Congestion Charging: Challenges and Opportunities

This paper presents a concise synopsis of various congestion charging schemes in use, reviews the disadvantages and benefits of the approach, and provides best practice recommendations for planners and policy makers worldwide who are contemplating congestion charging. It examines congestion charging occurrences in Stockholm, Singapore and London, in addition to a Hong Kong pilot program that did not end in full‐scale implementation. It also describes the outcome of an International Council on Clean Transportation‐sponsored study of the capability for congestion charging in Santa Clara County, California, an area characteristic of less dense development patterns.

• Record URL:
  http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/congestion_apr10.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)

  1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 900
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Pike, Ed
• Publication Date: 2010-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 32p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Best practices; Congestion pricing; Financing; Highway traffic control; Traffic congestion; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Challenges (Impediments)
• Geographic Terms: Hong Kong (China); London (England); Santa Clara County (California); Singapore; Stockholm (Sweden)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01351903
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 2011 11:13AM