NEW SOUTH WALES

摘要

At least one in three drivers who commute to work during peak periods in most major cities do not need to do so and could significantly reduce traffic congestion by simply choosing a different time to travel, according to a University of Sydney Business School survey. In Sydney the number of peak hour drivers who said they could leave home at a different time in order to avoid traffic congestion was one in four. The quarterly Transport Opinion Survey, TOPS, conducted by the Business School's Institute of Transport and Logistic Studies found that a peak period, 0700-0900 and 1630-1830 a charge of around five cents per kilometre on major roads could encourage up to 35% per cent of people who commute by car to travel at a different time or shift to public transport.