THE VALUE OF MOTORISTS' TIME: A STUDY IN ITALY

IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SITUATION WHERE MOTORISTS HAVE A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD CHOICE BETWEEN MONEY AND TIME, SURVEYS WERE CARRIED OUT IN ITALY IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONCESSIONI E COSTRUZIONI AUTOSTRADE S.P.A. THE SURVEYS WERE CONCERNED WITH JOURNEYS OVER TWO STRETCHES OF ROAD, FROM CAIANELLO TO ROME AND FROM MODENA TO MILAN, WHERE THERE WERE CLEAR ALTERNATIVES BETWEEN PAYING TO TRAVEL ON THE AUTOSTRADA OR TRAVELLING FREE ON A PARALLEL ALL-PURPOSE ROAD. ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEYS WERE CARRIED OUT AT SITES ON BOTH ROADS NEAR ROME AND MILAN AND JOURNEY TIME SURVEYS WERE MADE OVER THE ORDINARY ROADS; JOURNEY TIMES ON THE AUTOSTRADAS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE TIMES RECORDED ON THE TICKETS. THERE ARE THREE SCALES OF TOLL CHARGES FOR CARS OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND TIME DIFFERENCES WERE CALCULATED FOR EACH CAR CLASS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Dawson, R F
  • Everall, P F
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Origin and destination; Toll roads; Traffic; Travel time
• Old TRIS Terms: Toll road traffic
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228303
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 19 1973 12:00AM