Financial incentives to promote active travel: an evidence review and economic framework.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Financial incentives, including taxes and subsidies, can be used to encourage behavior change. They are common in transport policy for tackling externalities associated with use of motor vehicles, and in public health for influencing alcohol consumption and smoking behaviors. Financial incentives also offer policymakers a compromise between "nudging," which may be insufficient for changing habitual behavior, and regulations that restrict individual choice.

Evidence acquisition

The literature review identified studies published between January 1997 and January 2012 of financial incentives relating to any mode of travel in which the impact on active travel, physical activity, or obesity levels was reported. It encompassed macroenvironmental schemes, such as gasoline ta

SUBMITTER: Martin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3834139 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature