BUYING TIME: SYMPOSIUM. RESEARCH AND POLICY SYMPOSIUM ON THE LAND USE AND EQUITY IMPACTS OF CONGESTION PRICING. VOLUME III

This publication presents the proceedings of a symposium held as part of the University of Minnesota's State and Local Policy Program's congestion pricing study. The principal goal of the symposium was to give policymakers a better understanding of the interrelationship between land use, social equity, travel behavior, and transportation costs in the Twin Cities area. The symposium explored the concerns of local policymakers and developed an understanding of: travel behavior and its relationship to income and location; factors that affect the value of land and how that influences the uses of land; possible effects of congestion pricing on representative Twin Cities employment centers; how travel behavior, including transit use and increased use of local streets, is influenced among different groups of people; and which groups of people would be affected positively and which negatively, under different pricing scenarios. Presentations included local and national policy research findings on congestion, land use, and equity impacts. Specific congestion pricing proposals were evaluated in terms of their impact on different groups of people, different places, and different industries. An afternoon policy forum was designed to help policymakers, analysts, and planners establish criteria under which traffic congestion pricing could be implemented in the Twin Cities.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume I: Buying Time: Guidebook and Volume II: Buying Time: Final Report.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 280 Humphrey Center
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1996-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 110 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion pricing; Equity; Institutional issues; Land use; Political factors; Socioeconomic development; Traffic congestion; Traffic mitigation; Travel behavior; Travel budgets; Travel costs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mitigation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741933
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 15 1997 12:00AM