CONGESTION PRICING: PUBLIC POLLING PERSPECTIVE

Several state, regional and local governments now are studying congestion pricing and are especially concerned with public reactions to the concept. This article analyzes the results of public opinion polls on congestion pricing spanning 13 years and draws implications for analysts assessing public opinion regarding the prospects of public acceptance. This article addresses the importance of broadening and detailing congestion pricing in public polls, including attention to variations in the concept as well as plans for revenue allocation, alternative services and mitigations. It also suggests broadening assessment of equity from its usual focus on income, testing the concept in the context of highway finance and assessing both gains and losses in support with concept variations.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015047411684?urlappend=%3Bseq=395
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  44211 Slatestone Court
  Lansdowne, VA  United States  22075
• Authors:
  • Higgins, T J
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 97-104
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pricing; Public opinion; Traffic congestion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Congestion; Highway user costs; Revenue sharing
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00739942
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 6 1997 12:00AM