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Table 1 Attributes and levels within the discrete choice experiment

From: Preferences for policy measures to regulate urban vehicle access for climate change mitigation

Attributes

Description

Levels

Policy coverage area

If the policy should affect vehicles entering the city centre only or within the significant core of the city (except suburbs and agglomerations)

City centre

 

Wider city area

Policy effective period

Days of the week and time of the day in which the policy will be enforced

Monday–Friday (7–19)

 

Monday–Friday (0–24)

 

Sunday–Saturday (0–24)

Affected vehicles

If the policy should apply to all vehicles (including green plates, i.e. alternative fuelled vehicles) or only vehicles not marked as environment friendly (non-green plates)

Non-green plates only

 

All vehicles

Access fee

if drivers of non-compliant vehicles can be allowed to enter the area covered by the policy should be subject to the payment of a fee or not

No

 

Yes

Revenue allocation to transport development

What percentage of money generated from access fees, fines, or other payments should be used for transport development

Less than 25%

 

25–75%

 

Greater than 75%

Monitoring

if compliance monitoring be based on an honour system using stickers or labels with random inspections (manual) or should the systems be monitored automatically using advanced technologies, e.g. camera based systems (automated)

Manual

 

Automated