Mesoscopic Simulation Evaluation of Dynamic Congestion Pricing Strategies for New York City Crossings
Congestion pricing charges motorists during peak hours to encourage them to either switch their travel times or to use alternative routes. In recent years, with the help of technological developments such as electronic toll collection systems, pricing can be conducted dynamically; tolls can be changed in real-time according to measured traffic conditions. Dynamic pricing is currently deployed as High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes; however the time-dependent pricing idea can be extended to a setting where drivers make route choices that are relatively more complex. In the case of New York City, many of the limited number of crossings to the island of Manhattan are tolled, and function as parallel alternatives. In this paper a simulation-based evaluation of dynamic congestion pricing on these crossings is conducted using a mesoscopic traffic simulation model with a simple step-wise tolling algorithm. One of the key aspects of this study is the estimation of realistic values of time (VOT) for different classes of users, namely, commuters and commercial vehicles. New York region-specific VOT for commercial vehicles is estimated using a logit model of stated preference data. The simulation results are analyzed to measure the change in volumes and toll revenues between potential dynamic pricing and static tolling currently in place.
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Supplemental Notes:
- The DVD lists the title of this paper as: Mesoscopic Simulation-Based Evaluation of Dynamic Congestion Pricing Strategies for New York City Crossings.
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Authors:
- Ozbay, Kaan
- Morgul, Ender Faruk
- Ukkusuri, Satish V
- Iyer, Shrisan
- Yushimito, Wilfredo Fernando
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
- Date: 2011
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: DVD
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 21p
- Monograph Title: TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automated toll collection; Commercial vehicles; Commuters; Congestion pricing; High occupancy toll lanes; Peak hour traffic; Route choice; Stated preferences; Toll bridges; Traffic congestion; Traffic simulation; Value of time
- Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01341206
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 11-3612
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: May 30 2011 6:50AM