OPTIMAL LOCATIONS OF TOLL STATIONS IN A ROAD PRICING SYSTEM: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF OPTIMIZATION METHODS

Road pricing is regarded as a major instrument for managing car travel in the Netherlands, especially in the urbanized western part of the country. The general idea is that by charging road users the rapidly increasing demand for car travel can be reduced. Partly this reduction is achieved by suppressing travel generation and partly by diverting car travel to other modes, mainly to public transport. This report presents the results of an investigation into the feasibility of the so-called bilevel programming methods for solving network design problems related to the Dutch road pricing system. These network design problems deal with the choice of the locations of the toll stations and the tolls to be charged. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  TNO-INRO CENTRUM VOOR INFRASTRUCTUUR, TRANSPORT EN REGIONALE ONTWIKKELING

  P O BOX 6041
  DELFT,   Netherlands  2600 JA
• Authors:
  • Boyce, D E
  • LeBlanc, L J
  • Jansen, GRM
• Publication Date: 1991-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 107 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: REPORT INRO-VVG 1991

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Costs; Economic efficiency; Economic factors; Economics; Location; Mathematical models; Payment; Peak periods; Public transit; Road pricing; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Efficiency; Selection
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 224: Cost; 9009: Decrease; 263: Economics of transport; 5911: Efficiency; 9061: Location; 6473: Mathematical model; 8078: Netherlands; 272: Payment; 612: Peak hour; 744: Public transport; 240: Road pricing; 9072: Selection
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00719677
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 26 1996 12:00AM