Public transport strikes and traveller behaviour

By J. Exel, Piet Rietveld. 2001

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Does Public Transit reduce Car Travel Externalities (2015, background): “Also Proost and Van Dender (2008) and Basso and Silva (2014) indicate that during peak hours, it would be beneficial if subsidies cover 50% up to 100% of operating cost.”
The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network (2017, unknown): “(2015) for example suggest that a 10 minute commute reduces utility by 14 percentage points. But despite the sizable stakes, we encountered various examples in the media of commuters who changed their route following the strike.(1) This indicates that a sizable share of people might be stuck in sub-”
Modelling the effects of COVID-19 on travel mode choice behaviour in India (2020, background): “There is a decent amount of literature on travel behaviour during planned (e.g. van Exel and Rietveld, 2001; Clegg, 2007; Eliasson et al., 2009) and unplanned transport disruptions (e.g. Wesemann et al., 1996; Giuliano and Golob, 1998; López‐Rousseau, 2005).”
When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution, and Health (2017, background): “Van Exel and Rietveld (2001) summarize the existing evidence as follows: public transit strikes induce most public transit users to switch to the car (either as driver or passenger) and as a result traffic density as well as road congestion increases.”