Delivering usage-based road pricing

Governments are increasingly interested in usage-related road pricing, typically based on distance travelled. Delivering a workable, national distance-based charging scheme for all vehicles and on all roads is a challenging proposition, not least because of problems posed by occasional users, the business case and the privacy issues associated with determination of location. This paper presents the argument for re-considering time as a basis of charging to reflect usage. It explains how delivering such a scheme could be considerably simpler than a distance-based charging scheme of comparable scale and it contrasts the likely behaviour of users being charged on the basis of distance or time. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134653.

• Authors:
  • WILKINSON, I
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13th ITS WORLD CONGRESS, LONDON, 8-12 OCTOBER 2006

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Automatic vehicle location; Conferences; Economics; Highways; Private enterprise; Road pricing; Time; Transportation; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 263: Economics of transport; 2755: Highway; 9118: Private; 240: Road pricing; 5414: Time; 9084: Use; 1255: Vehicle; 8778: Vehicle tracking (location)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087641
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 29 2008 11:05AM