CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Hess, Lily Chien-wen |
|---|---|
| Title | Sustainable Transport Policy, Car Ownership, and Cost: A Comparison of Dublin and Vienna |
| Summary | The effects of rising rates of car ownership are increasingly a problem that cities have attempted to address through various measures. In Europe, some cities have sought to transition to sustainable forms of transport, such as through car-restrictive measures and by encouraging alternative travel modes. This thesis takes the example of Vienna and Dublin and compares their sustainable urban transport policies. It also interviews car-owning residents from both cities regarding their motivations for car use, car-related costs they face, and opinions of their cities’ transport policies. It then uses the data to estimate the costs of transport modes for one participant per city and estimates the time and cost required for some potential journeys they may take. This thesis finds cars to be the most expensive form of transport for both cities, but that other factors contribute to the interviewees’ ownership of cars. It also details the similarities and differences in motivations, costs, and perceptions of policy among participants from the two cities. |
| Supervisor | Ürge-Vorsatz, Diana |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/hess_lily.pdf |
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