Financial implications of car ownership and use

Chatterton, Tim; Anable, J; Cairns, S; Wilson, R. E.; Yeboah, G

Abstract

This paper presents a new perspective on assessing the financial impacts of private car usage in England and Wales, using novel datasets to explore implications of motoring costs (Vehicle Excise Duty and road fuel costs) for households as part of the overall costs of their energy budget. Using data from an enhanced version of the Department for Transport ‘MOT’ vehicle test record database, combined with Department of Energy and Climate Change domestic gas and electricity consumption, we look both at patterns of car usage and consequent energy consumption, and examine road fuel as a proportion of total household direct energy consumption. We consider how both of these vary spatially in relation to levels of median income.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: University Transport Studies Group (UTSG) 48th Annual Conference
• Start Date: Jan 6, 2016
• End Date: Jan 8, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Jan 6, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 3, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: car, ownership, use, transport, costs
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/917756
• Publisher URL: http://www.utsg.net/web/index.php?page=2016---bristol
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : University Transport Studies Group (UTSG) 48th Annual Conference
• Contract Date: Mar 3, 2016