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MULTIPLE INCENTIVES IN ENCOURAGING CAR POOL FORMATION ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Author(s) -
Jacobs Harvey E.,
Fairbanks David,
Poche Cheryl E.,
Bailey Jon S.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1982.15-141
Subject(s) - pooling , incentive , transport engineering , business , control (management) , advertising , environmental health , engineering , computer science , medicine , economics , microeconomics , artificial intelligence
The effects of a combined token economy and reserved parking program were evaluated as a means of increasing car pooling among students on a university campus. Following a baseline period, students in two experimental parking lots were notified of the availability of reserved parking and coupons redeemable for 25 cents in merchandise for each occupant of automobiles containing two or more people. Two control lots also were monitored for a comparison of treatment effects. Results indicated variable increases in car pooling in the two experimental lots and no increase in the control lots. Removal of the 25‐cent coupons from one treatment lot (reserved parking only) did not adversely affect rates of car pooling. An analysis of individual automobile occupancy rates among car poolers indicated distinct patterns of car pooling and underscored the importance of individual subject data analysis in the present situation. A cost‐benefit analysis indicated that even moderately effective car pool programs can be cost‐effective on both a public and personal level.