Pricing Model for Rural Roadway Networks Incorporating Pavement Deterioration and Repair

The primary goal of roadway tolling in rural areas is revenue generation rather than elimination of congestion externalities, and thus urban pricing models are not directly applicable. In particular, generating funds for roadway maintenance projects is of key interest in rural regions where heavy vehicles and “pass-through” traffic often constitute a large share of roadway volume. At the same time, the lack of congestion in rural areas allows a simplified representation of travel delay. The authors present a model for finding approximately socially-optimal prices accounting for the value obtained from maintenance projects funded by toll revenue, and the effects of traffic diversion on pavement deterioration and future maintenance expenses. The authors distinguish between revenue obtained from travelers living within the study area and those living in other regions, and allow differential pricing by vehicle type. Due to the discontinuity of the formulation, simulated annealing is used to find tolls on selected roadway arcs. The numerical results, applied to a network representing the state of Wyoming, verifying its effectiveness and limitations by showing sensitivity analysis for different parameters.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Saha, Promothes
  • Liu, Ruoyu
  • Boyles, Stephen D
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
• Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Maintenance; Pavement distress; Road pricing; Rural areas; Rural highways; Sensitivity analysis; Toll roads; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Revenue generation
• Geographic Terms: Wyoming
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01340049
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11-3992
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 18 2011 10:51AM