In the past, small (fuel) price changes have been introduced to dim the mobility growth in the Netherlands. This has had little success. This study investigates whether large price changes cause different and relatively larger effects. To this end, a large sample has been drawn for which the subject was studied by means of a controlled budget approach. It turns out that large price changes indeed have a disproportionate effect on mileages. In addition, interesting differences have been found between population segments and between different journey purposes and travel modes. (A)
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