Determinants of the demand for urban transport: results of a case study," Working Papers 09_9, SIET Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica.
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