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The research is innovative in that ‘cash out’ policies do
not currently exist in Ireland. Therefore, the research
examines an innovative policy using an innovative techni-
que: a web-based survey.
Looking at the results of the behavioural responses to
the h5/day charge to park at work, a relatively large group
of individuals (31.5%) would still travel to work by car. It
was clear from a number of responses that this was quite a
determined reaction and may be heavily influenced by a
primary defensive reaction to the removal of something
that individuals perceive to be a right. However, assuming
that this may have been the reason for responding
negatively for some, a sensitivity analysis to the level of
the charge would be an important part of a future work
programme on this topic.
Policy decisions relating to work place parking in
Dublin, in part, reside with Dublin City Council, the local
authority, and with employers who own or rent the spaces.
Congestion charging is unlikely to be introduced in the
near future and therefore other methods of demand
management, such as work place parking charges, may come on to the agenda, although this is not the case at
present. If this happened, it is expected that employers
would only respond to a city-wide policy administered in a
controlled way.
The ‘cash out’ strategy examined in the research
presented here was a new concept for most of the
participants. This coupled with the fact that changes to
work place parking policy can incite significant resistance,
as shown in previous work (Farrell and O’Mahony, 2005)
and the fact that the answers are stated preference
responses, need to be taken into consideration when
reviewing the results. It would be important to estimate
the error generated in the results of this research due to the
survey instrument type by conducting a trial in a number of
employer locations. It can be noted from the results that the policy of cash
outs might only influence part of the population. About
30% gave a high preference to giving up their space for a
year and receiving a payment in lieu. This particular result
was higher than the authors expected. On the basis of this
result, even allowing for the possibility of the halo effect,
the authors consider that the result is sufficiently positive to
suggest that ‘cash outs’, as part of an integrated package of
demand management measures, could deliver a reduction
in car use.