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Was the low-fare public transport in Bonn a success? An evaluation of the climate ticket users and lessons for transportation companies

  • The transport sector is a major source of air pollution and thus a major contributor to the changing climate. As a result, in the recent past, driving bans have been imposed on cars with critical pollutant groups. As an international UN campus and self-proclaimed climate capital, the Federal City of Bonn declared a climate emergency in 2019 and participated in a federally funded “Lead City” project to optimise air quality. A key goal of the project is to reduce private motorised transport and strengthen public transport. Among the implemented measures, a “climate ticket” was introduced in 2019 whereby consumers could purchase an annual 365 € ticket for all local public transport. This paper reports on an analysis of that ticket’s changes in travel behavior. A quantitative survey (n = 1,315) of the climate ticket users as well as the multiple regressions confirm that the climate ticket attracted more customers to the buses and trams and that a modal shift for the period of the measure was recognisable. The multiple regressions showed that the ticket was perceived significantly more positively by full-time employed users than by unemployed people. The results also show that, in addition to the price, it is essential that travel time and reliability are ensured. Furthermore, the eligible groups of people, the area of coverage, and good connecting services should be extended. To sustainably improve air quality, this type of mobility service must be optimised and introduced on a permanent basis.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author:Andreas Hahn, Christina Pakusch, Gunnar Stevens
Parent Title (English):Case Studies on Transport Policy
Volume:15
Issue:1
Article Number:101158
Number of pages:11
ISSN:2213624X
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-78264
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101158
Publisher:Elsevier
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Date of first publication:2024/02/18
Copyright:© 2024 World Conference on Transport Research Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
Keyword:Bonn; Environmental benefits; Mobility; Modal Shift; Public Transport; Quantitative survey
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):3 Sozialwissenschaften / 38 Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr / 380 Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr
Open access funding:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg / Graduierteninstitut
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg / Publikationsfonds / 2022 ff
Entry in this database:2024/02/27
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International