Abstract
In this paper, the preferences for the spending of revenues from a congestion charging scheme are investigated and modelled, from the point of view of three users' groups; car users, public transport users and cyclists and walkers. An approach for the allocation of revenues on bus services to improve public acceptability has been suggested. Joint modelling of the allocation of revenues and the choice of mode of travel is also presented. The data were collected as part of a larger survey to investigate the consequences of congestion charging in the city of Edinburgh (UK). Respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement for a number of revenue allocation spending options. A set of attitudinal data was collected from the sample of travellers in the city on both general spending of the revenues and on spending on the public transport improvements. On the whole there has been overall agreement on spending the revenues on improving public transport services. Spending preferences were also modelled to allow for future policy scenarios to be developed for the allocation of revenues. The results of the analysis suggests that the preferences of spending within public transport are real time information, reliability, integrated ticketing, fare reductions and network coverage.