Road Pricing: Theory, Empirical Assessment and Policy

Road Pricing: Theory, Empirical Assessment and Policy edited by Börje Johansson, Lars-Göran Mattsson.

Road pricing (tolls, etc.) as a means of generating revenue for infrastructure investment has become a major policy option in both Europe and North America. It can also be used as a policy in the management of traffic demand and flow, environmental objectives, and optimal resource allocation as rega...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Johansson, Börje (Editor), Mattsson, Lars-Göran (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edition:1st ed. 1995.
Series:Transportation Research, Economics and Policy,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Microeconomics.
Economic growth.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Theory
  • 1. Principles of Road Pricing
  • 2. Road Pricing as an Instrument in Traffic Management
  • 3. A Conceptual Framework for Pricing Congestion and Road Damage
  • 4. Existence of Optimal Tolls under Conditions of Stochastic User-Equilibria
  • II. Empirical Knowledge
  • 5. Willingness to Pay for Time Savings: The Trondheim Toll Road Experiences
  • 6. An Evaluation of the Impact of the Oslo Toll Scheme on Travel Behaviour
  • 7. Congestion Metering in Cambridge City, United Kingdom
  • III. Policy
  • 8. Road Pricing or Transport Planning?
  • 9. Road Pricing: The Public Viewpoint
  • 10. From Theory and Policy Analysis to the Implementation of Road Pricing: The Stockholm Region in the 1990s
  • 11. Road Pricing: Policy and Options for the Future
  • 12. Instruments for Charging Congestion Externalities
  • Index of References
  • List of Authors.

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