How gasoline prices influence the effectiveness of interventions targeting sustainable transport modes?
The current study aims to quantify the moderating role of gasoline price on the effectiveness of interventions targeting healthier and more sustainable transport modes. This multi-level meta-analysis provides an analysis of 52 interventions targeting a change in driving, public and active transport across four continents in interventions mixing “carrot/stick” strategies. Gasoline price significantly moderates the effectiveness of interventions targeting healthier transport modes in Europe (standardized mean difference 4·43, 95% CI 1·11 to 7·74) but not in the other continents. Interventions conducted in Europe were more effective with higher gasoline price. Gasoline price also significantly interacted with access to public transport in the four continents, with the moderating role of gasoline price on interventions’ effectiveness being stronger in places with higher access to public transport. Gasoline price is a significant moderator of interventions’ effectiveness but mostly in context where infrastructures are available.
Authors
- Cathryn C. Tonne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3919-8264)
- Baptiste Andrieu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3165)
- Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9461-7981)
- Nicolas Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-034X)
- Guillaume Chevance (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8926-4816)
- Paquito Bernard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2180-9135)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (FR)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (DE)
- Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail (FR)
- Institut des Sciences de la Terre (FR)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- Université Gustave Eiffel (FR)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (DE)
- Université Savoie Mont Blanc (FR)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44333-024-00017-1
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.31
Funders
- Centres de Recerca de Catalunya
- European Commission
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación