Review of urban congestion: trends, impacts and solutions
This report outlines an approach that could deliver congestion management improvements to help Australia address forecast increases in congestion costs. It is based primarily on developing jurisdiction-specific packages of complementary initiatives, given the substantially different circumstances of each of Australia’s capital cities. It is also based on governments jointly progressing specific issues of cross-jurisdictional importance should there be agreement to those issues. While this review focuses primarily on management measures to combat urban congestion, or how to get the best from a given stock of infrastructure, including under changing demand scenarios, it is important not to lose sight of the continuing need for coordinated investment by all jurisdictions in targeted transport infrastructure improvements. Infrastructure development and management measures should be seen as complementary elements in approaches to provide, manage and price transport infrastructure to maximise the productivity of urban transport networks, including through improved congestion management. (a)
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Corporate Authors:
AUSTRALIA. BUREAU OF TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS (BTRE)
GPO BOX 501
CANBERRA, Australia 2601COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS (COAG). COMPETITION AND REGULATION WORKING GROUP
, - Publication Date: 2006-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 71P
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economics; Highway facilities; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Transportation; Transportation corridors; Urban areas
- ITRD Terms: 632: Congestion (traffic); 1116: Corridor (transp); 263: Economics of transport; 240: Road pricing; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01075982
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Sep 18 2007 9:19AM