CONGESTION PRICING: IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS

The concept of congestion pricing entails prices for road use set by mode or time of day in relation to variation in the congestion problem. For example, prices are highest when congestion is worst, and they are reduced or eliminated off peak. Or, prices for solo drivers are set higher than carpoolers, with transit provided free access. Congestion pricing may be imposed by toll booths, electronic devices such as automatic vehicle identification (AVI), or special permits. With AVI, each vehicle is fitted with an electronic tag carrying either a unique identifier or a prepaid debit card worth a certain dollar amount. Roadside electronic interrogators administer the road user charges. One reason for interest in congestion pricing is the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991, which provides funding for up to five congestion pricing pilot programs involving state and local governments. Eligible pilot projects can involve single facilities, such as a bridge, tunnel, highway, arterial, freeway or intersection, or broader projects covering a corridor or areawide system.

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  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c104685765?urlappend=%3Bseq=315
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  44211 Slatestone Court
  Lansdowne, VA  United States  22075
• Authors:
  • Higgins, T J
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 287-298
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle identification; Costs; Intermodal transportation; Pricing; Traffic congestion; Travel budgets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway user costs; Road user costs
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00675686
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1995 12:00AM