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Is Vancouver’s Proposed Road Toll Regressive? : An Empirical Analysis of Congestion Pricing See-Fernandez, Justine; Sriram, Aditi

Abstract

Vancouver is proposing to implement transport pricing in its Metro Core in an attempt to reduce pollution, however there has been pushback because of the hypothesis that the burden of this toll would fall most heavily on low-income populations. This research study tests this hypothesis empirically by understanding at a Census Tract (CT) level which communities would be disproportionately impacted. Results from this study show that the toll burden falls on people from higher income CTs who have the ability to substitute their means of transportation with public transit. These results are similar to the existing literature on transport pricing in other metropolitan cities, mitigating concerns that this toll would be environmentally progressive but economically inequitable.

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Is Vancouver’s Proposed Road Toll Regressive? : An Empirical Analysis of Congestion Pricing
Creator
See-Fernandez, Justine; Sriram, Aditi
Contributor
UBC Climate Hub. Climate Justice Research Collaborative
Date Issued
2021-04
Description
Vancouver is proposing to implement transport pricing in its Metro Core in an attempt to reduce pollution, however there has been pushback because of the hypothesis that the burden of this toll would fall most heavily on low-income populations. This research study tests this hypothesis empirically by understanding at a Census Tract (CT) level which communities would be disproportionately impacted. Results from this study show that the toll burden falls on people from higher income CTs who have the ability to substitute their means of transportation with public transit. These results are similar to the existing literature on transport pricing in other metropolitan cities, mitigating concerns that this toll would be environmentally progressive but economically inequitable.
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Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ECON 492
Date Available
2021-04-30
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0397111
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78060
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Land and Food Systems, Faculty of; Vancouver School of Economics
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Undergraduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
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