Road pricing and transport planning in Victoria - a market perspective
Road pricing in general and toll roads in particular offer some promise for dealing with emerging transport problems in Victoria. The main problem areas include: rising travel demands; increasing urban traffic congestion and pollution; and declining government sector fiscal outlays. These problems are described, explained and discussed. Options for dealing with the problems are canvassed, and the case for road pricing as a promising option is put forward. The applicability and difficulty of area pricing and toll roads as particular forms of road pricing are described, with particular reference to: financial market perceptions and behaviour; the technical possibilities of electronic road pricing; the possibilities of joint government - private sector involvement in transport infrastructure funding; and the possible impact of toll roads on travel demand patterns and public transport patronage. It is concluded that road pricing in general will have a place in transport planning in Victoria, notwithstanding sometimes conflicting policy objectives.
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Authors:
- Greig, P J
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1992
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 56-70 (Wednesday)
- Monograph Title: ASPAC 92: IRF/ARF Asia Regional Pacific Road Conference, 1992, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economics; Financing; Highways; Policy; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning; User charges
- Geographic Terms: Victoria
- ATRI Terms: Policy; Road economics; Road funding; Road pricing; Road user charges; Traffic congestion; Transport planning
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Policy;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01433190
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 24 2012 5:29PM