Monitoring Devices and Information Transmission to Commuters: Promoting Safety in Urban Transport
This project offers the first rigorous assessment of the role of information and subsidies in public transport safety choice
Abstract
This is a Transport-Technology Research Innovation for International Development (T-TRIID) final report
This project offers the first rigorous assessment of the role of information and subsidies in public transport safety choice. Building on these findings, a number of new avenues open up for policymakers and private initiatives to approach public transport safety. First, even small price subsidies turn out to be very effective in changing traveller choices. On a large scale, this type of intervention is likely to shift behaviour on the supply side: it provides strong incentives for competitors to catch up to the safety leader. Second, large-scale information campaigns need to be predicated on a trustworthy information environment. Combating misinformation means to elevate the provision of information above the playing field of competing interests. The rest of the report is structured as follows. Section C provides some background on the problems in transportation industries, our solution concept, and our team structure. Section D details the project design, including the research concept, the technology we used, and how we implemented the research). Section E provides an overview of our preliminary results, while Section F concludes and highlights our next steps.
This is an output of the High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme
Citation
Echo Mobile. (2019), Monitoring Devices and Information Transmission to Commuters: Promoting Safety in Urban Transport. Available from: http://transport-links.com/download/t-triid-final-report-monitoring-devices-and-information-transmission-for-safer-urban-transport/
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