Interurban Road Pricing Model for Spanish Network

Currently, there is not a homogeneous Road Pricing policy in Spain. Rather, various roads are tolled, though not in a uniform way and only taking into account financial considerations. For this reason, in this article we propose a Road Pricing policy to implement in the interurban Spanish road network. After identifying the various external costs derived from road traffic, we establish a toll structure that allows internalizing the externalities generated by the road users. In addition, we consider different future scenarios depending on the type of links of the road network and the type of vehicles affected by the Road Pricing strategy. Finally, through a series of simulations we assess the effects that the different levels of the Road Pricing fulfillment have on the traffic flow.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Saurí, Sergi
  • Robuste, Francesc
  • Salas, Miller Humberto
  • Argote, Juan
  • Martin, Enrique
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
• Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: TRB 89th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Finance; Policy making; Road pricing; Toll roads; Traffic simulation; Urban areas; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01158019
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 10-2002
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 30 2010 7:44AM