NEW REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL DEMAND ELASTICITIES

摘要: Travel demand elasticity is a measure of the responsiveness travel to changes in variables such as price, income and service level. Knowledge elasticities provides sound basis for developing price-based management measures. This report reviews summarises information on that were empirically determined Australia. The review includes petrol consumption traffic level with respect those public transport fare price increases, freight road costs. Petrol was found be more effective, long run, reducing fuel (elasticity = -0.55) than -0.26). average own-price, short-run 0.29 bus -0.35 rail; cross-elasticities about 0.10 or changes. three times effective shifting car drivers transit users. (a) ISBN microfiche version 0-86910-615-5