TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Taking the moral high ground? The reduction of private car usage through a sense of obligation JO - Journal of transport economics and policy A1 - Broadstock, David A1 - Collins, Alan A1 - Cox, Adam A1 - Ferguson, Neil A1 - Woods, Lee SP - 177 EP - 198 VL - 54 IS - 3 N2 - This study investigates the extent to which a sense of moral pressure to reduce car usage is influenced by household decisions about vehicle use. There is a higher probability of feeling moral pressure among those driving more, those driving larger vehicles, and those using more fuel-efficient vehicles. This moral pressure is found to decrease for households with higher income and households further away from a city centre.

RESULTS suggest that there is room to shape transport policies to focus on those households that feel less moral pressure in reducing use of personal automotive vehicles.

Language: en

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