Environmental performance of an urban passenger transport system and influencing factors: A case study of Tianjin, China

Yin Cui, Zhiyong Li, Yu Sun and Weizheng Sun

Utilities Policy, 2023, vol. 80, issue C

Abstract: The environmental performance of an urban passenger transport system (EPUPTS) is the positive influence on the natural environment generated by the urban passenger transport system. It is affected by many factors, including its inputs and the inputs of transportation facility manufacturers. This paper analyses the interaction between EPUPTS and its influencing factors taking Tianjin, China, as an example. EPUPTS in Tianjin is evaluated by a combination evaluation method at first. Then this paper uses a vector auto-regression model to analyze the dynamic relationship between the environmental performance of the urban passenger transport system and its inputs and the inputs of transportation facility manufacturers separately. The results show that 1) EPUPTS was stable in Tianjin but still has a specific space for improvement; 2) compared to the investment in fixed assets, the input of passenger transport vehicles has a significant impact on EPUPTS; 3) the R&D input of transportation facility manufacturers also has an evident impact on EPUPTS, but this impact was relatively small.

Keywords: Urban passenger transport system; Environmental performance; Influencing factors; Combination evaluation method; Vector auto-regression model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2022.101485

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