The More Stringent, the Better? : Rationing Car Use in Bogota with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions
Rationing car use based on license plate number has become a popular policy in several cities around the world to address traffic congestion and air pollution. This paper studies the effects of the moderate and drastic driving restrictions imposed...
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okr-10986-251632021-04-23T14:04:29Z The More Stringent, the Better? : Rationing Car Use in Bogota with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions Bonilla, Jorge A. air pollution traffic congestion traffic management car rationing climate change carbon policy Rationing car use based on license plate number has become a popular policy in several cities around the world to address traffic congestion and air pollution. This paper studies the effects of the moderate and drastic driving restrictions imposed as part of the Pico y Placa program on car use and air pollution in Bogota. Using data on ambient carbon monoxide, gasoline consumption, and vehicle sales and registrations, no evidence of an improvement in air quality or a reduction in car use is found in either phase of the program. On the contrary, there is some indication that, relative to the moderate phase, gasoline consumption, vehicle ownership, and carbon monoxide in the morning peak tended to increase slightly when drastic restrictions were implemented. 2016-10-17T15:59:12Z 2016-10-17T15:59:12Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26836504/more-stringent-better-rationing-car-use-bogota-moderate-drastic-restrictions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25163 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7846 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Colombia |
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Rationing car use based on license plate
number has become a popular policy in several cities around
the world to address traffic congestion and air pollution.
This paper studies the effects of the moderate and drastic
driving restrictions imposed as part of the Pico y Placa
program on car use and air pollution in Bogota. Using data
on ambient carbon monoxide, gasoline consumption, and
vehicle sales and registrations, no evidence of an
improvement in air quality or a reduction in car use is
found in either phase of the program. On the contrary, there
is some indication that, relative to the moderate phase,
gasoline consumption, vehicle ownership, and carbon monoxide
in the morning peak tended to increase slightly when drastic
restrictions were implemented. |
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Working Paper |
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Bonilla, Jorge A. |
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Bonilla, Jorge A. |
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Bonilla, Jorge A. |
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The More Stringent, the Better? : Rationing Car Use in Bogota with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions |
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The More Stringent, the Better? : Rationing Car Use in Bogota with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions |
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The More Stringent, the Better? : Rationing Car Use in Bogota with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions |
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The More Stringent, the Better? : Rationing Car Use in Bogota with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions |
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The More Stringent, the Better? : Rationing Car Use in Bogota with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions |
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more stringent, the better? : rationing car use in bogota with moderate and drastic restrictions |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26836504/more-stringent-better-rationing-car-use-bogota-moderate-drastic-restrictions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25163 |
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