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If we really want to change travel patterns, behavioural economics can help us

Tony Duckenfield, Steer Davies Gleave
30 March 2012
Tony Duckenfield is head of insight at consultant Steer Davies Gleave
Tony Duckenfield is head of insight at consultant Steer Davies Gleave
Tony Duckenfield: The rise of shared transport and urban mobility solutions could mean that support for traditional bus services comes under threat
Tony Duckenfield: The rise of shared transport and urban mobility solutions could mean that support for traditional bus services comes under threat
Tony Duckenfield: The rise of shared transport and urban mobility solutions could mean that support for traditional bus services comes under threat
Tony Duckenfield: The rise of shared transport and urban mobility solutions could mean that support for traditional bus services comes under threat

 

Behavioural economics has become popularised by Thaler and Sunstein’s book Nudge and the adoption of ‘nudge’ policies by the Government, which even has a ‘nudge squad’. There is a risk, however, that the serious science and important lessons beneath this are lost, or at least obscured. The aim of this article is therefore to acquaint (or perhaps in some cases re-acquaint) readers with some of the key lessons for transport from behavioural economics. This is...

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