Dutch Ministry - Welfare beyond GDP for mobility

Welfare beyond GDP for mobility And how to measure this using indicators

Tanja Vonk (TNO) Liselotte Bingen (MinIenW) Intertraffic March 31st, 2022 1

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How can we approach mobility in the ‘welfare beyond GDP’ (brede welvaart) framework and how can we measure it using indicators?

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Today: ›

Some history about welfare beyond GDP

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What is welfare beyond GDP?

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Welfare beyond GDP in the field of mobility – Towards a new paradigm

– How do we get there? ›

Indicators for welfare beyond GDP

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Some history about welfare beyond GDP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxX0WnxPU94 4

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Challenges of the 21st century need a new narrative for how we define our welfare

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Sustainable developement goals (UN, 2015)

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Welfare beyond GDP in Dutch context

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Definition ›

Well-being is the quality of life here and now and the extent to which it is at the expense of the quality of life of future generations and/or of people elsewhere in the world (Statistics Netherlands, 2021).

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Statistics Netherlands (CBS), 2021

Welfare beyond GDP in the field of mobility Before: ›

Facilitating all mobility and future demand

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Focus on accessibility defined as ‘travel time’ and fixing traffic jams in peak hours

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Our main indicator: ‘lost vehicle hours’

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Welfare beyond GDP in the field of mobility (2) Towards: ›

Focus on accessibility defined as the extent to which people can get to their work, school, family, etc.

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From one main indicator to a broader set of (new?) indicators

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Living environment

Health

Accessibility

Safety

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Environmental Assessment Agency (2021)

INDICATORS FOR WELFARE BEYOND GDP IN THE FIELD OF MOBILITY TO STIMULATE DISCUSSIONS – BASED ON A QUICKSCAN LISELOTTE BINGEN EN TANJA VONK

APPROACH INDICATOR STUDY: REVERSE THINKING START WITH THE END IN MIND Mobility that contributres to welfare beyond GDP

Instead Start at of: the indicators:

Vision on policy

Creating more perspectives for action Creating sharper definitions

Policy goals

Inspire

Indicators

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DECOMPOSITION WELFARE BEYOND GDP* FOR THE FIELD OF MOBILITY Welfare beyond GDP Liveability

Safety

Accessibility

Health

Distribution effects (social inclusion): groups, regions, time periods

Functioning of the mobility system * Adopted from PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 16

EXAMPLE DECOMPOSITION: SAFETY Traffic safety

Accidents Victims Material damage

Safety

Social safety

Individual safety perception (location) Safety poverty (groups) Location bound risk

External safety Grouprisk 17

EXAMPLES OF (NEW) INDICATORS Category

Subcategory

Indicator

Decompositions

Traffic safety

Accidents

Number of accidents

Number per km, per road type, day or night, modality, area, type of road user (vulnerable groups), etc.

Traffic safety

Material damage

Costs (in EUR)

Per household/company, per year, per type of accident, per type of damage, etc.

Social safety

Individual perception of safety

Social safety score

Per modality, location, infrastructure/vehicle, per user group 18

A STARTING POINT: A SET OF INDICATORS TO STIMULATE DISCUSSIONS AND DATACOLLECTION

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FINDING A BALANCE TREAT ALL FOUR ASPECTS EQUALLY

Liveability

Safety

Accessibility

Health

BWT

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EXAMPLE

STIMULATE CAR SHARING Selection of indicators: L - Use of space parking places (m2) – for parked vehicles

L - Parking experience (all modes) L - Emissions A - Usage (trips and distances – per mode)

A - Number of mobility options (#) H - Freedom of choice H - travel experience (stress, relaxing) S - Number of accidents DE - Availability of shared cars for various user groups and neighborhoods

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CONCLUSIONS CONTRIBUTE TO WELFARE

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Select and apply a set of balanced indicators in all projects

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Show available data and information in a national dashboard

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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? 23

QUESTIONS? 24

DISTRIBUTION EFFECTS EXAMPLES Accesibility: who benefits?

Hypothesis: Certain locations and modes attract mainly people with high incomes and education Breakdown: Income and education level of users of new infrastructure to be built Social safety for everyone Hypothesis: People feel safest in their private car Breakdown: Latent demand for travel by modes other than the private car in the evening/night by groups that do not currently feel safe 25

CONCLUSIONS START AND LET’S TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TOGETHER Welfare beyond GDP can be the new paradigm in mobility

Apply in all phases of the policy cycle

Plaatje Liselotte

Show available data and information in a national dashboard Select and apply a set of balanced indicators

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