IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/transa/v42y2008i8p1064-1073.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Taxi owners' buying preferences of hybrid-electric vehicles and their implications for emissions in New York City

Author

Listed:
  • Gao, H. Oliver
  • Kitirattragarn, Vincent

Abstract

There are currently 13,087 yellow taxis servicing New York City (NYC), each of which represents an opportunity to mitigate the city's air pollution. This study first quantifies the likely penetration percentage of hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) in the NYC Taxi industry, and then analyzes the environmental impact of a conversion of this percentage of fleet toward HEVs. This is done by conducting a survey of both individual owner-operators and fleet managers. A logistic regression model was estimated from the data that can be used to better understand the likelihood of a NYC taxi owner's preference of buying an HEV. Distribution functions of time-to-buy based on Kaplan-Meier survival curve estimation and Weibull distribution demonstrate the future progression of taxicab turnover, and no significant difference was observed between non-HEV and HEV buyers. Results indicate that without government intervention the 5-year future NYC taxi fleet will be comprised of 9.35% HEVs, which will lead to a 2.29% decrease in carbon dioxide emission over the current fleet. Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon, and nitrogen oxide emissions will decrease by 1.45%, 1.12%, and 1.70%, respectively. However, a 0.03% increase in particulate matter is possible due to the higher proportion of sport-utility hybrid taxis. Government intervention (e.g., mandates or incentive programs) is necessary to further improve the environmental effects of the NYC taxi fleet.

Suggested Citation

  • Gao, H. Oliver & Kitirattragarn, Vincent, 2008. "Taxi owners' buying preferences of hybrid-electric vehicles and their implications for emissions in New York City," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 42(8), pages 1064-1073, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transa:v:42:y:2008:i:8:p:1064-1073
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965-8564(08)00069-4
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Rodrigues Teixeira, Ana Carolina & Machado, Pedro Gerber & Borges, Raquel Rocha & Felipe Brito, Thiago Luis & Moutinho dos Santos, Edmilson & Mouette, Dominique, 2021. "The use of liquefied natural gas as an alternative fuel in freight transport – Evidence from a driver's point of view," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    2. Cai, Yanpeng & Applegate, Scott & Yue, Wencong & Cai, Jianying & Wang, Xuan & Liu, Gengyuan & Li, Chunhui, 2017. "A hybrid life cycle and multi-criteria decision analysis approach for identifying sustainable development strategies of Beijing's taxi fleet," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 314-325.
    3. Obuks A. Ejohwomu & Majeed Oladokun & Olalekan S. Oshodi & Oyegoke Teslim Bukoye & David John Edwards & Nwabueze Emekwuru & Olumide Adenuga & Adegboyega Sotunbo & Ola Uduku & Mobolanle Balogun & Rose , 2022. "The Exposure of Workers at a Busy Road Node to PM 2.5 : Occupational Risk Characterisation and Mitigation Measures," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-17, April.
    4. Yongyou Nie & Enci Wang & Qinxin Guo & Junyi Shen, 2018. "Examining Shanghai Consumer Preferences for Electric Vehicles and Their Attributes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-16, June.
    5. An, Shi & Hu, Xiaowei & Wang, Jian, 2011. "Urban taxis and air pollution: a case study in Harbin, China," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 960-967.
    6. Longhai Yang & Xiaowei Hu & Lin Fang, 2018. "Carbon emissions tax policy of urban road traffic and its application in Panjin, China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(5), pages 1-14, May.
    7. Majid Zahiri & Jielun Liu & Xiqun (Michael) Chen, 2019. "Taxi Downsizing: A New Approach to Efficiency and Sustainability in the Taxi Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-17, September.
    8. Silvestrini, A. & Monni, S. & Pregernig, M. & Barbato, A. & Dallemand, J.-F. & Croci, E. & Raes, F., 2010. "The role of cities in achieving the EU targets on biofuels for transportation: The cases of Berlin, London, Milan and Helsinki," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 44(6), pages 403-417, July.
    9. Wang, Hongxia & Fang, Hong & Yu, Xueying & Wang, Ke, 2015. "Development of natural gas vehicles in China: An assessment of enabling factors and barriers," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 80-93.
    10. Tommy Carpenter & Andrew Curtis & S. Keshav, 2014. "The return on investment for taxi companies transitioning to electric vehicles," Transportation, Springer, vol. 41(4), pages 785-818, July.
    11. Yang, W.H. & Wong, R.C.P. & Szeto, W.Y., 2018. "Modeling the acceptance of taxi owners and drivers to operate premium electric taxis: Policy insights into improving taxi service quality and reducing air pollution," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 581-593.
    12. Chun Yang & Jui-Che Tu & Qianling Jiang, 2020. "The Influential Factors of Consumers’ Sustainable Consumption: A Case on Electric Vehicles in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-16, April.
    13. Sovacool, Benjamin K. & Hirsh, Richard F., 2009. "Beyond batteries: An examination of the benefits and barriers to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) transition," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 1095-1103, March.
    14. Sathaye, Nakul, 2014. "The optimal design and cost implications of electric vehicle taxi systems," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 264-283.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:transa:v:42:y:2008:i:8:p:1064-1073. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/547/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.