In a 13-week field study conducted in The Netherlands, participants were provided with daily
rewards–monetary and in-kind, in order to encourage them to avoid driving during the …

Spitsmijden, peak avoidance in Dutch, is the largest systematic effort to date to study, in the
field, the potential of rewards as a policy mean for changing commuter behavior. A 13 week …

This paper deals with the potential participation in a reward scheme to avoid peak hour
driving. Using rewards in the context of congestion is novel compared to the attention …

A large sample of Copenhagen car drivers were randomly assigned to either receive a free
month travel card for public transportation or serve as a control group. As predicted, the free …

This study examines the impact of incentives on commuters' travel behavior based upon a
questionnaire survey conducted with respect to the Beijing Subway System. Overall, we find …

The aim of this paper is to compare two congestion management schemes–road-pricing and
peak avoidance rewarding–and their impact on commuter behaviour, based on two studies …

Newspapers, book clubs, telephone services and many other subscription services are often
marketed to new customers by means of a free or substantially discounted trial period. This …

Congestion remains one of the most prevalent transport problems in big cities. As a starting
point for more targeted interventions to reduce congestion, this paper suggests a …

Incentive-based travel demand management strategies are gaining increasing attention
because they are generally considered more acceptable by the traveling public and policy …

While cities across the world invest in public transport solutions, car sales and congestion
continue to rise. Converting commuters to new forms of transport is far from a trivial matter …