Road Pricing Simulations: Traffic, Land Use and Welfare Impacts for Austin, Texas

This article explores the impact of road pricing on traffic, land use and social welfare in the Austin, Texas area, including the introduction of planned toll roads, bridge tolls, and a downtown cordon toll. Several tolling scenarios are examined, including fixed versus variable toll rates. The travel demand model incorporates joint mode and time-of-day choice models, as well as multinomial model of destination choice, relying on a full feedback of travel times and costs. Data models are used to predict future household and job distributions. Results include traffic redistribution over space and time, long-term location choice changes, and traveler welfare implications. While the proposed toll roads will generate revenues and enhance traveler options, the project cost forecast is not estimated to exceeds such benefits. In addition, the bridge tolls are expected to successfully redistribute traffic, while the downtown area appears highly sensitive to cordon tolls.

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• Authors:
  • Gupta, Surabhi
  • Kalmanje, Sukumar
  • Kockelman, Kara M
• Publication Date: 2006-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-23
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning and Technology
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-1060
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Economic and social factors; Highway traffic; Land use planning; Rates, fares and tolls; Road pricing; Traffic models; Urban highways; Urban transportation policy; Variable tolls
• Geographic Terms: Austin (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026667
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2006 8:11AM