Equity Impacts of Toll Roads in North Texas

The number of toll roads in the United States is increasing as funds for transportation projects have not kept up with traffic demand. In the North Texas region specifically, several existing roadways are tolled and multiple toll projects are under construction. Contemporary studies have analyzed the impacts toll roads have on demographics, development, and economic growth, but few studies have been conducted to compare the impacts of toll and non-toll roads simultaneously. Therefore, it is currently unclear what degree of impact toll roads have on the surrounding demographics compared to non-toll roads. This study analyzes the demographic changes that have occurred over time surrounding a sample of toll and non-toll corridors in the North Texas region. Through the use of spatial and statistical analysis methods, this study seeks to determine the magnitude of any significant demographic differences between toll and non-toll corridors. Any significant differences in demographics over time may indicate that equity is a concern and would present opportunities for future study.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE25 Congestion Pricing.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Wendling, Kendall
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion pricing; Demographics; Economic impacts; Equity; Spatial analysis; Statistical analysis; Toll roads; Transportation corridors; Urban development
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01515845
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-0598
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 25 2014 9:15AM