The Political Economy of Private Roads

This chapter briefly reviews the history of private roads and presents the functional and economical classification of roadways. This section notes that three different classes of roads will need to be treated in very different ways. The ideology of private roads is then presented. The political factors constraining this ideology from taking root are then discussed. The distributional effects associated with privatization are described, and the means for using the proceeds from the sale of roads to compensate losers are shown. Prospects for the future of private roads are discussed in the conclusion of the chapter.

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  Transaction Publishers

  Rutgers-The State University, 35 Berrue Circle
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8042
• Authors:
  • Levinson, David
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 79-96
• Monograph Title: Street Smart. Competition, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Roads

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Economic impacts; Political factors; Politics; Private roads; Privatization; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compensation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026561
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 14180518X
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2006 7:10AM