tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post1190291190643809219..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: Op-Ed: The choice challenge (Try nudging)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-62176576387498489142009-06-04T08:35:59.796+02:002009-06-04T08:35:59.796+02:00Relatively far too much carrot (for cars mainly bu...Relatively far too much carrot (for cars mainly but also trucks) ...?<br /><br /> ... relatively too little carrot (for walking, cycling and public transport and combinations thereof) ...?<br /><br /> ... but almost none of the necessary stick ...?<br /><br />One implementation problem/dilemma with the "carrot and stick" concept is that Michael Yeatesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-51611658115871810012009-06-03T12:52:32.028+02:002009-06-03T12:52:32.028+02:00In response to the excellent comments made by Rich...In response to the excellent comments made by Richard Layman and Simon Norton:<br />Government interventions to correct market failures and “get the prices right” (such as road-user charging) are advocated by many economists and policy makers, and are largely favoured for their economic rational and sound behavioural assumptions. However: (1) the assumption that individuals will always respond inErel Avinerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351675943694652750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-1084379462124922982009-06-02T18:19:29.971+02:002009-06-02T18:19:29.971+02:00In the middle of Dr Avineri's article was a statem...In the middle of Dr Avineri's article was a statement that there was a synergy<br />between nudges and financial incentives. I think that this needs greater<br />emphasis. Relying entirely on nudges is a strategy which I call "it pays to<br />pollute", in antithesis to a policy based on financial incentives which I call<br />"polluter pays".<br /><br />The "it pays to pollute" strategy is Simon Nortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-12436853147020782892009-06-02T18:17:03.144+02:002009-06-02T18:17:03.144+02:00as long as the fundamental externalities are not a...as long as the fundamental externalities are not addressed, in the case of mobility behavior, the cost of gasoline, and the addition of appropriate taxes to cover all of the costs not covered strictly by the materials cost, and possibly and likely free parking, every program to promote optimal mobility is never going to achieve optimal results.<br /> <br />If gasoline in the U.S. was priced Richard Laymanhttp://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com