Quantifying individuals' trade-offs between privacy, liberty and security: the case of rail travel in UK

Potoglou, Dimitris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3060-7674, Robinson, N., Kim, C. W., Burge, P. and Warnes, R. 2010. Quantifying individuals' trade-offs between privacy, liberty and security: the case of rail travel in UK. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 44 (3) , pp. 169-181. 10.1016/j.tra.2009.12.006

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Abstract

Public transport systems have been targets in several terrorist attacks, notably in recent years, resulting in tight security measures worldwide. However, individuals’ privacy and liberty often conflict with efforts towards safety and security, making it difficult to assess the implications of security measures balanced against the costs (e.g., citizens may be stopped, searched and asked to provide personal identification data to authorities without any particular reason). Henceforth, our research question asks, “to what extent would people sacrifice their right to privacy and liberty in exchange for potentially safer and more secure travel?” This paper uses a stated choice experiment to quantify individuals’ trade-offs between privacy and security within a real-life context, namely railtravel in the UK. Using a nationwide sample, the empirical analysis yields the importance of improvements in the security infrastructure and identifies areas of concern with regard to privacy and liberty controlling for travel related factors. Further, trade-offs across different security measures for railtravel are quantified in terms of individuals’ willingness-to-pay extra on top of the average ticket price.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Rail; Privacy; Security; Liberty; Railtravel; Stated choices; Discrete choice models
Additional Information:	Pdf uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0965-8564/ (accessed 01/12/2014)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0965-8564
Funders:	RAND Europe, Alice Farrand’s Memorial Research Scholarship
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 03:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/37392

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