Urban Tolling is Fair
Many authorities responsible for urban mobility have to address the question of whether or not to introduce road user charging. Urban tolling has already been deployed around the world in various forms, from Singapore in 1975 to Melbourne and Santiago, and more recently Oslo, Stockholm and London. There are a number of different objectives that characterize various urban tolling schemes, such as easing congestion, reducing pollution in certain areas, as well as the impact of the road traffic network on the environment in general. Improving public transport and funding the construction of infrastructure or transport services are also goals for a number of authorities .All of these objectives are worth considering when it comes to selecting the type of urban tolling to be deployed (network, zone, or ring) and also how the charges are actually created. For instance, should the price be variable according to demand on the network? Or is the pricing variable dependent on pollution levels? Authorities must consider whether HOV/HOT lanes are suitable for their environment and even if charging should be based on the emissions of specific vehicles – e.g. older, more polluting vehicles pay more. Of course, another key consideration is how any revenue generated by the proposed scheme is to be used – to improve public transport and get drivers off the roads, or is it to go toward more general development of the community?
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America. The Table of Contents on the CD-ROM lists the title of this paper as "Urban Tolling."
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Authors:
- Le Puil, Pierrick
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Conference:
- 19th ITS World Congress
- Location: Vienna , Austria
- Date: 2012-10-22 to 2012-10-26
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: CD-ROM; Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: 6p
- Monograph Title: 19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22 to 26 October 2012
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: High occupancy toll lanes; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Mobility; Pollutants; Public transit; Tolls; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: London (England); Melbourne (Australia); Oslo (Norway); Santiago (Chile); Singapore; Stockholm (Sweden)
- Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01494144
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 24 2013 9:15AM