APPENDIX
Survey 400 questionnaires sent out during the spring of 1997 asked the following questions.
“The Great Transport Subsidy” researched by Bradbury and Nalty, October 1996 suggested that if subsidies currently paid by the State for roads were either abolished, or paid to the user to make travel decisions in a fair balanced market, the road use charge (currently fuel tax) would increase from approximately £0.40/litre to £2.74/litre. If including the 20p price of the fuel would mean paying 2.94/litre at the pumps, an increase of 390%.
| 1) |
Would you welcome the current subsidies being:
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| a) |
Abolished to reduce taxes? |
Yes |
12(36%) |
| b) |
Paid to the user? |
Yes |
11(33%) |
| c) |
No to both options |
No |
7(21%) |
| d) |
Don’t Know |
6(18%) |
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| 3(9%) ticked yes to both options hence the percentages
do not add up to 100% |
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| 33(8%) replied |
| 2) |
If there were a big increase in the cost of
road use would you be encouraged to: |
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| a) |
Walk more? |
Yes |
21(60%) |
| b) |
Cycle more ? |
Yes |
12(34%) |
| c) |
Use Public Transport more? |
Yes |
21(60%) |
| d) |
Purchase a Travelcard valid on all Public Transport
if Available? |
Yes |
18(51%) |
| e) |
Request a Company Travelcard instead of Company
car |
Yes |
3(9%) |
| 35(9%) replied |
A similar survey is required with much a larger sample than I could muster with my resources.