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The More Stringent, the Better? Rationing Car Use in Bogotá with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions

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  • Jorge A Bonilla

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Rationing car use based on license plate number has become a popular policy in several cities around the world to address traffic congestion and air pollution. This paper studies the effects of the moderate and drastic driving restrictions imposed as part of the Pico y Placa program on car use and air pollution in Bogotá. Using data on ambient carbon monoxide, gasoline consumption, and vehicle sales and registrations, no evidence of an improvement in air quality or a reduction in car use is found in either phase of the program. On the contrary, there is some indication that, relative to the moderate phase, gasoline consumption, vehicle ownership, and carbon monoxide in the morning peak tended to increase slightly when drastic restrictions were implemented.

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  • Jorge A Bonilla, 2019. "The More Stringent, the Better? Rationing Car Use in Bogotá with Moderate and Drastic Restrictions," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 33(2), pages 516-534.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:wbecrv:v:33:y:2019:i:2:p:516-534.
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    1. Rivera, Nathaly M., 2021. "Air quality warnings and temporary driving bans: Evidence from air pollution, car trips, and mass-transit ridership in Santiago," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    2. Jorge A Bonilla & Alejandro Lopez-Feldman & Paula Pereda & Nathaly M. Rivera & J. Cristobal Ruiz-Tagle, 2021. "Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure and COVID-19 Mortality in Latin America," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2021_23, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), revised 02 Feb 2023.
    3. Blackman, Allen & Bonilla, Jorge A. & Villalobos, Laura, 2023. "Quantifying COVID-19’s silver lining: Avoided deaths from air quality improvements in Bogotá," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    4. Salgado, Edgar & Mitnik, Oscar A., 2021. "Spatial and Time Spillovers of Driving Restrictions: Causal Evidence from Limas Pico y Placa Policy," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 11818, Inter-American Development Bank.
    5. Soto, Jose J. & Macea, Luis F. & Cantillo, Victor, 2023. "Analysing a license plate-based vehicle restriction policy with optional exemption charge: The case in Cali, Colombia," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    6. Li, Wenbo, 2023. "The effect of China's driving restrictions on air pollution: The role of a policy announcement without a stated expiration," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    7. Zhu, Junming & Wang, Jiali, 2021. "The effects of fuel content regulation at ports on regional pollution and shipping industry," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    8. Blackman, Allen & Qin, Ping & Yang, Jun, 2020. "How costly are driving restrictions? Contingent valuation evidence from Beijing," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).

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