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• Car ownership of Japanese young people has declined since 1999. • Temporal trends of car expenditure shares varied across income groups. • Car and other expenditures are jointly modeled with inter-choice interactions. • The influence of car-related utility was moderate and fluctuated over time. • Influences of low-income status and the number of household members are confirmed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focusing on China, which has a special household registration system (called hukou ), this study examines the likely effects of the China’s National New-type Urbanization Plan (2014–2020) on rural migrant workers’ intentions to reside permanently in cities and their future energy consumption preference. Questionnaire surveys were conducted in 2014 and 2015 among rural migrant workers and residents with a hukou in three cities (985 migrants and 671 residents with a hukou). Analysis results show that 39% of migrant workers intended to reside permanently in cities under the aforementioned plan, and the current energy consumption of residents with a hukou is 1.2–4.0 times higher than that of rural migrant workers. Further analyses based on structural equation models confirm that migrants’ current less-satisfied life experience and lower level of viability in cities hinder them to become a permanent urban resident. Unexpectedly, migrants’ permanent residence intentions do not affect their future energy consumption preference, which is however mostly affected by their confidence and barriers to become a permanent resident, especially future concerns about health and lack of social security in their current daily life. Finally, it is argued that studies on rural migrants should pay more attention to capability-concerned and life-oriented aspects, which are useful to derive important insights into cross-sectoral energy policymaking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Household decisions on the energy consumption behavior are with regard to the situations that multiple end-uses (e.g., domestic appliances and vehicles) are simultaneously hold and consumed. To deal with this issue, the multiple discrete–continuous models are the best choices from the behavioral perspective. This study compared two types of utility theory-based multiple discrete–continuous models, which are widely applied in the literature: multiple discrete–continuous extreme value (MDCEV) model and the improved resource allocation model based on the multi-linear function (RAM-MLF). A household energy consumption survey was carried out in Beijing in 2010, and the comparative analysis on the performance of these two models is carried out based on the survey data. Results show that the overall performance of RAM-MLF is slightly superior to the MDCEV model due to the incorporation of the inter-end-use interaction and the relative importance of end uses. Moreover, the utility structure by using the satiation parameters to represent the diminishing marginal utility with the increasing consumption shows better fitness than the structure only using the logarithmic function. These findings can be contributed to understand the household energy consumption behavior, while suggest the potential improvement of the model structure, which is mainly focused on the utility form and the decision making mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights: [•] Direct and indirect rebound effects for private vehicle in Japan are investigated. [•] SP-off-RP method is used to identify the existence and distribution of rebounds. [•] 34% of respondents have the reallocation choices which cause rebound effect. [•] Rebound effects from vehicles are more possible to occur in domestic sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This paper presents an integrated model system for mobility maximization based on a quantified specification of environmental capacity, and evaluates policy interaction and effectiveness by simulating a number of policy scenarios. The system is designed to specify the maximum level of car ownership and number of trips by private and public modes subject to an environmental capacity constraint defined as the frontier emission under maximum system efficiency. Four types of hypothetical policies (population change, urban sprawl, land-use pattern and network improvement) are designed and the effects of 13 policy scenarios are simulated using data of Dalian City, China. Results reveal that the integrated model system reacts sensitively to policy interventions. The urban sprawl reflected in a changing residential distribution from central to suburban areas is most instrumental from the perspective of pollution alleviation. If the goal is to simultaneously reduce emissions while accommodating mobility, two combinational policy scenarios outperform all others. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This virtual special issue (VSI) focuses on the importance of researching young people's life choices and travel behaviors based on the life-oriented approach. Young people's behaviors may be uniquely different from other age groups. A better understanding of such behaviors is essential for making transport policy decisions from long-term, interdisciplinary, and cross-sectional perspectives. This VSI presents ten papers, covering topics such as possession of a driver's license, car ownership and usage, travel patterns, household expenditure, residential behavior, shared mobility, and self-driving public buses. The features and major findings of each paper are summarized and then important research issues are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]