Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2012.07.010
Title: Allocation flexibility and price efficiency within Singapore's Vehicle Quota System
Authors: Chu, S. 
Keywords: Certificate of entitlement
Efficiency
License plate
Vehicle permit
Vehicle Quota System
Issue Date: 2012
Citation: Chu, S. (2012). Allocation flexibility and price efficiency within Singapore's Vehicle Quota System. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 46 (10) : 1541-1550. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2012.07.010
Abstract: Permit or license plate quotas are highly effective albeit controversial policy tools for managing growth in the vehicle population and thereby, adverse traffic congestion. A judicious distribution of the scarce permits that targets the dual objectives of price efficiency and social diversity in vehicle ownership can however mitigate the controversy. This paper scrutinizes the attainment levels of these two objectives within Singapore's multi-categorical Vehicle Quota System in two time periods (1991-1998 and 2002-2011) which differ in the number of permit allocation categories, the auction format used (sealed versus open bids) and in the frequency of distribution (monthly versus semimonthly). The lessons derived are contrasted to the other two jurisdictions which have also implemented quotas on their vehicle registrations namely, Shanghai and Beijing. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Source Title: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/44068
ISSN: 09658564
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.07.010
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